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Australian government’s digital business plan includes $5M for blockchain

October 1, 2020cashtechnews

Australia’s Prime Minister has announced the Federal Government’s biggest investment in blockchain to-date, with two pilots set to receive almost $5 million. The Australian government this week unveiled its $574 million Digital Business Plan that includes seven-figure grants for distributed ledger technology initiatives. Announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison ahead of next week’s Federal Government […]

The first fundamental study of DeFi: From ideas to mechanisms to the new finance

September 30, 2020cashtechnews

Do you want to learn everything about DeFi, inside and out? Can you handle it? With its year-to-date growth of more than 15x in total value locked, and more than $11 billion committed to the protocols, decentralized finance (DeFi) has become a mainstay in the crypto industry, and a whole new industry in itself. Meanwhile, […]

Blockchain will stay a buzzword until everyone unites behind one chain

September 30, 2020cashtechnews

Having the world use one distributed ledger will support technical uniformity, interoperability of applications and a more honest planet. Despite being, perhaps, the biggest tech buzzword of the last decade, blockchain technology has largely remained just that: a buzzword. While its best-known implementation, Bitcoin (BTC), has become a household name, the technology that underpins it […]

Crypto Finance Conference to host industry experts in-person in January 2021

September 30, 2020cashtechnews

Physical crypto events come back, but with a set of strict COVID-19 measures. As the world is battling to recover from the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a major cryptocurrency event in Switzerland prepares to take return to a physical format. Crypto Finance Conference (CfC), an international crypto event held in St. Moritz, will […]

David Guetta secures deal with crypto-centered VR platform

September 29, 2020cashtechnews

DJ David Guetta goes virtual. Sensorium Galaxy, a not-yet-released virtual reality platform, has signed famous French DJ David Guetta. The platform hosts its own ERC-20 token, known as SENSO. “In a similar fashion to in-game currencies like Fortnite’s V-Bucks, SENSO is used for all value transactions within the Sensorium Galaxy,” Sensorium Corporation’s Deputy CEO of IR, blockchain […]

Kenya’s golf stablecoin highlights need for Africa-wide regulations

September 29, 2020cashtechnews

A stablecoin that will be used to pay entrance fees for the golfing tournaments of a Kenyan ‘entrepreneurs network’ has started testing under the local regulatory sandbox. YENTS, an unusual stablecoin developed by the Kenya’s Young Entrepreneurs Network (YEN), has entered into testing under the local regulatory sandbox. YEN, which organizes golfing tournaments to facilitate […]

European central bank execs are wrong — Intentionally or unknowingly?

September 28, 2020cashtechnews

Banking will not become decentralized, but with blockchain, it will become accountable for both banks and clients. Recently, European central bank executives — Thomas Moser from Swiss National Bank and Martin Diehl from Deutsche Bundesbank — stated that central bank digital currencies don’t need a blockchain. They expressed their opinions by saying that blockchains — […]

Banks must establish infrastructure for digital assets before it’s too late

September 27, 2020cashtechnews

Crypto adoption in traditional legacy systems is moving fast, but a lack of technological infrastructure limits compliance and safe storage. The adoption of digital assets in traditional legacy systems is moving fast. In the middle of the year, the digital asset custody industry saw welcome developments when the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency […]

A minster’s look at regulation and innovation: A necessity to strike a balance

September 26, 2020cashtechnews

Without constant nurturing through communication and collaborative efforts, the pursuits of legislators and businesses would be fruitless. Repeatedly, proponents of disruptive technologies have proven that regulation and innovation have an immense potential to actualize a mutually beneficial existence. The often delicate relationship between innovators and regulators — which may be mired by antagonism — is […]

Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: The governance crisis

September 25, 2020cashtechnews

In order to achieve blockchain mass adoption, three fundamental problems should be solved. Let’s dive into the third one: governance. This is Part 3 of a three-part series in which Andrew Levine outlines the issues facing legacy blockchains and posits solutions to these problems. Read Part 1 on the upgradeability crisis here and Part 2 […]

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Australian government’s digital business plan includes $5M for blockchain

The first fundamental study of DeFi: From ideas to mechanisms to the new finance

Blockchain will stay a buzzword until everyone unites behind one chain

Crypto Finance Conference to host industry experts in-person in January 2021

David Guetta secures deal with crypto-centered VR platform

Kenya’s golf stablecoin highlights need for Africa-wide regulations

European central bank execs are wrong — Intentionally or unknowingly?

Banks must establish infrastructure for digital assets before it’s too late

A minster’s look at regulation and innovation: A necessity to strike a balance

Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: The governance crisis

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