Day: May 23, 2019

Ethereum (ETH) Price Rebound Reaching Crucial Juncture: $250 Holds Key

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ETH price decline recently and retested the key $231 support area declined against the US Dollar. The price started a decent rebound and recovered above the $240 and $242 levels. There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $248 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair must clear the $248 and $250 resistances to continue higher in the coming sessions. Ethereum price is currently recovering versus the US Dollar, but consolidating vs bitcoin. ETH must settle above the $250 barrier to continue…

Ryan Kavanaugh’s Media Firm Secures $100 Million Investment for Crypto Project

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United States-based film producer Ryan Kavanaugh’s Proxima Media has unveiled a $100 million investment for a cryptocurrency-based film funding tool, entertainment industry news outlet TheWrap reported on May 23. Per the report, Proxima Media — which Kavanaugh founded and owns — announced plans for a new crypto-enabled financing tool for film, TV, music and other intellectual property-driven content dubbed Proxicoin. Proxima reportedly received the investment from garment production company Central Wealth Group and venture capital fund Step Ventures. Proxicoin reportedly plans to issue Ethereum-based security tokens that allow holders to…

Maltese Government Awards 19 Blockchain Scholarships Using DLT Fund

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The Maltese government has awarded 19 students blockchain scholarships worth a total of 160,000 euro ($179,000), local publication the Malta Independent reports May 23. The scholarships were granted by Silvio Schembri, Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation, using the $351,000 scholarship fund that was set up by Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MITA) and the University of Malta in August 2018. According to the Malta Independent, all the awardees will further apply for a Master’s degree in blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT), with separate groups of students…

Coinbase Now Supports Another Stablecoin, MakerDAO’s Dai

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Major cryptocurrency platform Coinbase now supports stablecoin Dai (DAI), according to an official press release on May 23. Coinbase says that the token can be purchased and sold, sent and received, and converted or stored in most jurisdictions on its platform, with the exception of New York, for now. DAI is designed to maintain a 1:1 value with the U.S. dollar, but is backed collateral on the MKR platform. Both Ethereum-based token MKR and DAI are issued by MakerDAO. However, DAI has been worth under $1 for much of 2019,…

E-Commerce Giant Alibaba to Integrate Blockchain Into Intellectual Property System

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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will integrate blockchain technology into its intellectual property system of global enterprises and brands, local news outlet Sohu reported on May 23. Ali Xizhi, the company’s director of intellectual property protection, reportedly said that Alibaba is in the process of upgrading the filing of intellectual property rights by utilizing blockchain. Alibaba is planning to fully implement the technology in September, after which it will be expanded to digital copyright protection, including visual content. The system will purportedly allow electronic deposits from international brands to directly link…

Finance IT Infrastructure Firm Partners With Institutional Crypto Exchange Seed CX

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Trading IT infrastructure company Avelacom has partnered with digital currency exchange Seed CX, according to a press release published on May 23. The partnership aims to allow institutional clients of Avelacom —  an IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry — to utilize Seed CX’s real-time market data and order-routing products. Currently, Seed CX provides services of a licensed exchange for institutional trading and settlement of spot digital asset products, with plans to offer its products for Commodity Futures Trading Commission-regulated digital asset derivatives. Managing Director of Avelacom Aleksey…

EOS BP, Explained | Cointelegraph

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2. It is based on a consensus mechanism called delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS). On a PoW blockchain like bitcoin, miners employ large amounts of computational power to solve complex mathematical equations. Once the equation is solved, the miner publishes the answer for verification by the other miners on the network, and consensus is reached. The block is then added to the chain, the miner that solved the equation collects his/her block reward, and everyone moves on to the next equation. On a PoS network like Cardano, nodes stake an amount of…

Crypto Markets Turning Green, Oil Prices Tumble

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Thursday, May 23 — Cryptocurrency markets are starting to move upward, having overcome the drop in the beginning of the day, according to Cointelegraph’s Coin360. Market visualization from Coin360 The leading cryptocurrency bitcoin (BTC) started the day at $7,638 gradually reaching its intraday high of $7,946. At press time, bitcoin is trading at around $7,914, up 2.64% over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin 24-hour price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap The second-largest cryptocurrency, ether (ETH), has also taken an upturn and is currently trading at around $246.50, up 0.60% on the day.…

Bitcoin Price Analysis: Macro Resistance Could Push Price Down to $6,000s

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Summary: The bitcoin market is seeing some pullback as the monthly and weekly resistance level has proven to be a tough level to crack. On the daily level we can see a couple of attempts to break the level, but ultimately this was matched with strong selling pressure. On bitcoin’s four-hour chart we can see that support that once held the market up is now turning into support with a failure to reclaim the level. If we fail to reclaim the $7,800s, we can expect to see a retest of…

Coinstar Expands Bitcoin Buying Service to Cover 21 US States

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Supermarket kiosk network Coinstar has further expanded its bitcoin-buying service, adding around 100 new outlets and growing U.S. coverage to 21 states and the District of Columbia. The service, offered through a partnership with blockchain startup Coinme, now allows individuals to buy bitcoin with cash at over 2,200 locations, Coinme announced Wednesday. As of last month, the service was available at around 2,100 locations in 19 states. The service allows purchases using U.S. dollar bills, not coins, for any amount up to $2,500. Coinstar CEO Jim Gaherity said that the…

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