Coca-Cola HBC, a leading bottling partner for the Coca-Cola Company, is leveraging blockchain technology to revamp its internal certificate verification process, partnering with Solana-based platform ALL.ART. Coca-Cola HBC has adopted a secure blockchain system for issuing and verifying employee qualifications obtained through its Coca-Cola Digital Academy training program. The move allows participants to receive and The post Coca Cola HBC to use Solana-based ALL ART verification system for staff qualifications appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Bitcoin is continuing its extraordinary run, smashing through $60k prior to the opening of the US market. Bitcoin subsequently recorded a new year-to-date high of $60,807 before retracing to $60,140 as of press time. It soared 7% over the past 24 hours, adding to its gains from the start of the week. Since Monday, Feb. The post Bitcoin breaks $60k, now only 2% from highest monthly close in history appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Seven days after the new Bitcoin ETFs launched, I analyzed how they could put pressure on Bitcoin’s supply dynamics in an article called “If BlackRock continues 6k BTC daily buys, we get a supply crunch within 18 months; here’s why.’ On the day of publication, Jan. 18, Bitcoin closed at $41,248 after falling from a The post Is this the Bitcoin ETF supply squeeze playing out already? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Hong Kong-based crypto exchange BitForex appears to have gone entirely dark following the suspension of its website and trading application on Feb 23. Users have been unable to initiate withdrawals or access the exchange for several days, which boasted over $2 billion in trading volume as recently as Feb 24. Data from CoinGecko shows trading The post BitForex alleged $2.5 billion volume flatlines as exchange abruptly goes offline appeared first on CryptoSlate.

An unknown Ethereum whale has been accumulating ETH at a rapid pace since the start of February. Over the past 23 days, wallet 0x7a95c has acquired $411 million worth of ETH and stETH, mostly from Binance. Data shared with CryptoSlate from Spotonchain traces the ETH inflows into the wallet throughout the month, showing persistent purchases The post Mystery Ethereum whale accumulates $411 million ETH in February amid ETF rumors appeared first on CryptoSlate.