According to two of the latest patent filings, it seems that Microsoft is exploring the option of using TEEs (Trusted Execution Environments) for its Blockchain offerings. According to the data gathered by the US Patent and Trademark Office last week, a TEE is something that stores a pre-determined kind of Blockchain or protocol code within a validation node.
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Market Update 8.12.18 – David Marcus Quits Facebook’s Coinbase
Last updated: August 12, 2018, 7:38 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesDavid Marcus is no longer Facebook’s blockchain head after he announced his decision to quit the position. The announcement was made during the board of U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. It is worth noting that he joined the said board in December of last year. From there, he took on a blockchain research group at the company in May. Unfortunately, he believes that now is the “appropriate” time to leave.
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Market Update 8.11.18 – IOTA Foundation Seriously Disrupted
Last updated: August 11, 2018, 3:51 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesThe IOTA Foundation has been going to some serious turmoil in recent weeks, as was revealed by a leaked transcript of a discussion between the Foundation’s Board of Directors and the founders. According to the transcript, the two founders of the German registered non-profit, Serguei Popov and Sergey Ivancheglo, were not given access to the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
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Market Update 8.10.18 – NBER Says Google Searches Can Forecast Crypto Prices
Last updated: August 10, 2018, 4:39 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesThe National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) published a study conducted by Yale University economists Aleh Tsyvinski and Yukun Liu, according to which cryptocurrency prices do not move the way traditional stock prices do. The paper used Coindesk’s trackers for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Ripple (XRP) prices as their data source.
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Market Update 8.09.18 – Yale Experts Suggest System to Predict Crypto Price Trends
Last updated: August 9, 2018, 4:11 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesFinancial experts at Yale University believe there is a system of factors that could possibly predict trading in prices of major cryptocurrencies. This study was carried out by the team of Aleh Tsyvinski, a Yale economist, and Yukun Liu, a Ph.D. student of the Department of Economics at Yale.
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Market Update 8.08.18 – US SEC Postpones Decision on BTC ETF
Last updated: August 8, 2018, 4:48 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) postponed its decision regarding the listing and trading of Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). According to the official document released by the regulator, this decision will now be announced on September 30.
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Market Update 8.07.18 – Crypto-Trading Groups Manipulated Markets in 2018
Last updated: August 7, 2018, 6:15 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesAccording to a study by Wall Street Journal, cryptocurrency price manipulation is managed by organized groups that use messaging services like Telegram to do so. The results of the research show that these groups have carried out several pump and dump strategies to either inflate or bring down the prices of different cryptocurrencies in 2018.
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Market Update 8.06.18 – Telangana Working with Tech Mahindra for Blockchain District
Last updated: August 6, 2018, 6:18 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesThe Indian state of Telangana partnering with the publically listed multinational IT services giant Tech Mahindra to build a district around the state capital which will be dedicated to Blockchain startups.
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Market Update 8.05.18 – Ethereum Gets First Top-Level Domain Name
Last updated: August 5, 2018, 3:56 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesA new partnership will allow Ethereum users to have the ability to attach addresses directly to a top-level internet domain name. With such capability, it will be a lot easier for them to remember identifiers associated with their own assets, services, and wallets, among many others. This is called The Ethereum Name Service or simply ENS, and is designed to allow users to replace long addresses with “human readable names” attached to a .eth domain.
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Market Update 8.04.18 – Turkey’s First University Blockchain Center Opened
Last updated: August 4, 2018, 6:27 am Cryptocurrency Market UpdatesTurkey instituted the country’s very first university level Blockchain center, with the aim to close the gap in expertise in the technology as well as facilitate greater deployment of the technology. The new center is called the Istanbul Blockchain and Innovation Center (BlockchainIST Center) and was launched at the Bahcesehir University (BAU).