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Digital payment platform Uphold has released a new debit card, allowing users to pay with converted crypto, commodities and cash. Uphold’s new multi-asset debit card allows United States-based participants to spend assets held in their Uphold accounts at any Mastercard compatible location, a representative from Uphold told Cointelegraph in an interview. “Anywhere globally where Mastercard is…

Numerous theories emerge whenever the price of Bitcoin (BTC) takes a sudden and steep drop. The usual suspects include government regulations, the possibility of exchanges manipulating prices, Bitcoin whales manipulating prices, over-leveraged traders, and some conspiracies involving Tether (USDT).SEC kicks Bitcoin ETF can down the roadBetween Aug. 15 and Aug. 18, Bitcoin's price experienced a…

Next-gen zero-knowledge proofs are “orders of magnitude” cheaper than existing options, Risc said.

Bjarne Stroustrup, a Danish computer scientist and the creator of C++ programming language, has vented his frustration with use of C++ in Bitcoin (BTC) mining. Stroustrup made his remarks during an interview for Lex Friedman’s podcast released on Nov. 7.Speaking with Friedman, Stroustrup provided an extensive insight into the evolution of C++, the language’s concepts,…

Multiple Chinese authorities issued a stark warning about illegal fundraising attempts claiming affiliation with the cryptocurrency industry in a bulletin Friday, August 24. Sounding the alarm on “lawless entities” attempting to amass funds “using the banner of ‘financial innovation’ and ‘blockchain’” and distributing “so-called ‘virtual currency,’ ‘virtual assets’ and ‘digital assets,’” the document urges the…

Recent research shows that there is an inverse relationship between the percentage of the Tether stablecoin on exchanges and Bitcoin’s price. Recent research shows that there is an inverse relationship between the percentage of the Tether (USDT) stablecoin on exchanges and Bitcoin’s (BTC) price.Cryptocurrency market insights firm Santiment published analysis showing that the percentage of…

Simplicity is directly proportional to efficiency; when there are fewer things to break, we expect that on average, even fewer things will do so. Asymptotically, decentralized systems are the embodiment of simplicity; they tend toward sustaining complexity and (inter)connectivity to viable levels.In the context of blockchain platforms, it would then seem paradoxical to question the…

The Series B funding round was led by China Renaissance, with participation from several crypto venture funds, including Tiger Brokers, Tiger Global Management, Arena Holdings, DCM Ventures and Gobi Partners. 486 Total views 3 Total shares Cryptocurrency investment platform Amber Group has added $100 million to its coffers following a successful Series B fundraiser, bringing…

On March 3, District Judge Charles Pannell dismissed a lawsuit claiming securities fraud charges against rapper ‘T.I.’ for selling FLiK tokens for his company’s initial coin offering (ICO) during August 2017.The judge failed to find concrete evidence of securities violations or negligent misrepresentation as T.I. made no claims regarding the value of the FLiK tokens:“The…