Tag: eth
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South Korea’s tourist hotspot launches DLT-based app tracing COVID-19
Jeju Island and blockchain company Iconloop are proceeding with a full rollout of their COVID-19 contact tracing app following successful pilots.
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Winklevoss-Founded Gemini to Offer Credit Card With Crypto Rewards
Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded by the Winklevoss brothers, has launched the Gemini Credit Card offering cryptocurrency rewards. Read more: Gemini Donates $50K to HRF to Help Fund Another Round of Bitcoin Developers in 2021
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Gemini To Launch Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card
Today, cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced its plans to launch Gemini Credit Card, which will reward users with bitcoin back for purchases, later this year. The launch announcement follows Gemini’s acquisition of Blockrize, a fintech company that had already been working on such a product. Gemini has started a waitlist for early access to the credit…
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XRP price fails to ignite recovery as SEC enforcement director leaves post
XRP lost value on a day when the rest of the market kickstarted a sizable recovery, as the SEC enforcer behind Ripple Labs’ $1.3 billion lawsuit announced his departure.
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Pantera Capital CEO doubles down on $115K Bitcoin prediction for 2021
Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead believes that propelled adoption will drive the Bitcoin price above $100,000 by August 2021.
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Programmer has two password guesses left before losing $266M in Bitcoin
The perils of inaccessible digital wealth — potentially lost forever — are being all the more keenly felt during the 2021 bull market.
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German real estate group issues $24M bond using Stellar blockchain
Major German real estate group Vonovia has used the Stellar blockchain to transfer the ownership of real estate rights.
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Man offers city $72M to dig up accidentally discarded Bitcoin fortune
An IT engineer accidentally discarded his Bitcoin fortune over seven years ago while cleaning his house.
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Polkadot skyrockets nearly 30% to $10 billion market cap: What’s behind the rally?
The price of DOT, the native cryptocurrency of Polkadot, surged 24% on the day to achieve a $10 billion valuation.
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ECB Chief Christine Lagarde Calls for Global Bitcoin Regulation — Says BTC Conducts ‘Funny Business’
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has called for the global regulation of bitcoin. She said that bitcoin is a highly speculative asset and has “conducted some funny business.” Emphasizing the need for countries to work together to regulate bitcoin, she suggested that the crypto regulation could be “initiated by the…