Distributed ledger technology is being leveraged by the coupon industry to provide transparency for the digital coupon market. Coupons, typically thought of as pieces of paper used at grocery stores to redeem discounts, have gained traction throughout the years. It’s been noted that coupons were first used in the mid-1890s by Coca-Cola. Since then, the […]
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WeBank is the only bank ranked in the top 10 Global Banking Patents Rankings. China-based digital bank, WeBank, rose to third place for number of Blockchain patents filed globally in 2019. Alibaba and Tencent took the first and second places respectively. According to the report published on April 24, the digital bank has climbed from […]
Continue ReadingCalibra has outlined a new technique for testing a protocol’s Byzantine fault tolerance. Facebook’s Calibra team have published a research paper outlining a new method for Byzantine fault tolerance, or BFT, testing. Dubbed “Twins”, Claibra’s innovation comprises a lightweight method for testing a network’s BFT implementation. Calibra pioneers BFT testing strategy The paper asserts that […]
Continue ReadingThe World Bank predicts global remittances will decline by one-fifth this year, offering a poor outlook for cross-border crypto remittance firms. The World Bank has predicted that the global remittance industry will retract by 20% amid the global economic slow-down resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. With a plethora of crypto firms targeting the remittance sector, […]
Continue ReadingAn ICO digital ads startup is going through hard times as its two co-founders confess to having created a clone of their own company that sold the same products. The co-founders of Bidooh, a British digital advertising firm, admitted to stealing intellectual property from their own company with the intention of selling it to third-parties. […]
Continue ReadingDoes blockchain technology grant enough anonymity? Experts’ opinions vary, as some say the technology hasn’t lived up to the expectations. The first blockchain was launched more than 10 years ago and since then, it has evolved from simply being a backbone for Bitcoin (BTC) to a global technological phenomenon. In some sense, the distributed ledger […]
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Central banks affect decentralized finance, and decentralized finance affects central banks. Which could benefit from this ideological war? Philip Coggan, a British business journalist and news correspondent who writes for The Economist, once mentioned, “Modern money is debt and debt is money.” Few would disagree with this claim. Yes, the vast majority of money circulating […]
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Bitfinex is planning to list its first cross-chain DeFi token pBTC to further push DeFi adoption and liquidity. Major crypto exchange, Bitfinex, continues to drive decentralized finance, or DeFI, adoption by announcing support for a new cross-chain DeFi solution. Bitfinex exchange plans to list pTokens (pBTC) — a new token that aims to unlock cross-chain […]
Continue ReadingThe coronavirus pandemic is a make-or-break situation for crypto banks as many see opportunities despite the obvious setbacks. As 2020 staggers on, the scourge of the coronavirus is showing no sign of relenting any time soon. Since the reality of the pandemic took hold, it has revealed itself to be a black swan the likes […]
Continue ReadingSecuritize, a compliance platform for token issuers, has released a new tool that ensures private digital securities trading is completed compliantly. Securitize, a digital securities platform backed by major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has announced a new tool that assures that secondary market transactions of digital securities are compliant with regulations. According to an April 22 […]
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