European Central Bank (ECB) presidential candidate Christine Lagarde called for a balanced approach to regulating digital currencies. In a statement to the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Lagarde emphasized that central banks should ensure stability and security in the financial sector. However, at the same time, regulators should be “open to…
In the regular media it is often written that the transaction costs of bitcoin are too high. Bitcoin could never be a success if you have to pay a few euros extra in fee for a cup of coffee. However, there is a pin to get in between. For example, more than $ 55 million…
The hash rate of Bitcoin increases, while energy consumption decreases Bitcoin’s energy consumption (BTC) is becoming more and more efficient, as the hash rate of Bitcoin continues to reach record highs. Data from the Statistician aggregator shows that, despite the fact that more computing power is dedicated to Bitcoin mining, less electricity is needed to…
The price of bitcoin behaves like the author of this article. When he can be found in the snack bar, he cannot make a choice either. In fact, there has been no clear trend since July, is the price of bitcoin going up or down in the longer term? No time to read today? Then…
The speculative forecasts of Bitcoin prices always attract a lot of attention. In the last two years, these have ranged from collapsing to zero to those who have supported parabolic growth to one million dollars. The latest prediction is an analytical piece by entrepreneur Harold Christopher Burger, who analyzed the long-term natural growth corridor of…
While many giants from the technology sector, such as Samsung and IBM, are working intensively with blockchain technology, Apple is in no hurry to show interest in this direction. But this does not mean that the company is not interested in the new industry. Apple Pay vice president Jennifer Bailey told CNN that the company…
The US National Security Agency (NSA) plans to create a quantum-resistant cryptotechnology. The objectives of the project are currently unknown. According to records On Twitter, William Turton, head of the NSA’s cybersecurity department, Anne Neuberger, said at her 10th annual cybersecurity summit in Billington that her agency is developing a quantum-resilient crypto. Anne Neuberger, Director…
Swiss giant Nestlé said it had to adopt a “startup mentality” to move forward in developing a blockchain project. Armin Nehzat, Nestlé’s Digital Technology Manager, spoke about this.in an interview with TechWire Asia. Nestlé recently launched project whose goal is to allow Nestlé customers to track the company’s products using the blockchain in order to…
Coin Metrics reports that the number of bitcoin addresses that store at least 10 BTC has reached 157,000. This is approximately 1% of all addresses with a non-zero balance. According to researchers, 614,500 wallets store from 1 to 10 BTC, and addresses where it lies from 10 to 100 BTC make up 0.5% of the…
The Republic of the Marshall Islands launches its own national cryptocurrency in order to gain independence of monetary policy from the US dollar. The Marshall Islands received limited autonomy in 1979, and the Free Association Agreement was signed in 1986, according to which the United States recognized the independence of the Republic. Until that time,…
