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Tether

Tether was one of the first cryptocurrencies to peg its market value to a fiat currency. Launched in July 2014, Tether, originally called “Realcoin”, valued each token at $1.00 to reduce the friction of moving real currency throughout the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Due to its dollar peg, Tether and other similar cryptocurrencies have been dubbed “stablecoins”. […] from Search Results for “bitcoin-cash” – CoinDesk https://ift.tt/2AUuVKI
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Craig Wright

Craig Wright is an Australian computer scientist and businessman best known for his controversial claim that he is bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. Born in 1970, Wright is also the chief scientist at nChain, a blockchain startup which promotes the use of bitcoin SV (BSV), a hard fork of the bitcoin cash (BCH) protocol (which is […] from Search Results for “bitcoin-cash” – CoinDesk https://ift.tt/2zcsWjX
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Bitstamp

Founded in 2011, Bitstamp is a Europe-based cryptocurrency exchange that offers crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto exchange services. It supports euros, U.S. dollars, bitcoin, ether, litecoin, bitcoin cash, and XRP. It is one of the oldest exchanges in the crypto industry.  Bitstamp claims to take a “mature approach to crypto,” and the exchange has been a proponent of […] from Search Results for “bitcoin-cash” – CoinDesk https://ift.tt/2Y9LZE6
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Galaxy Digital

Galaxy Digital is a digital asset merchant bank founded in 2018 by former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz. The firm offers multiple services including asset management, advisory services for businesses, trading and principal investing in companies ranging from seed stage ventures to those in full operation. Galaxy Digital’s portfolio includes major companies such as Bakkt, […] from Search Results for “bitcoin-cash” – CoinDesk https://ift.tt/30fNmnm
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Yours

Founded by Ryan X. Charles in 2015, Yours is a social media website where users can earn cryptocurrency for producing content. The website initially utilized litecoin payments to reward content creators. It now utilizes bitcoin SV (BSV), a fork of bitcoin cash, for its micropayments. There are multiple ways to earn BSV through the Yours […] from Search Results for “bitcoin-cash” – CoinDesk https://ift.tt/30jUy1Y
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Gavin Andresen

Gavin Andresen is an American computer scientist and software developer best known for his early contributions to bitcoin. Andresen took up the role of lead developer of bitcoin core after Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared in 2010. Andresen also acted as the chief scientist for the Bitcoin Foundation after it was formed in 2012. Andresen graduated from […] from Search Results for “bitcoin-cash” – CoinDesk https://ift.tt/2XG1Gnl
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Kraken

Kraken is an American cryptocurrency trading platform founded in 2011 by Jesse Powell. Kraken supports crypto-to-crypto and fiat-to-crypto trades.   Powell started Kraken in the aftermath of the hack of the Mt. Gox exchange, after having helped the now-defunct exchange with its early problems. These shortcomings are what motivated Powell to build a more robust exchange. […] from Search Results for “bitcoin-cash” – CoinDesk https://ift.tt/2Uk4qVD
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Bitcoin Cash

On August 1, 2017, the Bitcoin protocol underwent a hard fork which split the network in two and gave birth to Bitcoin Cash. Tired of the infighting and perceived lack of progress on Bitcoin’s scaling debate, and unhappy with the decision to go ahead with the Segregated Witness or SegWit upgrade (which would increase block […] from Search Results for “bitcoin-cash” – CoinDesk https://ift.tt/3dKD968
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Pieter Wuille

Pieter Wuille is the co-founder of Blockstream and a top Bitcoin core developer. Wuille is best known for developing committed libraries Segregated Witness, libsecp256k1 and BIP (bitcoin proposal) 66.  Born in Belgium, Wuille discovered Bitcoin in 2010. He was working at Google in Switzerland when he stumbled across the project in a chat channel dedicated […] from Search Results for “bitcoin-cash” – CoinDesk https://ift.tt/30uhhZh
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