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Someone Wins $3 Million Jackpot in Ethereum Ponzi Fomo3D

Someone Wins $3 Million Jackpot in Ethereum Ponzi Fomo3D

Fomo3D, a controversial but highly popular ethereum gambling game, has its first jackpot winner. The aim of the game is to purchase the last key before the timer goes to zero, whereupon it rests for 24 hours. After months of speculation over whether the timer would ever be allowed to reach zero, the question has …

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Markets Update: Record Shorts Drive Short-Lived BTC Squeeze

Markets Update: Record Shorts Drive Short-Lived BTC Squeeze

The BTC markets rallied today, with a minor short squeeze quickly driving the price up by more than 5% in less than half an hour. The move, however, may have been short-lived, with both volume and price action failing to have gathered further momentum following the sudden spike. Minor Squeeze Drives Weak BTC Rally When …

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ProShares bitcoin-backed ETF decision is due Thursday

ProShares bitcoin-backed ETF decision is due Thursday

Getty Images   Not for the first time, bitcoin investors are holding their breath in the hope regulators will give the green light on a bitcoin-related exchange-traded fund. On August 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission is scheduled to deliver its decision on yet another much-talked-about proposed bitcoin-linked ETF. This time it’s ProShares, which first …

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Don't Worry About Bitcoin Prices Dropping, We Forecast a 1,399% Rebound

Don’t Worry About Bitcoin Prices Dropping, We Forecast a 1,399% Rebound

Even though Bitcoin prices have dropped 52%, from $14,112 on Jan. 1 to $6,671 today (Aug. 22), we aren’t worried. Yes, if you jumped in around January and have watched the Bitcoin prices plummet, you probably have the urge to sell all your coins or avoid the crypto market entirely. That could be a costly mistake. There are …

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The Inherently Decentralized Nature of XRP Ledger

The Inherently Decentralized Nature of XRP Ledger

The topic of decentralization in blockchain is wildly nuanced, misunderstood and, frankly, evolving. Bitcoin and Ethereum are currently viewed as the gold standard for decentralization — meaning they are architected in a way that no single individual or minority group can dictate rules or rewrite transaction history (the power of blockchain!). Since these blockchains are …

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New Partnership Means Australians Will Soon be Able to Settle All Utility Bills with Crypto

New Partnership Means Australians Will Soon be Able to Settle All Utility Bills with Crypto

A new platform will soon allow Australians to pay their utility bills using any cryptocurrency. The platform is a joint venture between crypto exchange Cointree, and Gobbill, a fintech company specialising in bill payments. The application will allow users to pay household utility bills using any cryptocurrency held in their Cointree wallet. Cointree’s digital wallet solution …

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ALLIVE, an Intelligent Healthcare Blockchain Ecosystem, Partners with Ontology

ALLIVE, an Intelligent Healthcare Blockchain Ecosystem, Partners with Ontology

ALLIVE is an exciting new project that aims to create a comprehensive healthcare services system that runs on the blockchain. The project will create decentralized, collaborative, frictionless, and secure healthcare applications for the healthcare industry and will be designed to function seamlessly with healthcare service providers, wearable devices, medical R&D institutions, medical financial services, as well …

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Markets down but some exchanges are doing fine

Markets down but some exchanges are doing fine

Markets Are Down, But Some Exchanges Are Doing Just Fine As the old maxim asserts: those who made the most money in the gold rush were those who sold shovels. With our own digital gold rush in a downturn, however, the shovels aren’t selling so well, as mining companies themselves are struggling to move hardware because miners …

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Poloniex Adds Basic Attention Token (BAT) and Loom Network (LOOM)

Poloniex Adds Basic Attention Token (BAT) and Loom Network (LOOM)

ShareTweetRedditTelegram Poloniex, a top-15 cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and subsidiary of Goldman Sachs-backed Circle, announced today that it has added Basic Attention Token (BAT), the token associated with the Brave browser, and Loom Network (LOOM), a blockchain ecosystem for games and social apps, as available trading options on its trading platform. Poloniex Exchange ✔@Poloniex Deposits and withdrawals are currently live. Trading in …

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Bitcoin Versus Gold Assessing these Assets

Bitcoin Versus Gold Assessing these Assets

The comparison between Bitcoin and gold has become very common in recent times. In some occasion, investors refer to Bitcoin as a digital gold. The truth is that Bitcoin is undergoing a phase which was once undergone by gold. Gold has been a currency for about 2000 years, unlike Bitcoin which recently started making waves. Due to its …

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