Mailchimp has joined the bandwagon against ICOs by prohibiting email campaigns on their platform, according to the company’s acceptable use policy. This puts them in the same anti-crypto coalition as Facebook, Twitter and Google, with their plans to ban ICO ads. According to Mailchimp’s modifications to their Terms of Use, “we cannot allow businesses involved […]
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Digix DAO (DGD), #28 by market capitalization with a total market cap of $500 million has partnered with Traceto.io as the KYC service provider for the Digix marketplace. KYC, or Know Your Customer is the process of verifying the identities of clients and investors. It is part of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations that govern […]
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The Lightning Network now has more nodes than Bitcoin Cash, suggesting widespread and adoption. In mid-January, there were only 29 nodes running Lightning Network on the Bitcoin mainnet. Now, just over two months later, it has 1,368 nodes, compared to 1,286 Bitcoin ABC nodes. There are already 29 insanely brave nodes running Lightning Network on […]
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Although it’s debatable whether Cambridge Analytica actually did anything outside of Facebook’s Terms of Service, with regard to how the organization collected and utilized customer data, the #DeleteFacebook campaign is very real. Highly influential people have joined the bandwagon, including tech titan Elon Musk who took down the Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX. Facebook […]
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While regulators in Japan are tightening up on the cryptocurrency and ICO industry, the Japanese IT manufacturer, Fujitsu has opened an international Blockchain Innovation Center in Brussels, Belgium, according to a press release. Fujitsu describes itself as a “global information and communication technology (ICT) company.” As a leading ICT company in Japan, it offers a […]
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UK bank, Santander has confirmed that it will release an international money transfer app within a few months, powered by Ripple, as reported by Business Insider. According to the Santander UK CEO, Nathan Bostock, “This spring, if no one beats us to it, we will be the first large retail bank to carry out cross-border […]
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IBM released a new blockchain product, targeted to start-ups that are not quite ready for their enterprise application development solution. In addition, IBM will offer new services that are designed to commercialize blockchain applications. Unlike the trustless public blockchains that underpin cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, IBM’s permissioned blockchain network limits the number of trusted […]
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According to a report from Sky News, Twitter is expected to ban ICO advertising and most cryptocurrency exchange ads. Facebook was the first platform to make a major push against digital currency advertising, though there has been some speculation that the behemoth social media platform might release its own cryptocurrency or a possible partnership with […]
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0chain has announced a partnership with NEO Council to collaborate on dApp scalability, using the 0chain decentralized cloud platform. Together, the two organizations hope to help dApp creators with their computing and storage needs. According to 0chain founder, Saswata Basu, “0chain is the fastest and most flexible, free decentralized cloud that allows dApps on NEO […]
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The cryptocurrency market has been on a downturn lately, arguably in alignment with the NYSE correction from February and the expiration of the first round of Bitcoin futures contracts in late January. However, there’s some amazing news on the horizon, particularly with regard to Litecoin, which just might give LTC the bounce that it needs […]
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