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The Estonian central bank has denied that the country’s banking system relies on the use of a blockchain to secure information. When contacted for comment, Piret Putko, a representative for Eesti Pank told CoinDesk that there is no nationwide effort to broadly integrate banking and the blockchain.
07 Aug 2015 08:20 pm | Stan Higgins
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It's been a great week in terms of coverage for bitcoin naysayers, as Mark Karpeles' recent arrest served to add to bitcoin's already struggling reputation. Elsewhere, some outlets contributed to the coverage with more positive, albeit boring news.
07 Aug 2015 04:51 pm | Yessi Bello Perez
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Nine crypto startups have made it through to the final of this year's BBVA Open Talent competition. Bitnexo, Bitso, Bitwage, Coinalytics, Snapcard, Vratz, Everledger, Safello and Vaultoro are all finalists in the global fintech startup competition and within a chance of winning €30,000 each.
07 Aug 2015 03:45 pm | Yessi Bello Perez
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Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin explores the differences between public and private blockchains and the pros and cons of both. First, he summarizes the three main categories of blockchain-like database applications: public blockchains, consortium blockchains and Fully private blockchains.
07 Aug 2015 03:13 pm | Vitalik Buterin
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