Adam MacCarthaigh

Jul 05, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — International Blockchain Consulting “IBC” Group have responded to the Chinese government’s clampdown on cryptocurrency by closing down all of its Bitcoin and Ethereum mining facilities across China. Large parts of the business will move to North America and South America, as well as across Europe and the Middle East. BackgroundFounded in 2014 it spans 40 countries offering blockchain consulting on anything from ICO supports to institutional training.

Jun 11, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — The blockchain is a revolutionary piece of technology, but a key factor to its growth is its use in practice. While many know it for its use with cryptocurrencies, there are other ways the blockchain can integrate with everyday life. While blockchain technology can seem complicated at first, the core principle is quite simple. A blockchain is a type of database. It is a collection of information stored on an electronic server. The structure of a blockchain is what makes it unique.

Jun 11, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced today that the digital yuan wallet will be inclusive for all to use. According to Mu Changchun, director general of the central bank’s Digital Currency Research Institute, users to store the digital yuan in both physical and digital wallets, and personal or public ones. The wallets will be designed to address people’s demands, taking into consideration their credit limits and purposes of use.

Jun 11, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — The blockchain is a revolutionary piece of technology, but a key factor to its growth is its use in practice. While many know it for its use with cryptocurrencies, there are other ways the blockchain can integrate with everyday life. While blockchain technology can seem complicated at first, the core principle is quite simple. A blockchain is a type of database. It is a collection of information stored on an electronic server. The structure of a blockchain is what makes it unique.

Jun 08, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — Blockdaemon has closed its Series A funding with $28 million from lead investor Greenspring Associates as well as receiving funding from Goldman Sachs Group. BackgroundThe New York based Blockdaemon creates and hosts the computer nodes that make up blockchain networks. Hence, they can be referred to as a blockchain backbone firm. In fact, they’re the leading independent blockchain infrastructure platform. Blockdaemon powers 25 million registered users across the platforms they work with.

Jun 08, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — Blockdaemon has closed its Series A funding with $28 million from lead investor Greenspring Associates as well as receiving funding from Goldman Sachs Group. BackgroundThe New York based Blockdaemon creates and hosts the computer nodes that make up blockchain networks. Hence, they can be referred to as a blockchain backbone firm. In fact, they’re the leading independent blockchain infrastructure platform. Blockdaemon powers 25 million registered users across the platforms they work with.

Jun 04, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — In the first 30 days after its launch, Uniswap V3 handled more than $17 billion in trading volume from over 288,130 user wallets. The volume peaked on May 19, as $1.4 billion in volume was handled, while on May 8, it registered the most new user wallets, with 35,100 active user wallets. Since then, user activity has slightly dropped and stabilized around 12,000 wallets per day. While this is impressive, it is still far behind its predecessor, Uniswap V2.

Jun 04, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — Speaking on Lex Fridman’s podcast this week Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin spoke candidly about his relationship with Cardano founder and co-founder of Ethereum Charles Hoskinson. Buterin created Ethereum at the age of 19 and worked with eight developers on the early stages of the project —Charles Hoskinson being one of them. However, while Ethereum was taking off neither Hoskinson nor Buterin could agree on the trajectory for the project.

Jun 03, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — Pontem, a framework for decentralized applications (dApps) on Facebook’s Diem project, has raised $4.5 million through a seed round, led by Mechanism Capital and Kenetic Capital. The network was initially set up to act as a bridge between cryptocurrency and the Diem Blockchain by Facebook. In theory this would act as an intermediary between the regulated and the unregulated, allows exchange between the two.

Jun 03, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — Pontem, a framework for decentralized applications (dApps) on Facebook’s Diem project, has raised $4.5 million through a seed round, led by Mechanism Capital and Kenetic Capital. The network was initially set up to act as a bridge between cryptocurrency and the Diem Blockchain by Facebook. In theory this would act as an intermediary between the regulated and the unregulated, allows exchange between the two.

Jun 03, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — Aboard Air Force One, the President’s Deputy Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, briefed the press gaggle on a serious ongoing ransomware attack. Major ransomware attackBrazilian meat supplier, JBS, was the victim of a ransomware attack that’s been affecting their systems for the past two days. Across its North American and Australian businesses, work has ground to a halt for thousands of employees.

Jun 02, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — Coinshares has released a brief synopsis of the investment inflows and outflows in popular ETPs, mutual fund and OTC trusts, referencing all major digital assets. While the crypto market experienced some volatility last week, ethereum’s (ETH) market share rose to an all-time high of 27%. This new record comes off the back of Ethereum announcing it will be moving ahead with two hard forks – London and Altair.

Jun 02, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — Coinshares has released a brief synopsis of the investment inflows and outflows in popular ETPs, mutual fund and OTC trusts, referencing all major digital assets. While the crypto market experienced some volatility last week, ethereum’s (ETH) market share rose to an all-time high of 27%. This new record comes off the back of Ethereum announcing it will be moving ahead with two hard forks – London and Altair.

