The markets of cryptocurrencies changes as per the attention they get, they do not behave like the conventional financial markets, National Bureau for Economic Research suggests in their recent study. Unlike the other traditional assets, the cryptocurrencies respond or behave in a different way to the market factors. They move according to the specific factors of cryptocurrencies, according to a report published in this week. The factors for cryptocurrency include market momentum and investor attention, which are described as continuous time cryptocurrency momentum occurring at daily & weekly frequencies. Two economists from Yale University, Aleh Tsyvinski and Yukun Liu said…
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Reportedly, Microsoft published its two of its new patent applications. As per the industry experts, the recent move from Microsoft indicates that the firm is looking for the utilization of trusted execution environments (TEEs) within its blockchain contributions. As per the data collected from two filings that were earlier published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a TEE is stipulated for the storage of the priorly committed form of blockchain or other security protocol code in a validation node. With such type of data, an attestation of TEE can validate members of the structure possessing identical data apprehended in…
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The World Bank is entering into the brave new realm of digital finance to trade the first-ever bond to be launched completely employing blockchain tech, the bank declared to the media this week. More than just finances, the World Bank targets to attain experience employing blockchain that can result in “a bright future” for fiscal services in developing countries, an official of the bank claimed to the media in an interview. The tech is most often related with cryptocurrencies (such as bitcoin). These cryptocurrencies often lifts suspicion about their volatility and reliability, as well as their employment for criminal reasons.…
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The cryptocurrency society has been mulling over for mass acceptance in recent time. And now with the availability of LTC (Litecoin) on text message via Lite.im, it appears to be a step nearer to its desired “cryptocurrency for all” objective. This week, the Litecoin society showcased a great sense of contentment when Charlie Lee (the founder of Litecoin) announced that LTC can now be received as well as sent on Telegram. Zulu Republic, the brainchild behind the thought, announced in an interview this week that since the starting, they have been boosted by a dream of what the world may…
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tZero, the subsidiary of Overstock.com, lifted $134 Million in its security token offering, claimed the firm this week to the media in an interview. The declaration (disclosed as fraction of second-quarter results of Overstock) was coupled with a different disclosure revealing. The disclosure claimed that GSR Capital (the Hong Kong-located equity company) has decided to spend as much as $400 Million in both Overstock and tZero. tZero claimed previously this week that it had concluded its token sale, although the company initially had set a target of lifting $250 Million via the offering. At the time of earnings call, Patrick…
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The price of Ethereum Classic (ETC) has fallen by over 30% against the US dollar after its listing on Coinbase. Earlier to August 7, the price of ETC increased by two recent occasions, the first of which began on June 11 when Coinbase announced its intention to add to its classic ethereum platform. The ETC price went from $12.19 to $16.40 in the next 48 Hours, resulting in a 34% gain. The next and most spectacular push began on August 3, following an announcement from Coinbase, stating that ETC trading would eventually be released on August 7. In the duration…
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Bitcoin recorded a loss of about $500 in six hours! So far, the ten cryptos excluding Tether (USDT) are covered in red, according to Coin360. As per press time, the BTC is trading at about $6,598, falling 5.29% on the last day and bringing a new weekly low. The fall follows today’s announcement that the US Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed its decision to register and trade a Bitcoin ETF before the end of September. Ethereum is going through a decline which has decreased around 6.64% in the last 24 hours. The second positioned cryptocurrency is at $377 and…
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Microsoft has just announced an agreement for customers developing ethereum-supported applications on Azure that deals with mining. Dubbed as “proof-of-authority,” the technique notably restores the proof-of-work mining procedure that is widespread in public blockchains. On the other hand, it is only valid in network cases that are authorized. This includes consortium or private blockchains (where only invited companies may take part as nodes), claimed Cody Born, Azure software engineer, to the media in an interview. The inclusion of proof-of-authority permits institutional customers of Azure to confirm transactions more professionally and preserves high levels of safety, claimed Born. Proof-of-authority agreement fundamentally…
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The World Bank Group is functioning along with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) to issue a blockchain-based bond. CBA, one of the four major retail banks in Australia, said on Friday in a statement that it has received a mandate from the World Bank to regulate the issue of the bond, which will be generated, transferred and administered via a blockchain platform. The technology already developed by the CBA retail chain’s in-house laboratory is to enable key players in an issuance process, such as banks and investors to join the nodes of a distributed network. In this way, the…
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The London-located Fintech firm offering next-gen fiscal services for the unbanked, Humaniq, this week rolled out a pilot project dubbed as Humaniq Farm. The project is rolled out for consumers in the agricultural business to empower them in order to progress as entrepreneurs. As per a study performed by the Humaniq group, agriculture is a vital industry for sub-Saharan Africa. On the other hand, considering the rapid economic transformation in Africa along with shortage of qualitative data, fast urbanization, and demographic changes, there is a risk of farmers lacking the knowledge to take benefit of new opportunities in the market.…