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Omar Faridi

Journalist • CryptoSlate
Omar enjoys writing about all topics related to Bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. He is most interested in crypto regulations, quantum resistant blockchains, and Ethereum and Bitcoin Core development. His academic background includes an undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Nevada and a masters of science in psychology from the University of Phoenix. He works as an application developer for the University of Houston and a data storage specialist for Dell EMC.
@braindrainomar Omar Faridi on LinkedIn

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  • Total Articles 48
  • Since Feb 2019
  • Last Active Feb 9, 2020
  • Primary Beat Bitcoin
Featured Article Weiss Crypto Ratings upgrades Bitcoin an A- or excellent rating as BTC surges past $10,000
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Weiss Crypto Ratings upgrades Bitcoin an A- or excellent rating as BTC surges past $10,000

2 min read Feb 9, 2020
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Nearly 1 million Bitcoins worth $8.4 billion now held in Coinbase’s cold storage wallets
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Nearly 1 million Bitcoins worth $8.4 billion now held in Coinbase’s cold storage wallets

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase is reportedly holding nearly 1 million Bitcoin (BTC) in its cold storage wallets. While digital currency exchanges have been…

3 min read Jan 24, 2020
Pornhub adds support for Tether following PayPal’s ban last year
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Pornhub adds support for Tether following PayPal’s ban last year

Pornhub, a leading adult entertainment website, recently began supporting a new cryptocurrency payment method after PayPal ended support for the company’s models last year.…

2 min read Jan 23, 2020
CME Bitcoin options volume increases by over 100 percent to $5.3 million just a week after launch
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CME Bitcoin options volume increases by over 100 percent to $5.3 million just a week after launch

Trading volume for Bitcoin (BTC) options from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or CME Group, has increased by over 100 percent in just the first…

2 min read Jan 22, 2020
Micro-investment fintech Raiz to offer Bitcoin-exposed retail fund to over 300,000 Australian clients
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Micro-investment fintech Raiz to offer Bitcoin-exposed retail fund to over 300,000 Australian clients

Raiz, a micro-investment Fintech company, is reportedly planning to offer retail investors exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) through its new fund. The Sydney-based financial services…

3 min read Jan 20, 2020
FinNexus to use XRP Ledger to implement tokenized asset platform
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FinNexus to use XRP Ledger to implement tokenized asset platform

FinNexus, a Fintech firm that’s creating an open-source finance protocol, is planning to launch a digital asset platform on the XRP Ledger. FinNexus’ “one-stop…

3 min read Jan 20, 2020
Block.one confirms Voice will not launch on EOS mainnet, will run on “purpose-made” EOSIO blockchain
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Block.one confirms Voice will not launch on EOS mainnet, will run on “purpose-made” EOSIO blockchain

Brendan Blumer, CEO at Block.one, the company behind the development of EOS and Voice, a new blockchain-based social media network, confirmed that the technical…

3 min read Jan 20, 2020
New Study Highlights Cryptocurrency’s Role in Cybercrime
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Chainalysis says Binance and Huobi allegedly used for billions of dollars in criminal Bitcoin activity

Leading blockchain security and analytics company Chainalysis recently revealed that it tracked $2.8 billion in Bitcoin (BTC) that was allegedly transferred by criminal elements…

2 min read Jan 17, 2020
Major Turkish city to introduce its own cryptocurrency for settling everyday transactions
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Major Turkish city to introduce its own cryptocurrency for settling everyday transactions

Ugur Ibrahim Altay, the Mayor of Konya, Turkey’s seventh-most-populous city, recently confirmed that the initial steps required to launch a cryptocurrency project called “city…

3 min read Jan 17, 2020
NBA team introduces Ethereum-based auction platform for $5.4 billion sports memorabilia industry
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NBA team introduces Ethereum-based auction platform for $5.4 billion sports memorabilia industry

The Sacramento Kings, an NBA basketball team, has partnered with ConsenSys, the leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio, to introduce a new auction platform that…

3 min read Jan 16, 2020
Former Coinbase VP: we moved billions of dollars into Bitcoin “in large part because of Plaid”
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Former Coinbase VP: we moved billions of dollars into Bitcoin “in large part because of Plaid”

Dan Romero, former vice president at leading crypto exchange Coinbase, confirms that the US-headquartered trading platform has been able to move billions of dollars…

3 min read Jan 14, 2020
Does the Bitcoin SV Genesis upgrade support the narrative that Craig Wright is Satoshi?
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Does the Bitcoin SV Genesis upgrade support the narrative that Craig Wright is Satoshi?

Contentious Bitcoin Cash hard fork Bitcoin SV (BSV) has surged over 25% percent in the past 24 hours. The cryptocurrency’s significant price increase has…

3 min read Jan 14, 2020
Ethereum network survives malicious attack, but raises serious security concerns
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Ethereum network survives malicious attack, but raises serious security concerns

The Ethereum (ETH) blockchain survived what appeared to be an intentional attack on December 31, which reportedly came very close to bringing down the…

3 min read Jan 2, 2020
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