Economic historian Barry Eichengreen believes that stablecoins are either too fragile, or too expensive, to emerge as a dominant monetary form. UC Berkeley professor Barry Eichengreen argues that Facebook’s planned Libra stablecoin faces too many “insoluble” problems, and too much resistance from governments, to ever launch. “Libra is an interesting idea that will never see […]
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Professor Richard Holden thinks exploring distributed ledger technology for voting in US elections could put voter fraud lawsuits to bed. Richard Holden, an economics professor at the University of New South Wales Business School, says using distributed ledger technology could allay Republican concerns over mail-in voter fraud — but would likely benefit the Democratic Party. […]
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The Australian Government has reached out to the blockchain community to help identify opportunities for blockchain adoption in the supply chain and credentialing sectors. The Australian National Blockchain Roadmap Steering Committee has reached out to the wider blockchain community in order to create working groups to explore specific applications of the technology within the supply […]
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The ‘.io’ domain name has become part of a complaint against the U.K. for alleged human rights violations tied to its continuing administration of territories in the Indian Ocean. The popular ‘.io’ domain name has become part of a complaint against the United Kingdom for alleged human rights violations tied to its continuing administration of […]
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South Korean legislature will host a seminar to address crypto laundering and other related topics. The South Korean National Assembly will host a talk titled “How to boost transparency in cryptocurrency transactions” on July 10. This news comes amid a recent child porn scandal that involved crypto transactions. According to the Kukto Ilbo, the seminar […]
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James Lovejoy, a research assistant for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, crypto and blockchain group the Digital Currency Initiative, explained blockchain attacks might not always be obvious. Speaking on a Unitize digital conference panel about proof-of-work, or PoW, attacks, James Lovejoy of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative, or DCI, said 51% attacks might not be […]
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Chinese courts are implementing blockchain storage technology to record court hearings. Shanghai courts are using Blockchain technology to record hearings as part of a court reform pilot, according to China’s local news on July 8. Participants at a recent court reform conference held by the Shanghai high court observed that the Minhang District People’s Court […]
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New dev tools promise to make blockchain development open to more engineers, as well as faster and more efficient. While it may be a long-standing joke in the developer community that any bug can be turned into a feature simply by documenting it, the fact is that blockchain deployment is often mission-critical. Whether it’s at […]
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Although Ether has seen its transaction volumes surge and active addresses skyrocket, its price has failed to spike in the past month. Media magnate Steve Forbes recently criticized cryptocurrencies for their volatility, saying that one day they can be a steak, and the next day they can turn into dog food. Price fluctuations have accompanied […]
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Michael Novogratz, who predicted BTC to hit $20,000 by the end of 2020, advises investors to own more gold than Bitcoin. Michael Novogratz, one of the biggest Bitcoin (BTC) bulls in the world, does not recommend investors to put the majority of their funds into Bitcoin. Although Novogratz is confident that Bitcoin “way outperforms” the […]
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