Engineering

Championing Blockchain Education in Africa: Women Leading the Bitcoin Cause

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Time Stamp: August 12, 2020 9:09 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in the technology and financial industries. In the U.S, women only hold a quarter of computing-related jobs. Some sectors, like software engineering, fare even worse, with female representation as low as 15%. And now along comes blockchain, a technology that promises a global revolution through decentralization. Blockchain has already begun to transform many industries, from finance and supply chain management to healthcare and governance.  However, it has yet to significantly change the demographics of the tech industry. According to a study conducted by

Why Grayscale’s New Digital Currency Ad Could Bring Crypto Investing To Millions

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Time Stamp: August 10, 2020 9:16 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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This morning Grayscale, the world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency investment vehicles, temporarily turned its attention away from hoovering up the supply of Bitcoin to focus on arguably the most intractable problem in all of crypto: getting your stubborn friends and family on board.  Last Friday Grayscale founder and CEO Barry Silbert teased a massive ad buy on Twitter with the intention to “brrring crypto to the masses” — and this morning he delivered, with spots on CNBC, MSNBC, FOX, and FOX Business, among others. The Grayscale blog, meanwhile, pitches the

Adam Back: Some ICOs Funded Useful Research Despite Being Unethical

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Time Stamp: August 7, 2020 7:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Adam Back recently took to Twitter with controversial comments on many of the industry’s largest crypto projects — including Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), Ripple (XRP), and Stellar (XML). His tweets placed these projects in the same category as a number of bonafide scams, which he considers to have been orchestrated as “premines”.We interviewed Back in order to clarify his position on the matter, starting with questions of how he feels about Satoshi Nakamoto essentially premining over one million Bitcoin. Back responded that “Bitcoin has no premine”, adding that he considers

Why This DeFi Exchange is a One Way Ticket for Ethereum’s ERC-20 Tokens?

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 4:31 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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advertisement Uniswap is a decentralized exchange with a unique mechanism for trading ERC-20 tokens on its platform. Apparently, its the perfect platform for pumping tokens. CryptoGainz, prominent crypto trader tweeted, Advertisement there’s no orderbook to scare buyers or induce selling, only a bullish narrative and sell side liquidity crisisUniswap evaluates the price of a token based on the balance of Ethereum and of the token. On a successful trade or exchange, the value is added in accordance with the Ethereum swapped for the token. Hence, there are no order books

Introducing the new Blockchain.com monthly newsletter — April Edition: “After the Dust Settles”

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 12:38 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The quality of information and data in crypto has improved in recent years, so you may be asking why another monthly newsletter?There are still some big data and analysis gaps in crypto. Crypto markets are nowhere near as widely served with reliable research and data as traditional markets. Indeed, the March 12–13th crypto stress test demonstrated there are also still some very significant issues with the state of crypto exchange infrastructure.What you can expect from our monthly newsletterOur intention with this newsletter is to avoid repeating what you can find

Amid Widespread Privacy Coin Delistings, Bitstamp Considers Zcash Support

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Time Stamp: April 3, 2020 12:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitstamp, one of the longest-running active cryptocurrency exchanges, is considering launching a batch of new crypto asset listings.Curiously, Bitstamp is contemplating support for Zcash (ZEC), despite an increasing number of exchanges seeking to distance themselves from privacy coins due to associated regulatory risks.Bitfinex considers first new listings in 3 yearsOn March 31, Bitstamp announced it is “actively exploring” support for seven crypto assets, including two stablecoins and one privacy coin.The prospective listings comprise Basic Attention Token (BAT), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Stellar Lumens (XLM), Paxos Standard (PAX), 0x (ZRX), USD Coin