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IOHK on the brink of securing a massive Cardano government contract in Africa

IOHK, the company behind the Cardano blockchain, is in the final stages of securing a huge government contract in Africa. According to John O’Connor, the director of African Operations at IOHK, the project could add millions of users to Cardano for real-world blockchain implementation. IOHK making major strides in Africa with real-world blockchain solution built…

February 8, 2021
The Legacy Of Bitcoin Casinos Grows With The Technology

This is a promoted article provided by 1xBit. Online gambling has been a use case for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for almost as long as the technology itself has existed. And as Bitcoin grows as a network, and more people around the world adopt bitcoin, it’s clear that the online casinos that embrace BTC-based gambling…

February 8, 2021
Investors bullish on Ethereum ahead of much-hyped CME futures launch

The day is finally here—today, depends on how you cut it, the CME Group will be launching a futures market for Ethereum. The CME Group is one of the world’s leading financial exchanges, hosting a majority of trade in top commodities, including Bitcoin. The CME Group made crypto headlines in 2017 when it rolled out…

February 7, 2021
Bitcoin is not a bubble anymore, Amber Group CEO says

Bitcoin will still have notable value fluctuations, but it’s out of bubble territory, according to Michael Wu.

February 5, 2021
IOHK delegates 3.2M ADA to 100 Cardano community pools

To further distance itself from the actual running of the Cardano blockchain, IOHK has delegated 3.2 million of its own ADA to 100 different stake pools ran by the Cardano community. This is part of IOHK’s larger plan to delegate funds to a new set of pools each quarter and support operators in developing countries.…

February 5, 2021
20 Ethereum ERC-20 tokens will be coming to Tezos (XTZ) DeFi in Q1 2021

On the 2nd of February, Bender Labs tweeted about their new whitepaper here. In the whitepaper it was stated that V1 of the Wrap Protocol, a new protocol to help bring Ethereum assets over to Tezos DeFi via wraps will launch in quarter 1. The whitepaper stated the whitelisting of 19 ERC-20 Ethereum assets that can be…

February 5, 2021
Scaramucci breaks down the case for Bitcoin by saying it’s better than gold

Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of alternative investment firm Skybridge, says why he’s betting big on Bitcoin. Speaking to Forbes, Scaramucci states that both he and his research team were initially skeptical of Bitcoin. However, following a three-year evaluation process, he concluded it’s “better at being gold than gold.” How Bitcoin won Scaramucci over In overcoming…

February 4, 2021
Deloitte releases its own Bitcoin guide on the back of MicroStrategy’s “playbook”

The guide from the “big four” accounting firm wants to cater to new clients and businesses considering a Bitcoin investment. Guide for Bitcoin Deloitte, the international accounting part of the reputed “big four,” released its Bitcoin guide earlier this week on the back of enterprise business analytics firm MicroStrategy putting out its own “playbook” for…

February 4, 2021
Interview: Bitcoin And Black America With Isaiah Jackson

Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast On this episode of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” I had the opportunity to sit down for an interview with Isaiah Jackson to discuss his upcoming book, “Bitcoin And Black America Volume 2.” Before the interview I read a copy of his first book which laid the…

February 4, 2021
The Cardano treasury now holds almost double the funds raised in the 2016 ICO

With over 276.5 million ADA currently sitting in its treasury, it’s safe to say that Cardano has got the back of its community. However, this number becomes even more relevant when considering the fact that the treasury now holds almost double the funds that were raised in the project’s 2016 ICO. The value of Cardano’s…

February 4, 2021