Olympia Trust, Knox Partner On Bitcoin Custody Service

Olympia Trust Company expects to receive an exclusive Canadian license to use a proprietary bitcoin custody system developed by Knox. Olympia Trust Company, a Canada-based, non-deposit-taking trust company, will soon receive an exclusive Canadian license to use a proprietary bitcoin custody system developed by Knox, according to a press release. Both companies will determine the […]

Why You Shouldn’t Hedge Against Bitcoin With Stocks

Measuring assets’ value in terms of time can help us understand why Bitcoin’s potential upside is so much greater than that of stocks. Written April 11, 2021 Why would someone go all in on bitcoin as opposed to diversifying into other asset classes, particularly stocks? Why not hold an index tracking fund like the S&P […]

Speedy Trial And The LOT=True Client

This episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado” covered the final implementation details of Speedy Trial. Watch This Episode On YouTube Listen To This Episode: AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsynOvercast In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost discussed the final implementation details of Speedy Trial, the Taproot activation mechanism included in Bitcoin […]

Ripple Reaffirms Commitment To Carbon Net-Zero Future On Earth Day

With cryptocurrency becoming more mainstream, energy consumption has reached near unsustainable records. By joining the Crypto Climate Accord, XRP has committed to work with other stakeholders and reduce its impact on the environment. Ripple has announced its intention to reduce the environmental impact, focusing on better adopting sustainable measures. Taking to Twitter, Ripple announced its […]

Opolis Commons launches $WORK ‘community patronage’ token

Denver-based digital employment cooperative Opolis recently announced that it will now have a native “community patronage token” for its platform.Opolis is a digital employment cooperative established to provide a public utility framework for shared services open to independent contractors, freelancers, sole-practitioners, and a host of remote and digital workers. As a cooperative, Opolis enables its […]

Why is the Crypto market continuing its slide?

A sea of red is sweeping through the cryptocurrency markets as Bitcoin continues to fall, and so doing, drags the altcoins down with it. What is the cause of the fall, and what is the outlook for cryptocurrency?  The main reason for the bearish continuation of the last few days could well be the speculation […]

A Scientist Is Auctioning His Genetic Code As An NFT

Harvard medical school professor and geneticist George Church, has revealed he will be turning his full genome into an NFT.  As the first of its kind, the co-founder of Nebula Genomics will have his genetic code sequenced and presented in an artistic representation. The NFT will also encode the digital location of Church’s full genomic […]