Month: November 2020

Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped below the $18,000 support level on Nov. 22. This comes after BTC continuously saw high over-the-counter (OTC) and institutional volume throughout November. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Tradingview Data suggests that the growing institutional demand was likely one of the main catalysts behind the BTC price rally to $18,965. According to the
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At 9 pm EST tonight, Ethereum co-founder and figurehead Vitalik Buterin will face off against chess streamer National Canadian Team player Alexandra Botez in an match event live-streamed on Twitch.  The event came about following a series of matches and conversations held by members of the Ethereum-focused Bankless podcast and newsletter. After Vitalik participated in
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As a burgeoning industry less than 13 years old, cryptocurrency has seen its fair share of regulatory crackdowns and changes, especially in the United States. Jake Yocom-Piatt, co-founder of Decred, however, sees the nation as the most crypto-friendly. “Cryptocurrencies are treated as personal property in most jurisdictions, so their tax treatment is relatively uniform,” Yocom-Piatt
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Belarus’ Largest Bank Launches Cryptocurrency Exchange Service The largest bank in Belarus, Belarusbank, has reportedly begun providing a cryptocurrency exchange service, allowing customers to buy bitcoin using Visa cards. Belarusbank’s new cryptocurrency exchange service is in collaboration with bitcoin exchange service provider Whitebird, several local news outlets … read more. Bitpay Launches New Payroll Service
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When it comes to customer expectations, the pandemic has changed everything Learn how to accelerate customer service, optimize costs, and improve self-service in a digital-first world. December 12, 2020 Register here Loadsmart, a New York-based startup that leverages AI and hundreds of data sources to automate truckload booking, today announced a $90 million round. The
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On Nov. 18, blockchain solutions provider BlockApps launched a blockchain-based agricultural crop tracking network called “TraceHarvest” — and one of the largest companies in the world, Bayer, is among its first users.  TraceHarvest reportedly provides users with the ability to trace the life cycle of agricultural products starting from the source of seeds, all the
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Lawyers representing the United States government have filed a legal memo opposing the dismissal of charges for Virgil Griffith, a former Ethereum Foundation researcher accused of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK. According to court records filed Nov. 19 in the Southern District of New York, prosecutors’
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Nvidia and Epic Games on Thursday said they are working together to put video game Fortnite back on Apple’s iPhone handsets in the “near future” as part of Nvidia’s streaming game service. The popular game has been blocked on Apple’s devices since August, when Epic introduced its own billing system. Apple said that Epic violated its App Store
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Antitrust body Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday cleared conglomerate Reliance Industries’ $3.4 billion (or Rs. 24,713 crores) deal to buy Future Group’s retail assets, thwarting Amazon.com’s efforts to block the deal. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) announced its decision in a tweet on Friday, with details likely to be made public later.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s seven-month-old Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery is disbanding as the coronavirus pandemic reaches a second peak, but his co-chairs predict the state will have a strong economic turnaround once the pandemic is past. Billionaire businessman Tom Steyer, one of the co-chairs, said in a phone interview with CNBC that
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The European Union’s digital chief has invited companies including Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook to video talks next week to discuss draft rules to curb their powers, an EU official said on Thursday. Tech companies and online platforms have lobbied intensively to try to blunt the proposed regulatory rules, which the Internal Market Commissioner Thierry
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