From confirming crypto transactions to confirming base-level reality, blockchain might be the sleeping giant of authentication. In an era of scams and fake news, so-called “deepfakes” are the latest assault on our relationship with reality. If you’re unfamiliar, deepfakes are videos generated with help from artificial intelligence that show a recognizable figure (like Barack Obama […]
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Multinational IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services launched the Quartz DevKit, which the firm claims can build blockchain apps 40% faster. Multinational IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) launched a blockchain app development kit (DevKit). According to an announcement published by TCS on Dec. 16, the new Quartz DevKit is a low-code web-based integrated […]
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Chip manufacturer AMD has joined the Blockchain Game Alliance and forged two new partnerships to help build out new blockchain-based gaming marketplaces. United States transnational IT firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has joined the Blockchain Game Alliance and forged two new partnerships to help advance the technology’s use in the industry. A Dec. 12 press […]
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How successful are crypto launchpads and do they guarantee that the projects they back will end up being successful? After crypto prices went through the roof in 2017, an eruption of new tokens, companies and products occured. With such a high level of consumer and corporate interest, many promising projects were inevitably lost in the […]
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An inside look at the Telegram Open Network competition with an analysis of the contest’s task. Amid news of its recent spat with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, relatively few people have likely heard about Telegram’s Open Network competition that occurred some weeks ago. It was a milestone event that transformed the once-miniscule […]
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A darknet marketplace is planning a $146 million ICO, QuadrigaCX victims want Gerald Cotten’s body exhumed, and Libra has quietly updated its white paper. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and […]
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The president of Fidelity Digital Assets announced that the firm could add support for Ether in 2020. Tom Jessop, the president of Fidelity Digital Assets, the cryptocurrency trading arm of United States financial services giant Fidelity, announced that the firm may add support for Ether (ETH) in 2020 is there is sufficient demand for it. […]
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NFTs are finding applications beyond gaming. Microsoft has been quick to adopt them, but does this mean these tokens are actually becoming popular? Ever since the game CryptoKitties was released in November 2017, the concept of nonfungible token has been ingrained in the minds of developers and investors in the crypto community. However, 2019 has […]
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Russian tech startup Waves announced it has been testing a blockchain solution for payments in the retail electricity sector. Earlier this week, Russian tech startup Waves announced it has been testing a blockchain solution for payments in the retail electricity sector. The pilot program was initiated by Rosseti, Russia’s national energy grid operator, which is […]
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Serial Entrepreneur Alex Mashinsky stated that the entire internet will become an application on the blockchain due to the rise of fake news. Speaking at ELEV8CON in Las Vegas on Dec. 10, founder and CEO of Celsius Network Alex Mashinsky said that there is a war brewing between centralized and decentralized networks. “The centralization of […]
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