Stories by Adriana Hamacher
Five bitcoin investing strategies you can use now
RIGA, Latvia—Michiel Lescrauwaet, co-founder of bitcoin investment fund Adamant Capital, recently laid out the firm’s investment strategy, and five approaches that can outperform bitcoin, at t...
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Cryptocurrencies
Adriana Hamacher
Will Cardano’s simple smart contracts start a stampede?
Five hundred developers are descending on the University of Wyoming today to get a first taste of working with Plutus—the latest version of the smart contract designed for use on the Cardano b...
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Technology
Adriana Hamacher
Ethereum daily transaction fees surpassing Bitcoin's
The Ethereum network's daily transaction fees surpassed Bitcoin for the first time since March yesterday, according to crypto-assets data providers Messari and Coin Metrics. Analysts argue th...
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Markets
Adriana Hamacher
Why European animosity to Facebook won’t halt Libra
Never mind that Germany became the second government in Europe today to formally express its disapproval of Facebook’s Libra coin. And never mind that the French hate it, too, or that crypto i...
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Opinion
Adriana Hamacher
Now hodling: Bitcoin whales
RIGA, Latvia—Bitcoin whales are holding on to their coins, crypto hedge fund manager Murad Mahmudov told the audience this weekend at Baltic Honeybadger, a Bitcoin conference. Azerbaijan-based...
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Cryptocurrencies
Adriana Hamacher
Protecting bitcoin with a gun barrel
RIGA—Keeping one’s bitcoin physically secure was a topic of debate at Latvia’s Baltic Honeybadger, a major Bitcoin conference taking place this weekend. And, seemingly, no one is better armed ...
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Cryptocurrencies
Adriana Hamacher
The new Swiss banks of crypto
Stefan Deiss, founder and CEO of the Swiss crypto accelerator, Blockchain Propulsion, spent two months looking for a bank account for Polo Pecem, the world’s first blockchain-powered “Smart Ch...
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Business
Adriana Hamacher
TruStory’s radical attempt to make money out of crypto's love of mud-slinging
The crypto universe is full of lofty claims: Bitcoin grandees will tell you “only the one true coin will survive,” ICO and STO purveyors will shill you from dawn to dusk. And let’s not forget ...
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Business
Adriana Hamacher
Chainlink CEO: How “Mixicles” can change the game for smart contract privacy
Chainlink wants to make smart contracts more attractive for enterprise. The oracleprovider is tackling the privacy concerns companies cite for choosing a private chain over a public one, such ...
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Technology
Adriana Hamacher
Bitcoin was Facebook’s first choice says Abra's CEO
Bill Barhydt, CEO of Bitcoin investment platform Abra, claims that Facebook staffers told him the company wanted to use Bitcoin as a cryptocurrency to power its payment platforms. But the soc...
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Cryptocurrencies
Adriana Hamacher
Coinbase Ventures invests in Offchain Labs' Ethereum scaling solution for smart contracts
Offchain Labs, an enterprise-focused startup, is launching an Alpha version of its Ethereum scaling solution Arbitrum today. It’s also announcing funding from Coinbase Ventures, the investment...
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Business
Adriana Hamacher
Vitalik Buterin: “Very confident” about phase zero of Ethereum 2.0
Vitalik Buterin is “very confident” about launching phase zero of Ethereum’s mammoth scaling project early next year, but less so about the incentives driving people who will use the blockchai...
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Technology
Adriana Hamacher
China Telecom to develop blockchain smartphones
Chinese state-owned telecommunications company, China Telecom has revealed plans to develop blockchain-enabled 5G ready SIM cards, according to Chinese website Sina News. China Telecom’s res...
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Technology
Adriana Hamacher
Tippin brings bitcoin tipping to iOS and Android
Sending bitcoin tips to people on Twitter is about to get way easier. tippin.me a platform that enables micropayment in bitcoin, via the Lightning Network, is launching on mobile, it announced...
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Cryptocurrencies
Adriana Hamacher
Brazil’s leading payment processor begins accepting bitcoin
Brazil’s biggest payment processor, Cielo, has unveiled support for cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, on its 1.4 million point-of-sale devices throughout the country. The news was unveiled...
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Business
Adriana Hamacher
Who is and who isn't working on a state-backed digital currency?
China is pushing full steam ahead with its state-backed digital currency. But while it may be the first of the major economies to launch its own crypto, it’s unlikely to be the last. Russia, ...
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Cryptocurrencies
Adriana Hamacher
Anonymous YouTuber sets up bitcoin bird-feeder
Now here’s a new use case for crypto: an interactive bird-feeder that converts cryptocurrency donations to feed for birds, and is live-streamed on YouTube. A donation of $0.50 worth of bitcoin...
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Cryptocurrencies
Adriana Hamacher
Telegram starts public testing of TON this weekend
Sources close to the project have told Russian business paper Vedomosti that Telegram messenger plans to begin public testing of its hotly-anticipated blockchain, TON (the Telegram Open Networ...
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Technology
Adriana Hamacher
Report: Digital currency is a low priority for China
Don’t hold your breath for China’s central-bank-backed digital currency, according to a new report from Binance Research. The market analysis and research arm of the world’s leading exchange p...
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Cryptocurrencies
Adriana Hamacher
Binance to launch futures trading in September
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced earlier today that the world’s leading exchange by volume is launching futures trading in September. The announcement, made during an AMA (Ask Me Anything...
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Business
Adriana Hamacher