Overstock’s venture capital arm Medici Ventures joins $31 million funding round for California-based software company in the financial industry. Overstock’s venture capital arm Medici Ventures invests in PeerNova, a startup that develops blockchain-based solutions for financial institutions to synchronize their data across multiple systems. In an Oct. 22 press release, PeerNova reported that it had […]
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Web browser Opera now supports payments with Bitcoin directly inside the browser. Web browser Opera now allows making payments with Bitcoin (BTC) directly inside the browser. The company announced the news in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Oct. 21, detailing that Opera’s 350 million users can now send and receive BTC directly from […]
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The Swiss Federal Council continues to monitor new digital technology developments such as blockchain, stablecoins and distributed ledger technology. The Swiss Federal Council is continuing to keep close tabs on global stablecoin projects and their possible opportunities and challenges. Switzerland is seen as very crypto-friendly In a press release on Oct. 16, the Swiss Federal […]
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RenrenBit CEO Zhao Dong speaks about Tether’s yuan-backed stablecoin and its impact on Bitcoin and crypto startups in China. In late August various crypto media reported that Tether planned to issue a Chinese yuan-backed stablecoin. Bitfinex shareholder Zhao Dong told ChainNews that the stablecoin would be called CNHT and be held in offshore accounts. Zhao […]
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Fuel purchases at United Petrol stations to feature a 20% payback in INCNT tokens by Australian startup Incent. Australian startup Incent plans to offer a 20% payback in its INCNT token on fuel purchases at United Petrol stations for a limited time. Incent announced in a press release published on Sept. 26 that participants will […]
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Facebook hires lobbyists as Zuckerberg dines with lawmakers to try to get Libra across the regulatory line. When Facebook published the Libra white paper in June 2019, shockwaves were felt across the crypto markets the world over. Triggering the end of a long bear market, Bitcoin soared past the iconic $10,000 mark, and many prominent […]
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63% of U.S. consumers perceive blockchain tokens to be an easy form of payment, according to a new survey from “Big Four” auditor KPMG. 63% of American consumers perceive blockchain tokens to be an easy form of payment, according to a new survey from “Big Four” auditor KPMG. VentureBeat reported the survey’s results on Sept. […]
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Multiple EU politicians are calling for a united European digital currency to counter Facebook’s stablecoin project Libra. The ripples of the Libra effect are beginning to lap against the shores of Europe, with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire suggesting that Europe should throw its hat into the ring and launch its own digital currency. […]
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Exploring the quantity theory of money and the effect tokenization could have on future demand for commercial real estate investments. The concept of illiquidity discounts, how it relates to markets like commercial real estate, and the benefits that tokenization could bring to the industry are topics that I have already discussed in previous articles. In […]
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OCBC has become the first Singapore-based bank to join JPMorgan Chase’s interbank blockchain network. OCBC has become the first Singapore-based bank to join JPMorgan Chase’s interbank blockchain network. According to a Business Times Singapore report on Sept. 20, a total of 134 banks from the Asia-Pacific region are now participants in JPMorgan’s blockchain-powered interbank information network […]
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