Bitpay Announces Stablecoin Support for Merchant Settlement

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On Monday the cryptocurrency payment processor Bitpay announced the company is now supporting settlement options using two stablecoins — the Gemini dollar and the Circle Centre coin. Not only can Bitpay merchants settle in BCH, BTC, and local fiat currencies, but they can also utilize a US dollar-equivalent digital currency. Also read: BCH Devcon Streamlines Bitcoin … Read more

Bizarro World: Federated Sidechain Technology Promoted Over Nakamoto Consensus

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On Oct. 10, Blockstream revealed that the company’s new product, Liquid, generated its first block on Sept. 27 and noted that a lot of the crypto-economy’s “biggest players” participated. Since Blockstream announced the launch of its federated sidechain, the technology has been praised by some and dismissed by others. Also read: BCH Devcon Streamlines Bitcoin Innovation … Read more

How to Turn Any Smartphone Into a Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet

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In the world of cryptocurrency, secure storage solutions will always be in very high demand. It seems unlikely that demand will diminish, even though very few reliable hardware solutions exist today. The new Parity Signer V2.0 software kit can, in theory, turn any major mobile phone into a hardware wallet without the need for additional … Read more

Weekly Crypto Roundup: Roubini Vs Buterin, Bithumb Sells Stake, Coinbase Lists First ERC-20 Token

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When one of the biggest Bitcoin critics had his day to testify before Congress, the crypto world knew it would be brutal. Popularly known as Dr. Doom, Nouriel Roubini held nothing back as he attacked crypto, but it was the aftermath that was even more exciting. Roubini called out the industry’s most renowned personality, Vitalik … Read more