Category: Cryptocurrency

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October 23, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

First bid accepted in Bitcoin on leading non-profit auction platform, CharityStars

CharityStars, the online fundraising auction platform, today announced that cryptocurrencies will be accepted on the platform for the first time. A bid of $36,000 USD worth of bitcoin awarded the auction winner with the opportunity to meet the legendary soccer champion, Cristiano Ronaldo. This marks a significant milestone for CharityStars as the company further cements its…

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October 23, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin's slight dip - a positive sign

After Bitcoin hit its all-time high price level at above $6,000, the slight retrace in price was expected by most. The correction is a normal course of events, since bitcoin is expected to go through a hard fork in the following week. Investors seem to be reacting normally to the bitcoin price volatility, especially when…

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October 22, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin with a new all-time high of $6,000

On Friday, October 20th, Bitcoin hit a new all-time high level of $6,000. In the afternoon, the price of bitcoin started climbing and broke the $6,000 "threshold", climbing to around $6,144 (Coinbase). Although, the price today is decreasing slowly, coming at $5, 959 (Coinbase), the market capitalization of the "people's currency" is now around $100…

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October 20, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

MasterCard opens up its blockchain technology via API

MasterCard is one of the corporations that is big on digitalization and innovation. Currently, with around 90 of the biggest corporate giants in the world, like Google and Goldman Sachs, who are heavily investing in blockchain, MasterCard is to roll out blockchain API. According to Finextra, MasterCard has already filed for 35 blockchain patents and…

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Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018
October 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Metaps to launch time marketplace ‘Timebank’ token sale on COMSA

Tech Bureau, a fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company, and Metaps Inc., a fintech company and mobile marketing platform developer, announced its plan for a ‘Timebank’ token sale on COMSA. COMSA, a complete Initial Coin Offering (ICO) fundraising and cross-chaining platform built on the NEM blockchain protocol, streamlines cryptocurrency funding and cross-chain transactions. Timebank is a…

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October 19, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin price bounces back to $5,700

After the fluctuations in the price of bitcoin over the past month, the cryptocurrency took another hit yesterday, when it dropped with a 7-day low level of $5,113, according to Coindesk and Bitfinex. The "people's currency" managed to bounce back and is now trading at around $5,669 reaching up to $5,725, with an increase of…

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October 19, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Gates Foundation and Ripple to "Bank" 2 billion people

With corporations and countries coming to invest and use the latest cryptocurrencies and exploit their benefits, The Gates Foundation is one of the first non-profit organizations to use a cryptocurrency for solving an issue. The Foundation chose Ripple's Inter Ledger Protocol to bring around 2 billion unbanked people to the modern world. Almost 60% of the…

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