Zambia, Overstock’s Medici Ink Deal on Blockchain Land Registry Pilot

Bitcoin (BTC) climbed above $65,000, marking a 4% increase in 24 hours, influenced by positive movements in the S&P 500 and expectations of stimulus in China. Trading firm QCP Capital highlighted similarities between current price actions and those seen before U.S. elections in 2016 and 2020, suggesting a pattern where Bitcoin sees significant gains in

Craig Wright lied "extensively and repeatedly" in both his written and oral evidence in the Crypto Open Patent Alliance case regarding his claim to be Satoshi Nakamoto, Judge James Mellor said in his written judgement on Monday.Mellor in March concluded Wright was not Nakamoto, the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, and that he had not authored

Valkyrie, one of the providers of the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) now trading in the U.S., has added BitGo as a second custodian for its Bitcoin Fund (BRRR).The digital asset investment firm has become the first of the ETF providers to diversify custody of its coins by tapping BitGo's expertise in addition to Coinbase.Mike

May 13, 2020 at 21:15 UTCUpdated May 13, 2020 at 21:16 UTCGabriel Kurman (Credit: IOV Labs)IOV Labs, which builds platforms secured by bitcoin’s hash rate, launched Wednesday a light client for the Lumino Payments Network, its smart contract-compatible rival to the lightning network Lumino Light Client will run on mobile devices via integrated wallet apps, according…

Starknet, a prominent Ethereum layer-2 project, said Tuesday that it will bring staking to its main network on Nov. 26. StarkWare, the main developer firm behind Starknet, had shared in July that it would introduce a proposal for staking on the blockchain, but had not previously fixed the date of the rollout. 02:38 'High Likelihood'

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has grown significantly and has become an integral part of the global crypto markets. However, its continued growth heavily depends on how secure the technology is against attacks. According to data from DefiLlama, over $5 billion in the total value of assets has been lost in DeFi protocols to date. To remedy

news Cryptocurrency gift card provider Bitrefill has added a service allowing users to book Airbnb rentals with five cryptocurrencies. The Sweden-based firm announced the news over Twitter on Wednesday, saying that customers can now pay for Airbnb gift cards in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), litecoin (LTC), dogecoin (DOGE) and dash (DASH). However, currently, the Airbnb gift cards…

Oct 16, 2020 at 17:52 UTCUpdated Oct 16, 2020 at 18:01 UTCRussian Metal Giant’s Tokenization Firm Expands to AmericaAtomyze, a tokenization startup by Russian mining and smelting giant Nornickel, is setting up shop in Greenwich, Conn., to sell tokenized metals in the U.S.The company, whose legal name is Atomyze LLC, will become the second foothold…

Nov 30, 2020 at 10:57 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 30, 2020 at 11:21 p.m. UTCCoinbase Reports Delays in Processing Bitcoin Withdrawals Due to Network CongestionLeading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, on a day when the price of bitcoin (BTC) surpassed its all-time high, said it is experiencing delays processing BTC withdrawals due to Bitcoin network congestion.Deposits, buys and…