MicroStrategy, the technology and business intelligence company that owns the world’s largest Bitcoin reserve, is hiring a Bitcoin software engineer, specifically on the Lightning Network, to create a network-based software-as-a-service platform. The new engineer will be tasked with building a Lightning Network-based platform to address enterprise cybersecurity challenges and enable new e-commerce use cases, according to a job posting linked to MicroStrategy’s website. In addition to “an adverse mentality”, The selected candidate will need to have certificates, knowledge of programming tools and languages, and experience with decentralized finance (DeFi) technologies. MicroStrategy is looking to hire a Bitcoin Lightning Software Engineer…
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In Spain, the launch of Waves School, the free cryptocurrency training school, which offers courses in more than 20 languages, was recently announced.with the aim of offering a transparent and reliable formation of the ecosystem. It is a school that provides teaching about cryptocurrencies for free and onlinewith the purpose of “minimizing the economic gap” that currently exists due to the costs of courses in digital currencies, which are not affordable by the entire population. Waves, is a company that is in the top 50 world cryptocurrencies, and is a secure, accessible and transparent blockchain platform, which with the foundation…
Communication between blockchains is more than just moving data from point A to B, but can connect applications and users to improve experiences and reduce gas rates on Web3, explained Sergey Gorbunov, co-founder and CEO of Axelar Network, in a interview with Cointelegraph business editor Sam Bourgi on Sept. 28 at Converge22 in San Francisco. As the cryptocurrency industry has developed in recent years, blockchain interoperability has seen increased demand, attracting venture capital and welcoming players, such as Axelar, which achieved unicorn status in February. According to Gorbunov, the company, founded in 2020, started with the premise that cross-chain and…
Markets are reeling this week on the back of announcements from the new British government regarding a massive tax cut. With inflation rampant in the UK, such a move has been greeted by investors as a profound contradiction. Namely, an inflationary measure in an alarmingly inflationary situation is not exactly the most sensible course to take. The nonsense caused instability. An instability that required, by the way, the intervention of the Bank of England. To make matters worse, the Bank was forced to buy more public debt to prevent the matter from escalating. In this core, the big winner has…
Crypto lending firm Nexo is at risk of losing half the valuation of its native token by the end of 2022, as doubts about its potential insolvency grow in the market. Is Nexo too centralized? For the unversed: Eight US states filed a cease and desist order against Nexo on September 26, alleging that the firm offers unregistered securities to investors without alerting them to the risks of financial products. Specifically, Kentucky regulators accused Nexo of being insolvent, noting that without its namesake native token, NEXO, the company’s “liabilities would outweigh its assets.” As of July 31, Nexo had 959,089,286…
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance has registered with the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and has opened local offices in the country. In a September 29 tweet, Binance said which had registered as a financial services provider in New Zealand, allowing residents to access services such as spot trading, non-fungible tokens and staking. The move to the crypto-friendly Pacific nation came after regulators in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kazakhstan and Italy gave Binance the green light to open a branch. “New Zealand is an exciting market with a strong history of fintech innovation,” said Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. New…
Bitcoin (BTC) quickly rose above $20,000 after the Wall Street open on Sept. 30 as month-end volatility began. BTC/USD 1-hour candlestick chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin volatility returns for the monthly close Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed the BTC/USD pair gaining 3% on a single hourly candle to hit local highs of $20,171 on Bitstamp. The move followed traders’ predictions, who were looking for slightly higher levels to precede a further move lower. “Moving my stop to my entry now at $19,300 but letting it go first to $21,700 where I think there is major resistance”, wrote Popular…
Even as the dollar has attacked stocks, commodities, and rival currencies, Bitcoin (BTC) is holding steady at the $19,000-$20,000 mark, leaving the mainstream media no choice. than put BTC in the headlines. the american daily The New York Times highlighted BTC’s 6.5% rise over the past seven days, noting that this had drawn the attention of both cryptocurrency bulls and bears.. For its part, the cryptocurrency portal of Fortune magazine has also compared the outstanding performance of Bitcoin with other assets such as the Japanese yen, the Chinese yuan and gold, in addition to the euro and the pound. With…
Not only Elon Musk thought of buying Twitter; crypto millionaire and CEO of the FTX exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, “was interested” in acquiring the social network back in mid-March 2022, according to a Business Insider report. In the article, published on September 29, journalists refer to private documents disclosed in the middle of the legal battle between Musk and Twitter, that had been unleashed after the businessman suspended the acquisition negotiations in July. According to the report, in March, the philosopher and close adviser to Bankman-Fried, Will MacAskill texted Musk and mentioned the possibility of a joint effort to buy the…