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Bitcoin Plays a Role in Humanitarian Assistance

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headlines January 16, 2020 Bytom released MOV Stable Financial System Whitepaper, truly realize multi-asset mortgage

interview December 31, 2019 Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino: Lightning Network “Gives You an Intrinsic Sensation of Freedom and Power”

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headlines January 16, 2020 Bytom released MOV Stable Financial System Whitepaper, truly realize multi-asset mortgage

topics August 9, 2019 Beware of These Chinese Crypto Scams and Possible Exit Scams

Blockchain

Blockchain Race：The Difference Between China and U.S.

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By August 2019, there are 2450 blockchain enterprises all over the world, 23% of which focus on technology research and development. Among them, enterprises in China and the U.S. account for more than half of the total number of global blockchain field. In the...

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Bitcoin

Maybe BIS Membership Slowed China’s Digital Currency Launch

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Several European central banks have announced their coming together with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to create a group to share knowledge as they assess the potential use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The move by the ...

Does Chinese New Year Really Have An Impact on Bitcoin Price?

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Press-release

MOV Trading Logic is Open for Testing

MOV Trading Logic is Open for Testing November 26, 2019

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Mining

Bitcoin Mining Pools Pocket in Multimillions While Many Cloud Mining Products Lose Money

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Bitcoin mining pools earned an average of over $4.28 million from bitcoin transaction fees in 2019, with BTC.com making the most of more than $26.22 million, according to a report by Chinese crypto media outlet PANews. The report pointed out that seven major...

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Technologies

Bitcoin Core 0.19.0 Released: Here’s What’s New

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Today, November 24, 2019, marks the official release of Bitcoin Core 0.19.0, the 19th major release of Bitcoin’s original software client launched by Satoshi Nakamoto almost 11 years ago and still the dominant Bitcoin implementation on the network today. (Tho...

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Interview

Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino: Lightning Network “Gives You an Intrinsic Sensation of Freedom and Power”

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