Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX blames a major bank for delays in cashing out funds. Canada’s largest digital currency exchange QuadrigaCX is blaming legal action from a major bank for delays when customers cash out funds, the Globe and Mail reported Oct. 8. Vancouver-based crypto exchange QuadrigaCX was launched in 2013 and is known as the […]
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In May, Adobe bought open source commerce platform Magento, creating a Commerce Cloud. On Tuesday, Adobe unveiled how it is integrating Magento into its Experience Cloud. In Adobe’s sky, there are clouds that contain other clouds. So, the Experience Cloud contains the Marketing Cloud, the Analytics Cloud, the Advertising Cloud — and, with the acquisition, […]
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Thai officials will conduct blockchain feasibility studies, aiming to apply the technology for digital IDs, smart contracts, and even rice export. The Thai Ministry of Commerce has begun to conduct feasibility studies on the use of blockchain in copyright, agriculture, and trade finance, English-language Thai newspaper Bangkok Post reports Tuesday, Oct. 9. A Thai official […]
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The good news about modern digital customers, particularly younger ones, is their consistent willingness to try new things, such as new stores and new delivery experiences. Novelty has a good deal of power for consumers constantly connected to a wide variety of commerce channels. And, as 4G is giving way to 5G, those connection points are going to proliferate, creating […]
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In commerce, the conversion is the Holy Grail. The moment when customer contact becomes a sale, and tips over to meaningful relationships, ideally long-lasting. It’s an elusive goal, though not for lack of data, which is everywhere and ever-changing. The key is to leverage all that data along different touchpoints in the consumer lifecycle, to create […]
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China aims to “attract talent” and “explore application” of blockchain tech with new pilot zone. China’s Hainan Province became the host of the country’s “first” officially licensed “‘blockchain pilot zone” Monday, Oct. 8, China’s official state-run press agency Xinhua reports. With its base at the Hainan Resort Software Community (RSC), a dedicated tech space and […]
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IBM officially launches blockchain-based Food Trust, announcing its partnership with French-based retail giant Carrefour. U.S. tech giant IBM has officially launched its blockchain-based food tracking network, Food Trust, after 18 months of testing, the company revealed in a press-release Monday, October 8. In the same announcement, the corporation revealed that another major food retailer Carrefour […]
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The Wall Street Journal creates, then gets rid of, its own cryptocurrency and the Petro may be ready for public sale in November. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, […]
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Facebook-owned Instagram reportedly is testing a new privacy setting that could lead to more targeted ads directed at consumers. The new privacy setting would enable Instagram to share users’ location history with Facebook. According to TechCrunch, that “means your exact GPS coordinates collected by Instagram, even when you’re not using the app, would help Facebook […]
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Even as consumers conduct commerce and pay with taps and swipes, the Federal Reserve’s infrastructure underpinning payments could use a bit of modernization in a bid to support fast payments “for all,” Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said in remarks made Wednesday (Oct. 3). To that end, the Federal Reserve is seeking public comment on […]
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