May 26, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — The Daily BeastThese Ads Starring Lady Gaga and J.Lo Only Look Like a PSAScreenshot/YouTubeBy Michael McAuliff | KHNViewers could be excused for thinking Robert De Niro was just being a good fella in an ad promoting safe buildings amid the COVID pandemic, along with the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga and Michael B. Jordan.They would be wrong.De Niro and the other A-list celebs are backing something called the Well Health-Safety seal, offered by the International Well Building Institute.

May 26, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — Ripple announced yesterday that they would be partnering with BankDhofar Oman’s second largest bank. This follows last week’s announcement that they would be teaming up with the National Bank of Egypt on a similar project. In June 2017 Ripple their vision for the internet of value, the basic idea being that value should be exchanged as quickly as information. They saw the high cost and slow delivery of fiat currencies and wanted to address these issues.

May 26, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — TipRanks3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Under $10 With Triple-Digit Upside PotentialYou don’t have to pay three-digit sums to find compelling investing opportunities. It’s time to look outside the box at some cheap stocks top analysts are cheering right now. Among the stocks that are getting the thumbs up are three that show a strongly attractive profile for retail investors: an initial price below $10 per share, a Strong Buy rating from the Street, and a triple digit upside potential.

May 26, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — As the cryptocurrency market is slowly recovering from last week’s roller coaster, Apple gently hints at a move into the alternative payments sector. Tech giant Apple posted a job advert on Tuesday for a business development manager, with a focus on alternative payments. Apple is looking for someone to join the Apple Wallets, Payments, and Commerce team, with a specific remit for leading alternative payments partnerships.

May 20, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — Co-founder of Tribe Capital, Arjun Sethi, has joined the board of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. This news comes on the back of several months of heavy investment by Tribe in the exchange. Tribe Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm from San Francisco. They currently have more than $1 billion in assets under management. Founded just over ten years ago, Kraken offers cryptocurrency trading, as well as several fiat currencies.

May 20, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — Co-founder of Tribe Capital, Arjun Sethi, has joined the board of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. This news comes on the back of several months of heavy investment by Tribe in the exchange. Tribe Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm from San Francisco. They currently have more than $1 billion in assets under management. Founded just over ten years ago, Kraken offers cryptocurrency trading, as well as several fiat currencies.

May 20, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — Deutsche Bank analyst and Harvard University lecturer Marion Laboure, quoted the late Karl Lagerfeld Wednesday when she said:“It took bitcoin (BTC) a mere three months to go from trendy to tacky, and all it took for the cryptocurrency to fall out of style was one tweet and a Chinese government statement.”This statement came on the back of Wednesday’s market plunge, which saw bitcoin lose 22% of its value, hitting a three-month low of $32,129.

May 20, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — Deutsche Bank analyst and Harvard University lecturer Marion Laboure, quoted the late Karl Lagerfeld Wednesday when she said:“It took bitcoin (BTC) a mere three months to go from trendy to tacky, and all it took for the cryptocurrency to fall out of style was one tweet and a Chinese government statement.” This statement came on the back of Wednesday’s market plunge, which saw bitcoin lose 22% of its value, hitting a three-month low of $32,129.

May 20, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — BloombergBillionaire Founder of China Property Giant Dies of Illness(Bloomberg) -- The billionaire founder of KE Holdings Inc.

May 20, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — Vancouver-based iMining announced after extensive research and testing that they are set to launch a staking service for cardano (ADA). This will be in addition to the staking services they currently offer, focused on Ethereum’s (ETH) proof-of-stake concept. This news comes on the back Input Out – the company behind Cardano – announcing that an ERC20 converter would be coming soon. With this announced, they hope to finally provide a viable alternative to the Ethereum network.

May 19, 2021  | 
beincrypto.com — In the wake of China extending the ban on cryptocurrencies further and last week’s Twitter musings by Elon Musk the crypto market plunged, the effect of these external impacts can be seen through real-time liquidations, which topped 804,242, in the last 24 hours. Bybt liquidations counts all the crypto liquidations across all exchanges and currencies. This came as bitcoin (BTC) lost value for the fifth day in a row. The world’s largest cryptocurrency is now back at the pre-Tesla announcement price.

May 19, 2021  | 
finance.yahoo.com — Yahoo Finance VideoElon Musk sent crypto into a downward spiral: StrategistTravis Kling, Ikigai Asset Management Founder joins the Yahoo Finance Live panel to discuss the latest with the cryptocurrency sell-off. Yahoo Finance UKCryptocurrency carnage: Billions wiped off market as Musk says Tesla has 'diamond hands'A cryptocurrency sell-off that began last week when Elon Musk turned against bitcoin accelerated on Wednesday, with the world's biggest crypto plunging 22%.