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For the everyday consumer, cryptocurrencies and blockchain are still shrouded in mystery. User interfaces that are difficult to understand represent a major barrier to entry, with slow transaction speeds frustrating open-minded people who are trying to use the technology for the first time.An upcoming blockchain network says change is desperately needed if crypto is ever going…

The French cybersecurity company Nigma Conseil and the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) have revealed to have collaborated on developing a new blockchain forensics tool. The agreement was signed on Feb. 25 to work on e-Nigma, a proposed compliance tool.E-Nigma provides its users with a way of conducting due diligence investigations in response to Know…

The United States Consumer Price Index data shows that inflation hit 7% in December 2021, climbing 0.5% month over month. Bitcoin almost reached $44,000 upon the news. 2136 Total views 41 Total shares The latest figures from the United States Bureau of labor statistics show that the (Consumer Price Index) CPI hit 7% in December. Bitcoin…

City authorities of Cheongju are looking to seize cryptocurrency from anyone who owes at least $750 in crypto taxes to the government. The South Korean city of Cheongju, the capital of North Chungcheong province, has said it intends to begin confiscating cryptocurrency from local tax delinquents.The administration of Cheongju has requested seven South Korean crypto…

Instant crypto loans firm Nexo and international payment system corporation MasterCard are jointly launching a cryptocurrency credit card. The development was announced in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Aug. 2.“World’s first”Nexo claims the Nexo Card to be the first card in the world that enables users to spend the value of their cryptocurrency…

On Sunday Aug. 2 the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by 12% in just 5 minutes. In the same period of time Ether (ETH) dropped by 21% and similar losses were observed with many other altcoins.In retrospect, the general consensus on the cause was an unknown entity unloading roughly $1 billion on the open market…

The son of Yoko Ono and John Lennon looks deeper into crypto with NFT art. 1314 Total views 12 Total shares Sean Ono Lennon — a British-American musician, songwriter and producer — has auctioned a tokenized digital illustration on nonfungible-token marketplace Rarible.According to Rarible data, Lennon sold a piece titled “Etharian 1” on Monday for…

New blockchain startup Bison Trails has received an investment of $5.25 million in a seed round backed by Mike Novogratz’s crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital. The firm announced the fundraising in a Medium post on March 15.Led by two early stage venture capital firms Initialized Capital and Accomplice, the series seed round was also backed…

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Rakuten Wallet has launched trading a year after acquiring Everybody’s Bitcoin.Three trading pairs go liveConfirmed in a press release on Aug. 19, Rakuten Wallet, which is a subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, said spot trading of three cryptocurrencies — Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) — was now live. In…