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Basler Kantonal Bank To Launch Cryptocurrency Services In Switzerland

From Switzerland is the report that Basler Kantonal Bank (BKB), is planning to launch cryptocurrency services. BKB is Switzerland’s eighth-largest bank with total assets of approximately $49 billion. It’s gathered that the Swiss government-owned commercial bank will be offering cryptocurrency services through Bank Cler, reported Citywire Switzerland Monday. Also known as Basel Cantonal Bank, Basler Kantonalbank was founded in […]

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India’s Cryptocurrency Bill Undergoing Legal Framework, Positive or Negative?

Cryptocurrency

Today, Tuesday, August 4, 2020, another cryptocurrency news came out of India as information from the country says cryptocurrency bill has been forwarded to the relevant ministry to look into the legal framework. It’s unknown if the legal framework would be in favour of cryptocurrency trading or place a total ban on it in India.

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VIDEO: ETH 2.0 Medalla Testnet Launched With 20, 000 Validators

Cryptocurrency

The much-anticipated ethereum 2.0 Medalla testnet has been launched, according to the Ethereum Foundation in a video clip posted on its official YouTube Channel on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Medalla is the final testnet before the launch of the Eth 2.0 network, which is tentatively expected by year’s end, Ethereum Foundation’s Hudson Jameson said in several tweets.

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Latest 90% of Ethereum Profit Excites Anthony Sassano, Kelvin Koh

Cryptocurrency

Anthony Sassano and Kelvin Koh are some of the cryptocurrency analysts who are excited by the recent surge in the value of ethereum as more than 90% of ETH’s circulating supply is now in profit. According to Research and analytics firm Glassnode, the crypto world witnessed this kind of ETH surge in profit in early

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Graham Clark 17-Year-Old Twitter Hacker Owns Close to 300 Bitcoins

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More facts emerged that the alleged July 15, 2020, Twitter hack mastermind Graham Ivan Clark owns 265.08687815 Bitcoin equivalent to $11, 468, 135 in today’s market value (it’s worth over USD 3 million at the time of the incident) The 17-year-old hacker appeared on a video screen at the Hillsborough County Courthouse where the judge says he’s facing 29

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Coinbase May Add 19 Additional Cryptocurrencies on Exchange Platform

Cryptocurrency

On Friday, Coinbase, a San Francisco-based exchange company announced it’s considering adding 19 additional cryptocurrencies which include Ocean Protocol, Paxos Gold, Reserve Rights, tBTC, The Graph, THETA, UMA and Ampleforth on its exchange platform. Others being considered for listing are Curve, Helium, Melon, Band Protocol, Balancer, Blockstack, Fetch.ai, Flexacoin, Hedera Hashgraph, Kava, and WBTC. The announcement

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Iran Authorizes Power Plants To Mine Bitcoin, Gives Guidelines for Mining Licence

Cryptocurrency

It’s another good news for advocates of cryptocurrencies as Iranian authorities have given go-ahead to power plants in Iran to mine bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, deputy head of the country’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (Tavanir) has confirmed to IRNA. Electricity tariff as an impetus for bitcoin mining Cryptocurrency mining companies are

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Hacker Transfers 2,500BTC from 2016 Bitfinex Breach

Cryptocurrency

About 2,500 stolen bitcoins (28 million US dollars) from the 2016 Bitfinex breach have been transferred from the hacker’s wallet, reported Whale Alert, an advanced blockchain tracker and analytics system reporting large and interesting transactions. In August 2016, there was a security breach on Bitfinex, leading to 120, 000BTC to the hacker, the largest breach in cryptocurrency

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A1 Telekom Austria Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency

Austria-based telecom giant A1 Telekom Austria Group has started accepting cryptocurrencies from its millions of merchants. Operating in seven countries-Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Belarus, Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Serbia-the company disclosed that retailers would receive the purchase price in euros whenever customers pay with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. The integration of crypto into its payment service is geared

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Visa Plans to Integrate 61 million Merchants With Digital Currency Platforms

Cryptocurrency

A global payment technology firm Visa has announced that it is working to integrate its 61 million merchants into digital currency platforms. InfomediaNG gathered that VISA has already approached two licensed and regulated digital currency platforms, Coinbase and Fold to make the integration a reality. Why is VISA adopting digital currency? Visa said in a blog post

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