The popular stock and crypto trading app has put its global expansion plans on hold. Robinhood, the Silicon Valley-based stock and cryptocurrency investing app popular among younger generations for its “gamified,” user-friendly interface and zero-fee trading, has reportedly decided to abort its launch in the United Kingdom “indefinitely”. According to CNBC on July 21, Robinhood […]
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In a global economic recession, individuals and institutions have been turning away from traditional assets and seeking opportunities in cryptocurrency. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for everyone, but it has created many opportunities for us in the blockchain industry. In most industries, sales vectors are declining, as bankruptcies and layoffs rule the day. […]
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The platform uses blockchain to facilitate donations to Better Business Bureau-accredited charities while ensuring donor data is only shared when permitted. Better Business Bureau, or BBB — the charity giant behind Give.org — launched a privacy-focused donation platform built on the Ardor (ARDR) blockchain. According to a July 4 announcement, BBB’s charity monitoring organization Wise […]
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Virtual hackathons may allow developers to solve technical problems and create new solutions, yet it’s not all easy going for these online events. Online events are becoming more common as coronavirus cases continue to surge. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the blockchain community has seen an uptake in virtual hackathons this year, […]
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Blockchain companies are developing digital identity solutions to ensure regions can safely reopen following COVID-19 lockdowns. After spending months in lockdown, countries across the world have begun lifting stay-at-home orders enforced due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet as countries look to reopen, and students and employees return to schools and offices, there is a fear […]
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Blockchain tech and crypto donations incorporated into the philanthropy sector have a chance of significantly improving the entire industry. The past decade has produced an eruption in diverse giving channels and options for donating, changing the patterns of how people give. According to Blackbaud, online giving has shown steady increases, growing from 6.4% of all […]
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The suicide of Alexander Kearns prompted Robinhood to take additional measures to improve its platform. Alexander Kearns, a 20-year-old customer of stock and cryptocurrency trading platform, Robinhood, committed suicide on June 12. This tragedy reportedly occurred after an erroneous negative balance of more than $730,000 appeared in Kearns’ account. This error has prompted the platform […]
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BitMEX parent company HDR Global and OKCoin are collaborating on a joint $150,000 grant for an independent Bitcoin developer. OKCoin and HDR Global (the company that owns BitMEX) have partnered to provide a joint grant of $150,000 to Bitcoin (BTC) Core developer Amiti Uttarwar. This is the first time two competitor exchanges have come together […]
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Various technologies are being deployed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, can blockchain play an important role in defeating it? Many financial and human resources are being deployed in the effort to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Technologies are also being used in this fight: artificial intelligence for research, 5G to increase information transmission speed and […]
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Cryptocurrency has become one of the easiest ways to donate to charity without the funds being funneled to third parties. The crypto community is incredibly financially literate and savvy. Despite everyone calling for crypto adoption and more merchants to accept crypto as payment, most people want to accumulate more crypto, not spend it. Holders think […]
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