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Imperial College London Inaugurates Cryptocurrency Centre

Alexander Cordova

The Imperial College London announced the inauguration of the Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering in their Summer of 2015 Engineering Newsletter. This decision comes shortly after the College hosted a Bitcoin forum, which determined a high level of interest amongst students and faculty. During the forum, Mike Hearn (Bitcoin Core developer) and Dr Will Knottenbelt spoke about cryptocurrencies and the benefits they could offer to both governments and individuals, including the popular blockchain technology. The Centre will focus its efforts on research grants aimed towards improving the blockchain technology as well as designing solutions for other fields building upon it. Dr Knottenbelt himself will serve as Director of the Centre, he’s a member of Department of Computing and currently teaches Applied Quantitative Analysis at the College. Last …

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Fantom Foundation partnership with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group.

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Media Release: Fantom Foundation Partnership Announcement: Fantom Foundation partnership with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group. Fantom Foundation is pleased to announce their partnership with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. This partnership will see Fantom Foundation establish an operational presence in Dubai. Dubai … Continue reading Fantom Foundation partnership with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group. The post Fantom Foundation partnership with The Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum and SEED Group. appeared first on CoinSpectator Blog.

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Ocean Protocol Launches Global Data Economy Challenge With 3.4 Million Token Reward

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Bitcoin Press Release: Decentralized protocol for data sharing, Ocean Protocol, has announced the launch of its Global Data Economy Challenge to bring together top minds worldwide to kick-start a new data economy.  22nd August 2019, Singapore – The 6-week competition calls for developers, hackers, tech talents to tackle issues around data marketplaces, network integrations, and more. 3.4 million tokens prizes await and participating teams are to produce a working Proof-of-Concept (POC) on Ocean Protocol under one of the following 3 tracks: Data Marketplaces?—?kickstart the New Data Economy through building data marketplaces to connect data providers and consumers and expose data, storage, compute and algorithms for consumption. Network Integrations?—?Use Ocean Protocol to help Data Scientists and unlock value from data. Whether for straight statistical …

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Announcing Ten Billion Coin’s 3rd Partnership and 3 IEO Listing, Beginning 28th August

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Bitcoin Press Release: Ten Billion Coin announces the launch of a 3rd partnership and the commencement of its’ IEO on 3 major exchanges on August 28th, 2019 August 24th, 2019, Nantong, China – In just this past month, in addition to signing two other multibillion RMB institutions onto the Ten Billion Coin Blockchain, those being the Institute of Southeast Guizhou Province Hospital — Tumor Immunotherapy Research Base and XiaYi ShengTai YingRan Technology Industrial Park, Ten Billion have now signed their third multi-billion RMB partner, NanTong Wonder Petro-Chemical Engineering Company! In the past 20 years, Wonder has left its’ footprints in China, Asia, Europe, Africa and other regions of the world with famous clients such as Shell, BP, DuPont, Dow, ExxonMobil, and SinoPec, just to name a few. And this …

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Bitcoin News Summary – June 24, 2019

Steven Hay

The post Bitcoin News Summary – June 24, 2019 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds. ????????? The bull trend continued this week, driven by Bitcoin’s breakout above the $10,000 level. After breaking through $9,000 resistance, Bitcoin gained momentum to reach as high as $11,150 on Saturday. These are the highest levels seen since June of 2018. In fact, according to

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Bitcoin News Summary – June 17, 2019

Steven Hay

The post Bitcoin News Summary – June 17, 2019 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds. ?????? Binance, the largest exchange by volume, is launching a new trading platform specifically targeting U.S. customers, in partnership with BAM Trading Services. The platform will be operated by BAM, while using Binance’s wallet and matching engine technologies. At the same time, Binance also altered

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How Does Blockchain Fit into the Future of Fintech?

Aubrey Hansen

Over the past decade, the fintech industry has exploded in both the U.S. and the world over. The traditional banking system that has held sway over people’s money for centuries is facing its first real disruption at the hands of innovative technology. The success of distributed ledger technologies like blockchain has forced financial institutions to […]

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[Guest Post] The True Use Cases for Bitcoin and Its Role in Banking the Unbanked

Tabish Faraz

by Ray Youssef, Co-Founder & CEO of Paxful Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as we know it was born from Satoshi Nakamoto’s dream of creating a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. The white paper proposed a system that would replace the need for central authorities like banks and financial institution… The post [Guest Post] The True Use Cases for Bitcoin and Its Role in Banking the Unbanked appeared first on CoinReport.

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Blockchain State of Affairs in Europe: Part One

Tabish Faraz

This is part one of a three-part series of articles about the state of blockchain in Europe. The series covers the blockchain scene in some of the most important European nations. I would like to thank PR firm Wachsman for sharing with me their compilation of the facts and figures and collection of … The post Blockchain State of Affairs in Europe: Part One appeared first on CoinReport.

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Could US-China Trade Agreement Wipe Out Bitcoin Price Gains?

Davit Babayan

Bitcoin looked cautious on Thursday as the United States and China announced that they would restart trade negotiations. Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He and the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer earlier today spoke over the phone. The two sides decided to meet in Washington in mid-October to negotiate a win-win trade deal. “On the basis of full preparation by the working groups of both sides, efforts striving for substantive progress will be made in the 13th round of China-US high-level economic and trade consultations in early October,” ministry spokesman Gao Feng said in an interaction with the press. “The economic and trade teams from both sides have maintained effective communication.” The news sent Asian markets soaring. …

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Power Law: Tracking Bitcoin’s Growth to $100K and Beyond

Tony Spilotro

According to polls, predictions, and commonly seen comments from the cryptocurrency community, most are certain that one day Bitcoin will reach prices of $100K to as much as one million USD. For most, it’s not a matter of if, but when. A new study using a long-term power-law corridor of growth may help provide clues to when Bitcoin price will reach such incredible values or at the very least lock down timeframes when these values are most likely to be reached. Bitcoin Power Law Growth Corridor Predicts When Bitcoin Will Reach $100K, $1M Technical analysis often relies on charting channels by drawing a top and bottom parallel trend line that the asset follows. Occasionally, only the bottom trendline is used to show …

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LocalBitcoins Stops Cash Trades, Personal Offers on Platform

Landon Manning

Multiple users have reported that crypto trading platform LocalBitcoins has stopped allowing customers to make in-person trades of crypto assets for cash in an anonymous fashion. Reddit user u/GrayLifes first posted about this development on June 1, 2019, claiming that cash ads were removed from the platform without warning. A wide range of other users concurred, stating that all “local ads are hidden or deleted for the entire site,” without any option to search for possible traders nearby. “All my local trade ads are missing,” user u/scottemick claimed. “How can it even be called local bitcoins anymore?” One of the largest peer-to-peer crypto exchanges in the world, LocalBitcoins has encountered a wide array of legal difficulties in the past several months. …

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The FBI Wants QuadrigaCX Victims to Share Their Experiences, Posts Questionnaire

Colin Harper

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has questions in its ongoing investigation into the mysterious $190 million collapse of Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, so it’s turning to previous customers of the exchange for answers. Yesterday, the agency posted a questionnaire on its website requesting responses from QuadrigaCX victims. In cooperation with various departments of the U.S. government, the FBI opened a probe into QuadrigaCX in March amidst swirling legal troubles. “… responses are voluntary but would be useful in the federal investigation and to identify you as a potential victim,” the questionnaire reads. “Based on the responses provided, you may be contacted by the FBI and asked to provide additional information.” These troubles came after QuadrigaCX announced its insolvency in January 2019, after …