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More Than 10,000 New Blockchain Companies Established in China in 2020
Blockchain and crypto data platform LongHash revealed on August 8 in a tweet that China’s blockchain sector has grown substantially despite the pandemic this year. It stated that over 10,000 blockchain companies were established…
Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch This Week: BTC, ETH, XRP, XMR, XTZ
The U.S. markets have rallied sharply from their March lows, led by the tech sector and Fed injections designed to hold up the ailing economy. Markets across the globe have also joined the party as a steady economic recovery from the…
Researchers Claim Crypto Exchange Hacks Happen in Three Ways
Researchers at the Black Hat security conference revealed that crypto exchanges might be vulnerable to hackers. Although crypto exchanges have high privacy and security to protect their funds, researchers still found three ways hackers can…
Bitcoin Halving and Ethereum 2.0 Bring Big Changes for Crypto Miners
Although over two months have passed since the halving happened on the Bitcoin network, the crypto mining industry is still heaving from the frantic pace of events that have followed suit. The rollercoaster of hash rates has left Bitcoin…
China’s Mining Dominance Unlikely to Last: Lopp
China’s dominance in Bitcoin mining may not last as more mining chips are produced and other countries offer cheap power sources, said cypherpunk Jameson Lopp in a blog post. Lopp noted China has a virtual monopoly on Bitcoin mining…
A General Strategy on How to Select a Crypto Fund, Part 2
With about 800 crypto funds relying on a new asset class, which has its own properties, it is essential to assess them through an appropriate framework. We provide a basic framework of useful metrics to assess the true risk of a crypto fund…
Cryptocurrency Mining Profitability in 2020: Is It Possible?
Miner profitability metrics are based on a handful of factors regulating difficulty and emission, which are hard-coded into the blockchain’s attributes, making it predictable to work with. While predictability does not always…
Yield Farming Fuels Buzz Around DeFi, but Fundamentals Are Lagging
The hype surrounding decentralized finance is sometimes credited with triggering a wider market rally in July, as new protocols began releasing tokens that were immediately posting gains of many times their initial value. Despite undeniable…
Facial Recognition Could Help to Stamp Out Bitcoin Social Media Scams
Facial recognition can help prevent future Bitcoin (BTC) scams like those that hit Twitter and YouTube, said Rod Hsu, president and co-founder of virtual currency platform Coincurve. During an interview with Cointelegraph, Hsu said Bitcoin…
South Korean Highways Will Have Blockchain-Powered Toll Payments
KEB Hana Bank, one of the biggest commercial banks in South Korea, reached an agreement with the state-backed highway operator, the Korea Expressway Corporation, to bring blockchain-based toll payments system across the nation’s…
