Cryptocurrency data to produce music
    25 Jul 2021
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    Texas-based influencer Estefannie and British synth-pop musician Look Mum No Computer collaborate to produce music based on fluctuations of the crypto market data. Estefannie and Sam Battle, also known as Look Mum No Computer, made a device that converts the price volatility of various cryptocurrency markets into music-like sounds. Battle constructed a mechanism to generate…

    Coinbase Commerce starts to accept Dogecoin for payments
    25 Jul 2021
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    Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global announced on Wednesday it has started to accept meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin for commerce payments. Dogecoin (DOGE) became the 7th cryptocurrency for merchants to accept payments on Coinbase’s e-commerce portal, according to an announcement on Twitter. The platform currently also supports Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), as well…

    Mining giant Core Scientific going public on Nasdaq with a $4.3B valuation
    25 Jul 2021
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    Major blockchain hosting and digital asset mining company Core Scientific is going public through a merger with Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp., valued at around $4.3 billion combined. On Wednesday, Core Scientific Holding Co., one of the largest mining companies in North America, announced its plan to go public on Nasdaq via a special…

    Terra [LUNA]: a stablecoin issuing ecosystem
    25 Jul 2021
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    We continue to study platforms used for creating different blockchain projects: stablecoins, DeFi, synthetic assets. Today on the agenda is Terra [LUNA]. On July 16, the Terra [LUNA] crypto project team announced that it had received $ 150 million in investments to develop its ecosystem. The investments came from a pool of 23 large funds…

    CBDC will (not) make Bitcoin obsolete
    24 Jul 2021
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    Will Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) make Bitcoin obsolete or not? – professor Sean Stein Smith reflects in the Forbes column. Recent comments by the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, highlight the need for more productive conversations around crypto competition. During testimony to both the House and Senate the topic of a central…

    Jack Dorsey hopes Bitcoin will ‘create world peace’
    24 Jul 2021
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    Square CEO, Twitter founder, and long-time Bitcoin advocate Jack Dorsey has high hopes cryptocurrency will help bring about world peace. “My hope is that it creates world peace or helps create world peace,” he said during a “The B Word” conference on Wednesday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood were also…