The financial industry will see the further adoption of stablecoins around the world, partly due to the responses to COVID-19. We are living through interesting times. At the time of writing, roughly half of the world’s population is on lockdown, with 90 countries in various forms of confinement and the pandemic crashing global stock markets. […]
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Libra association member Bison Trails has collaborated with Coinbase Custody to enable secure Polkadot staking. Blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service company Bison Trails is integrating with Coinbase Custody while also providing support for the Polkadot protocol. Announced on April 14, the integration will allow Coinbase Custody clients to delegate Polkadot (DOT) tokens to Bison Trails validators, which helps […]
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Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance is deepening its presence in two major emerging markets, India and Indonesia. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance is deepening its presence in two major emerging markets, India and Indonesia. In an announcement published on April 14, the exchange revealed that users are now able to trade cryptocurrencies peer-to-peer (P2P) for Indian Rupees […]
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China brings together 15 organizations to develop national standards for blockchain and DLT. The Chinese government and its federal authorities are getting increasingly involved in the blockchain space to push forward innovation throughout the country. In the latest, the government released an official notice stating that they have put together a technical committee of 15 […]
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Huobi launches a tool to monitor illicit cryptocurrency transactions. Per an April 13 announcement, Huobi (HT) Global has launched Star Atlas, an on-chain analytics tool to monitor illicit cryptocurrency transactions that could work in tandem with similar tools. Past criticism The tool should help Huobi address some of the past criticism it had received. Chainalysis’ […]
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A blockchain startup partnered with major European football clubs is planning to use the controversial Covid-19 immunity passports to grant fans access to stadiums. Chiliz has announced that it has begun working on a blockchain-based solution to allow soccer fans to gradually return to the stadiums — provided that they hold a government-issued “immunity pass.” […]
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Major Steem stakeholder Dan Hensley accuses TRON founder Justin Sun of attempting to bribe him with “money, power and users.” Major Steem stakeholder Dan Hensley has levied heavy accusations at TRON founder and CEO Justin Sun. According to Hensley’s April 8 writeup, Sun “bribed” his way to the top of the Steem hierarchy with “money, […]
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Square has launched an online portal allowing U.S. citizens to divert their stimulus payments to its Bitcoin-friendly Cash App. Square’s Cash App is allowing U.S. citizens and residents who don’t usually file a tax return to direct forthcoming government stimulus payments to the mobile payments application. The move comes after the company failed to convince […]
Continue ReadingThe global coronavirus pandemic has revealed the necessity of decentralization to avoid the world becoming a true dystopian nightmare. As much as I believe that blockchain technology has the potential to solve many of the problems humanity faces today, I also fear what can happen if blockchain technology is used to take away the privacy […]
Continue ReadingCould 11 class-action lawsuits filed against major players from the crypto space do damage to the industry, or will they help it mature? Roche Cyrulnik Freedman LLP, working with Selendy & Gay PLLC, filed 11 class-action lawsuits on April 3 in the Southern District of New York against seven token issuers and four of the […]
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