Sidechain Lumino, created on top of the main Bitcoin network, is a third-level payment solution with support for Ethereum smart contracts, officially launched. This was reported on Tuesday, May 14 at the Consensus 2019 conference in New York by the head of the research and innovation department of the Argentine company RIF Labs, Sergio Lerner. Work on Lumino, which in some ways can be compared with the network of the Lightning Network, was carried out on […]
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Owned by the Winklevoss brothers, Gemini, a cryptographic exchange, announced a partnership with the Flexa payment network, thanks to which large American retailers will start accepting cryptocurrencies for payment. According to Tyler Winkloss, now users of the mobile application SPEDN can pay for purchases in the following digital currencies: We're excited to announce our partnership with @FlexaHQ at # Consensus2019 . This partnership enables select retailers to accept #crypto payments in stores. Spend your crypto in person, on the go! #CryptoNotCredit https://t.co/5dIUjkZ4q5 pic.twitter.com/j9jSSGrCvX – Gemini (@Gemini) May 13, 2019 In particular, users will be able to spend cryptocurrency in the…
Bitcoin rally cryptocurrency continues – on Tuesday, the coin overcame the mark of $ 8,000, the market capitalization of the asset exceeded $ 141,870 billion. On Tuesday night, Bitcoin on some trading platforms overcame the mark of $ 8,100. So, for example, on Coinbase crypto-exchange the indicator was fixed at $ 8,195, that is, we can talk about an increase in the rate by 17.4% or $ 1.214 during the daily trading session. Over the past 90 days, the coin rate has increased by 127%; over the past 30 days, we can talk about a 60% price increase. Changes in…
On the night of May 13-14, the weighted average price of Bitcoin was able to overcome the $ 8,000 bar from overclocking, where it lasted for about an hour and a half before failing to the level of $ 7,731. Then, with some hesitation, a new ascent to the height reached was followed. At the moment, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at a price of $ 8,251 per unit – the last time at this mark it was last summer. The share of BTC in the market is 59.3%, its capitalization is about $ 146 billion, and the cumulative capitalization of…
DECENT, an international company that developed the DCore blockchain technology, launched a major update of its wallets ecosystem. In particular, transaction fees have been significantly reduced, the ability to make payments using custom tokens and phone account creation has been added, the overall interface has been improved, and some bugs have been fixed. In a press release, DECENT noted that transactional commissions reduced transactions from 0.005 DCT (~ […]
Car owners in Russia will soon be able to buy fuel for Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital currencies. The gas stations of the company “Nordgaz Trading” will be the first in the country to give citizens such a right. It clarifies the portal "Driving Kuban" , "Nordgaz Trading" has already signed a partnership agreement with the company Fin Foundation, which has experience in building a system of payment for fuel in virtual currencies. Previously, she launched a platform to pay for gasoline and other fuels at South Korean petrol stations. Experts believe that if Nordgaz Trading starts accepting digital assets…
The Internet site can translate the plans announced in December 2017. Although Lamborghini and parties on the yachts as a pre-party and a fter-party conference Consensus is not expected, but the bitcoin jerk led to the fact that the general optimism began to manifest itself in everything. And one cannot say that there is no basis for it: such a volume of transactions with cryptocurrencies ($ 29 billion per day) has never been observed. Against the background of such a demand for digital assets, the emergence of information that the giant of world e-commerce, eBay, may begin to accept cryptocurrency…
According to a survey that was organized by HBUS, the operator of the American crypto-exchange Huobi, almost 12% of the crypto holders are long-term investors. In the period from March to April of this year, the company surveyed 1,067 US crypto holders and found out that 19.58% of citizens whose income exceeds $ 99,000 per year are active holders of digital currency. In the meantime, according to the survey, people who earn about $ 125,000- $ 149,000 are likely to invest in cryptocurrency. The study also found that in 2018, 8% of respondents invested in cryptocurrency, in 2019 slightly more…
Owned by the Winklevossam brothers, Gemini has announced a partnership with the Flexa payment network, thanks to which large American retailers will start accepting cryptocurrency for payment. We're excited to announce our partnership with @FlexaHQ at # Consensus2019. This partnership enables select retailers to accept #crypto payments in stores. Spend your crypto in person, on the go! #CryptoNotCredit https://t.co/5dIUjkZ4q5 pic.twitter.com/j9jSSGrCvX – […]
Analytical service CoinGecko presented the so-called “Trust Score” (Trust Score), which shows the normalized trading volumes of cryptocurrency exchanges. This was reported to ForkLog by service representatives. Trust Score methodology involves the complex use of various techniques, including analysis of web traffic and order logs (the spread between the Bid and Ask prices, an estimate of the volume of the order required for price movement by 2%), as well as data […]