Crypto fever is starting to percolate into the classroom. Two fifteen-year-old scientists from County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, have developed a computer algorithm for predicting cryptocurrency market movements. Taha Fareed and Jevin Joy from Coláiste Phádraig school in the city of Lucan are launching a website where members of the public will be able to view their model’s predictions of…
press release PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland, 13th January 2022: As part of its strategic business objective to become the leading gaming technology company, GAIMIN announces a plug-in and metaverse environment that enables blockchain technology and NFTs to be used within Minecraft. GAIMIN has developed a gaming and technology platform that delivers blockchain and NFT technology to gamers and game studios…
Switzerland took another step to clarify its roadmap for integrating central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, into the current financial system. The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the country’s central bank, completed the second phase of Project Helvetia with its partners by integrating a wholesale CBDC into the existing back-office systems and processes of five banks: Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Hypothekarbank…
Two individual Bitcoin miners with modest hashrate hit a jackpot of 6.25 BTC each (around $275,000 at current prices) after successfully adding new blocks to the Bitcoin network—all in the span of two days. Both lucky miners had their computing power connected to Solo CK, a mining pool offering anonymous solo Bitcoin mining. Dr. Con Kolivas, a software engineer who…
Following Mozilla’s decision to pause crypto donations due to environmental concerns, a number of Wikimedia Foundation community members have submitted a proposal that asks the foundation to stop accepting digital currency donations. The proposal explains that crypto donations “signals [an] endorsement of the cryptocurrency space,” and also says that “Cryptocurrencies may not align with the Wikimedia Foundation’s commitment to environmental…
Fintech startup Seashell has raised $6 million in seed investments from some of crypto’s biggest venture funds and project founders as it seeks to build out an inflation-resistant finance app — a timely initiative as consumers struggle with the pressures of rising costs. The investment round was co-led by Khosla Ventures and Kindred Ventures, with additional participation from Robinhood co-founder…
The United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce has announced a hearing on the cryptocurrency industry’s energy consumption. The hearing will take place on Thursday, January 20, 2022. “In just a few short years, cryptocurrency has seen a meteoric rise in popularity. It’s time to understand and address the steep energy and environmental impacts it is having on our…
Listen To This Episode: “Bitcoin Bottom Line” podcast host C.J. Wilson presented a solo episode to break down the topic of open-source software. The concept of Bitcoin being an open-source software projects means that everything about Bitcoin must have visibility and auditability, meaning that anyone, including average non-coders, has access to download the entire language. This encourages folks to participate…
intermediate The Stellar Lumens network remains popular with investors interested in independent decentralized projects. Experts recognize Stellar as a popular crypto project, attracting investors looking for the best investment platforms. In this article, we contemplate different market opinions on XLM trading perspectives and look into various Stellar Lumens’ long-term price forecasts. Overview of the Stellar Network Stellar is an open-source…
Web3 is the latest buzzword to see an uptick in interest in recent months — What does it actually mean? Around the Block from Coinbase Ventures sheds light on key trends in crypto. Written by Connor Dempsey, Angie Wang & Justin Mart. A lot of definitions have been thrown around, but at Coinbase, we generally think of Web3 as a trustless, permissionless, and decentralized…
