Bitcoin enthusiasm is sweeping the globe. Price behavior over the past three months for the first-ever-known cryptocurrency has been in a word – spectacular. No longer is the diatribe about more winter, but more about springing into the upper realms of paradise once lost. The general agreement now is that a firm bottom of $3,100…
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The long-anticipated launch of the Bakkt exchange has been delayed twice, with the latter part of 2019 now its expected inauguration, but the reasons for the current delay has escaped everyone in the crypto community because neither the management of the Bakkt exchange nor the folks over at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have…
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According to a survey, conducted by Coincierge.de, 27% of young Germans believe that bitcoin will more than double in value in 2 years. The poll was taken between 10th – 17th April 2019 and surveyed 2,054 German adults to gauge their attitudes towards bitcoin. At the time of the poll, the bitcoin price was 4,446…
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Ambo has just announced that it has launched its cryptocurrency wallet on the Apple App Store, which acts as a fiat gateway to the Ethereum token economy. The company was founded by Jai Bhavnani, joined by CTO Richter Brzeski and CMO Jack Lipstone, and has been recently acquired by MyCrypto. None of the decentralized financial…
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Despite China’s anathema for all things crypto, Donald Tapscott, chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute and noted author on blockchain matters, believes that, over time, Chinese officials will get over their fears and embrace cryptocurrencies. In an interview with Bloomberg, he noted: In 20 years, we’re not going to be using bitcoin in China. The…
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After raising $300 million last October, Coinbase has been eager to put that capital to work. There have been acquisitions, but primarily the stellar crypto exchange has been expanding its global footprint across the world. The crypto exchange currently provides service to 42 countries, situated in North America and Europe, along with Australia and Singapore,…
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The first of the "grand masters" in art has officially gone on blockchain. One of Rembrandt's 17th-century etchings has been validated and thus, immortalized through the power of blockchain. The ultimate goal is to protect the art work from art fraud. The etching in question is the famous “The Virgin and Child in the Clouds”.…
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Just several days ago, Leaprate reported on the news that a special, $1 million hunt is out - the Satoshi Treasure Hunt. The broadcaster of the cryptic message announced that he will be releasing details about the keys that lead to unlocking the Treasure. The release of details happened on the 17th and 18th of…
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When Bitcoin and Ethereum were the only games in town, the issue of token standards and interoperability was not even on the radar screen, but today, with thousands of crypto development programs and tokens to match, it is time to “address the need to universally define tokens and how their implementation can occur, interchangeably, across…
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Who knew? Who knew that while investors were enduring the consequences of Crypto Winter, lo and behold, some of the largest corporations around the world were hard at work behind the scenes embracing blockchain technology and developing their own workable solutions, while crypto development companies continued to search for the “killer app” that would reshape…
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