On a Juneteenth when the national dialog is dominated by #BlackLivesMatter, take a look at how “Bitcoin & Black America” author Isaiah Jackson thinks crypto can change his community. In the “keep an open mind” vein, researchers surprised themselves by finding Justin Sun’s Tron isn’t just legit, its ahead of 90% of the projects out there. Switching to keep an open jaw mode, after more than $350 million in losses over two years, Mike Novogratz says Galaxy Digital might “suck”—while sticking to his pro-Bitcoin guns. And if HAL had blockchain he might have opened the pod bay door on his own.
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Can the third Bitcoin halving live up to the hype—and skyrocketing price—of the first two? (Photo: Flickr/Marco Verch)Halve time report
With the number of new bitcoins mined every 10 minutes dropping by 50% today, history—and a lot of investors—says BTC is about to begin a long bull run. But will it?
The third Bitcoin halving is here, bringing with it a lot of hype. Why? Well, at the first halving, BTC was $12, and spiked as high as $1,132. At the second, it was $648 and climbed as high as $19,497. For the third Bitcoin halving, today, it was at $8,763.
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov puts his messaging service up as collateral to save the TON blockchain (Photo: BitcoinWiki).Telegram’s Pavel Durov bets the house on TON
Pummeled by in court by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Pavel Durov offered TON blockchain investors a choice: a 28% loss now or 10% profit in a year—backed by equity in his Telegram messaging platform
In an April 30 letter to investors, Durov put his stake in the Telegram messaging app on the table, offering to reimburse 110% of their investment with his own money if they let their gram token investment ride for another year. Otherwise, they can cash out now, getting back 72 cents on the dollar.
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The Modern Consensus 100 Most Influential People in Crypto 2020
The individuals moving, shaking, and shaping cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology right now
Coming up with a list of the 100 most influential people in crypto and blockchain is hard in any year. But doing it in 2020 is particularly rough. That’s because the industry didn’t just advance last year, it went mainstream. And that makes “influence” a lot harder to define.
