Blockchain tech implementation into the gaming industry could seriously disrupt its closed investment ecosystem. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear: The video games industry is thriving. As people around the world find themselves with more time on their hands thanks to government-mandated lockdowns and a partial economic shutdown, video game sales have skyrocketed. […]
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CBDCs are one of the hottest topics in the fintech space, but as their inception comes closer, serious privacy concerns come with it. Central Bank Digital Currencies, or CBDCs, have been an increasingly popular topic in the cryptosphere and financial world as a whole, especially with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. In the United […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. It’s been another good, stable week for Bitcoin. No big breakout yet but also no sudden collapse and a comfortable rise of around 1.6 percent. If that sounds like Bitcoin is becoming a bit predictable, don’t rest too easy. Some analysts see this sideways period as the prelude […]
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Nash’s co-founder said three industries will benefit from blockchain technology after the COVID-19 pandemic. Fabio Canesin, co-founder of blockchain fintech firm Nash, believes that as the world comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic, blockchain technology offers a “unique” opportunity to the public due to its “borderless” nature. During an interview with Cointelegraph, Canesin states that […]
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The OCC launched a project to identify ways to improve financial inclusion and remove barriers to credit access. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, launched a project aimed to improve financial inclusion of underserved populations. Called REACh, which stands for Roundtable for Economic Access and Change, will bring together banking industry […]
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Cryptocurrency adoption is inevitable, but without strengthening our approach to user education, the process will be slow. Only with increasing difficulty can one recall a time when the majority of the world was yet to adopt the internet. In 1995, user adoption of the internet had only reached 10% of American households, five years after […]
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Digital Shadows warned that over 15 billion credentials are exposed on the dark web for sale and some of them are even available for free. A recent study revealed that over 15 billion credentials are in circulation via the dark web, representing a 300% increase since 2018. Available information ranges from network access credentials, banking […]
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Slow-roll regulations in the United States may leave Americans behind in the financial innovations’ running. When the United States government voted in stimulus payments to its citizens in the wake of COVID-19, to say it went well would be… categorically untrue. From delivering checks to the deceased to the simple fact that most people would […]
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“Digital is the Cash” is a short, accessible read, looking at cryptocurrency from a vaguely African perspective, with a strong preference for Dash. “Understanding the Past, Present & Future of Finance in One Read,” boasts the subtitle of Digital is the Cash by Nathaniel Luz. Whether the book achieves this lofty aim is likely to […]
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New York’s Supreme Court has rejected Bitfinex and Tether’s appeal in the ongoing dispute between the firms and the NY Attorney General over $850 million in lost funds. A New York Supreme Court has found that veteran cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and its related stablecoin company Tether (USDT) must face claims they concealed the loss of […]
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