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BMW-Backed Blockchain Competition Offers Token Prizes for Auto Tech

The 4-month MOBI Grand Challenge kicks off on October 12, with prizes in the form of tokens donated by Ocean Protocol and Beyond Protocol.

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Liquid Goes Live: Blockstream's First Bitcoin Sidechain Has Finally Arrived

Three years in the making, bitcoin's first sidechain "Liquid" is now live, but it's not as decentralized as you might think.

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There's A Giant Bitcoin Rat on Wall Street And It's Staring Down the Fed

A public art installation in New York is turning heads in what its creator hopes will be a commentary on bitcoin and government money management.

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To Scale Bitcoin, Little Improvements Will Need to Go a Long Way

Bitcoin Cash and SegWit in the past, it was a non-contentious year for the bitcoin developer community's annual Scaling Bitcoin conference.

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IBM's Food Blockchain Is Going Live With a Supermarket Giant on Board

IBM is taking its food-tracking blockchain into production and has already signed up European supermarket giant Carrefour.

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Sidechains Are Bringing ICOs to Bitcoin And That Might Change Crypto Funding

By the end of the year, an initial coin offering will be launched on bitcoin. thanks to sidechains tech.

rsk, contracts

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Bitcoin 'Breakthrough' Claims Block Size Increase Possible Without Hard Fork

Developer Mark Friedenbach has unveiled a discovery that could make certain contentious changes to bitcoin a bit easier.

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VOIP Pioneer Says New Startup Is Paying Users Interest on Millions in Crypto

Led by Alex Mashinsky, crypto lending startup Celsius says it's paying thousands of users interest for depositing bitcoin and ether in its wallet app.

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Crypto Prediction Market Augur Is Gearing Up for Its First Major Upgrade

Can a "faster, better, cheaper" Augur attract the user base it needs in order to succeed?

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A Multi-Million Dollar Bet Ethereum's Proof-of-Stake Isn't Coming Soon

One of the top crypto ASIC chip makers is betting big ethereum's biggest plans might not come to pass.

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