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Confidentiality-oriented Zcash cryptocoin is getting ready to move away from the Proof-of-Work (PoW) protocol and switch to Proof-of-Stake (PoS). There are two reasons for that: security and environment. Zcash cryptocurrency has been gradually increasing in price in recent weeks. Currently, the cost of one cryptocoin is $ 118. And the rate of growth may well…

The cryptocurrency market has continued a notable rise, surging $700 billion over the past 21 days, with the total market capitalization breaking $1.9 trillion. Crypto markets have maintained a bullish trend in early August, surging or 58% over three weeks and nearing $2 trillion in market capitalization. According to data of CoinGecko, the total crypto…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (31 July – 06 August 2021): 31 July: US officials hire a cryptocurrency firm to hold Bitcoin it’s seizing. Following a rise in crypto-related crimes, federal law enforcement is seizing a lot of crypto assets. Now the US government has hired a cryptocurrency firm to hold all its…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has announced plans to integrate Bitcoin into Twitter’s existing products and services. In terms of mass societal acceptance, this could become a decisive breakthrough for the first cryptocurrency. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says his company plans to implement BTC support in several of its products and services, including subscriptions and e-commerce….

The AML / CFT requirements for crypto business are becoming more and more stringent. And as ShapeShift’s recent refusal to cooperate with regulators and transition to DEX status demonstrates, not everyone is ready to accept this. But what comes next? Cryptocurrencies started out as a true ode to decentralization. Think back to what all the…

Non-fungible token (NFT) activity is far from dead and seems to be picking up speed – with rich investors spending millions on artworks, NFTs are selling for millions for a piece, and the trading volumes are growing up again. Jeff Dorman, Chief Investment Officer of US-based investment management firm Arca, said on Twitter: “The rise…