Vancouver mayor proposes Bitcoin adoption to fight inflation

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has issued a cease and desist order to Karatbit Foundation to immediately stop unauthorized business in Germany. BaFin alleges that Karatbit Foundation is issuing the KaratGoldCoin (KBC) without the necessary license, according to a Nov. 11 announcement.Karatbit describes itself as a provider of a blockchain-based payment system that enables…

Some BTC miners in the U.S. expect to double their capacity through 2022 while other global operations have been selling BTC to secure cash reserves. Crypto mining operations based in the United States are committed to increasing their hash power with more hardware despite Bitcoin’s (BTC) three-month downturn.The Marathon Digital Holdings and GEM Mining companies…

The German government got rid of all of its Bitcoin, but it could still be a bit early to expect a trend reversal in BTC price.

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index recorded a score of 17 out of 100 on Aug. 5 — the lowest it has been since July 12, 2022.

The CEO of Animoca Brands, Robby Yung spoke with Cointelegraph at the Proof of Talk blockchain conference in Paris about the future of AI and blockchain in the gaming space. 313 Total views 4 Total shares Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic in public discord both in and outside of the emerging tech…

Smart contract auditing team ChainSecurity partnered with the Swiss branch of Big Four auditing firm PwC to enhance the services the global auditor provides.In an email sent to Cointelegraph, a PwC spokesperson explained that no acquisition took place and multiple ChainSecurity teams joined the firm. Hand in handAccording to a press release published by the firm…

Top five Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has launched support for Thai baht-crypto trading on its client-to-client (C2C) platform, a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Feb. 14 reveals.According to the press release, currently only Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) can be traded with the Thai baht on the exchange’s peer-to-peer platform.The exchange…

South Korea’s largest public blockchain project, ICON (ICX), announced its new Loop Fault Tolerance 2.0 (LFT 2.0) consensus algorithm on April 8.The new algorithm claims to make performance improvements in scalability and network bandwidth over the popular Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) consensus types, without compromising security.Innovation reduces network load and improves throughputThe LFT 2.0…

The chairman of the upper house of Russian parliament has urged MPs to expedite their work on digital economy bills that include a draft on crypto regulation, local news agency TASS reports on Tuesday, Jan. 29.Valentina Matvienko, who has headed the Federation Council since 2011, spoke to officials from several institutions, including the Upper House…