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Tech

Wrapped Bitcoin Aims to Kick-Start DeFi on Tezos Blockchain

Bitcoin Association Switzerland is partnering with the Tezos Foundation and others to create tzBTC, a bitcoin-pegged token meant to power DeFi applications on Tezos.

Tezos co-founder Arthur Breitman speaks in 2017. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Tech

Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team for Virtual Developer Event

A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot.

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Markets

Tezos Foundation Offloaded Millions of Dollars Worth of Bitcoin in 2019: Report

The Tezos Foundation liquidated some 8,000 bitcoin in the latter half of 2019, investing the funds into ethereum, XTZ and some more traditional securities. It still holds 31,000 BTC.

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Finance

Tezos Co-Founder Turns to Gaming With ‘Hearthstone’ Competitor

Coase, a startup launched by Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman, is pushing a new way to make digital card games more fun.

GAMERS: Coase co-founders (left to right) Brian David-Marshall, Zvi Mowshowitz and Kathleen Breitman are pushing a new way to make digital card games more fun. (Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Markets

Vertalo to Tokenize 22 Securities Worth $200M on Tezos Blockchain

Transfer agent Vertalo will tokenize 22 different private securities on Tezos after a new partnership with DealBox.

Vertalo Chief Executive Dave Hendricks (middle), co-founder William Baxter (second from left) and other Vertalo employees.

Finance

Transfer Agent Vertalo Chooses Tezos Over Ethereum for Security Token Development

The digital security issuer says it chose Tezos because it is faster than ethereum, ideal for security tokens and is proof-of-stake.

Vertalo Chief Executive Dave Hendricks (middle), co-founder William Baxter (second from left) and other Vertalo employees.

Tech

Why Harvard Research on a Low-Profit Tezos Attack Matters for Proof-of-Stake

The study reveals some of the understudied aspects of proof-of-stake cryptocurrencies.

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Finance

Promoting a New Token? Satoshi's Treasure Wants You to Gamify It

Satoshi’s Treasure, a global hunt for keys to a $1 million bitcoin prize, may offer a model for gamifying token issuance.

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Markets

Swiss SIX Exchange Lists Tezos ETP With Staking Rewards

Amun AG has listed a Tezos (XTZ)-based exchange-traded product on the Swiss SIX exchange.

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Markets

Coinbase Will Now Reward Users for Holding This Cryptocurrency

Coinbase is for the first time allowing general users to earn rewards by simply holding cryptocurrency, starting with the Tezos (XTZ) token.

Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.