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Alibaba’s Ant Financial to Launch Blockchain Backend-as-a-Service Platform

[ad_1] Ant Financial, the financial affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, is launching a blockchain BaaS (Backend-as-a-Service) platform, local news outlet China Money Network reports September 21.The announcement was reportedly made by Ant Financial vice president Jiang Guoefei at the Ant Technology Exploration Conference (ATEC) in Hangzhou yesterday. The new BaaS platform is being launched in tandem with an enterprise-focused “ant blockchain partner program” that will reportedly enable small- and
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Bitcoin Core Upgrade ‘Critical’ for Everyone, Urge Developers in Bug Disclosure

[ad_1] Bitcoin Core developers published a “full disclosure” of the vulnerability affecting several implementations of the Bitcoin (BTC) client Friday, September 21, repeating calls for all nodes to upgrade to the latest version as a priority.In addition to technical details about the bug, known as CVE-2018-17144, the disclosure explains how developers dealt with the threat to the Bitcoin network, along with a timeline of its discovery and patching in Bitcoin
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Campaign Watchdog in California Bans Political Donations in Bitcoin

[ad_1] California’s campaign regulator has recently banned Bitcoin (BTC) from political donations, the Associated Press reports Friday, September 21.In August, the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) had considered allowing donations in cryptocurrencies. The watchdog planned to discuss the use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for political contributions and discuss their adoption.The FPPC then held a vote on donations of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin on Thursday, September 20. According to the AP,
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Cryptocurrency Markets Continue Resurgence as Ripple Claims 68 Percent Weekly Gains

[ad_1] Bitcoin (BTC) has rapidly corrected its monthly losses Friday, September 21, after markets rallied to send prices above $6,700 for the first time in two weeks.Data from Cointelegraph’s price tracker and Coin360 confirms a strong performance for Bitcoin, which had seen a week of flat trading closer to $6,200.Market visualization from Coin360The move upwards, which occurred over several hours, came as news broke that U.S. regulators had again postponed
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Crypto Payment Gateway Supports Largest Global Meditation, Waives Fees for Users Who Help

[ad_1] CoinPayments.net, a platform for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-customer (B2C) crypto payments, reported to Cointelegraph that they will be partnering with the nonprofit Unify.org for World Peace Weekend. From Sept. 21 to Sept. 23, the charitable nonprofit campaign will empower over 1300 events all over the world, including the largest global meditation of millions of people for the Guinness Book of World Records.“CoinPayments will be waiving their industry-leading 0.5 percent fee