Venture fund Andreessen Horowitz, together with Paradigm, Union Square Ventures, Galaxy Digital and Calibra from Facebook, will launch a crypto business training program. As part of the initiative, companies will be taught how to launch blockchain startups. The program will begin in February 2020 and will last seven weeks.
The Chinese national newspaper Xinhua published an article that talks about blockchain technology and Bitcoin as its most successful application. The text also explains the essence of such phenomena as halvening, mining, consensus and cryptography.
The firm of the well-known US real estate merchant Ben Shaul completed a deal to sell an elite apartment building in Manhattan for $ 15.3 million, accepting bitcoins as payment.
On October 30, a hard fork is planned on the Monero cryptocurrency network, which will transfer the system to RandomX, a new version of the Proof-of-Work algorithm. The update is designed to complicate the hidden mining of Monero. To prepare for hard fork, users are recommended to install the CLI v0.15.0.0 Carbon Chamaeleon client.
The launch of the Ethereum 2.0 public test network will take place in two weeks, coordinator Danny Ryan said. He intends to finalize specifications for the public testnet this coming weekend.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which serves as the country's central bank, and investment company JPMorgan have completed the development of a prototype for international blockchain transactions. The technology will allow transfers in different currencies through one network.
Artificial intelligence specialist Lex Friedman interviewed the creator of the C ++ programming language, Bjorn Straustrup, who admitted that he regrets that his invention was used to create bitcoin. He also noted that the declining interest of investors in Bitcoin indicates his imminent death. At the same time, the scientist praised the advantages of the blockchain.
Head of MoneyGram payment service Alex Holmes at the Swell 2019 conference, said that his company uses Ripple's XRP cryptocurrency to process 10% of U.S.-Mexico transactions using On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), formerly known as xRapid.
LocalBitcoins 2p2 platform reports a new record in bitcoin trading volume in Argentina and Venezuela. Over the past week, platform users bought the first cryptocurrency for 19.4 million Argentine pesos and 142.9 billion Venezuelan bolivars. Trading volume for Argentina increased by 28%, and for Venezuela by 16% in 7 days.