A new full-page ad in HK-based tabloid-style newspaper Apple Daily tells readers to ditch banks today and switch to Bitcoin. Another ad for cryptocurrency has appeared in print media, this time without promoting a specific business or service. A full-page ad for Bitcoin (BTC) appeared on the front page of the Hong Kong-based tabloid-style newspaper […]
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According to an educational video from the International Monetary Fund, cryptocurrencies could be ‘the next step in the evolution of money.’ An old International Monetary Fund video explaining the benefits and disadvantages of cryptocurrency has resurfaced on social media, and many viewers are largely unimpressed. The two-minute video originally published in June 2018, which the […]
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They’re also offering the storage to third-parties. Blockchain data storage and privacy start-up Sharder wants to increase its data storage space as it looks to provide the storage hub for the Island blockchain application. The new application, called Boxes, punches up Sharder’s storage by an additional 96 terabytes. It’s current storage hub currently handles 32 […]
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Don’t use your workplace to scam people. Google pulled outsourced work from a Philippine contact center whose employees were involved in a Bitcoin scam. According to Newsbytes.PH, Google confirmed the company shifted some work it outsourced to a Sykes Philippines branch in Cebu City to another vendor in the country. In the Philippines, social media […]
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Supply chain transparency is the spanner in the works of the digital advertising machines, but can blockchain help? Recent statistics show that digital advertising spending worldwide will reach a total of $335 billion dollars in 2020. While impressive, the digital media landscape is rife with issues due to a lack of supply chain transparency. As […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic might help to further Qatar’s national strategy in the fintech and blockchain spaces to reduce the crisis’s impact. The nation of Qatar is a World Bank “high-income economy,” backed by the world’s third-largest natural gas and oil reserves. It has the third-highest GDP per capita in the world (by purchasing power parity), […]
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What are CBDCs and the risks they possess, and how might they reshape our economies? Central bank digital currencies are a digital representation of a country’s fiat currency. They are effectively a government-issued cryptocurrency designed to replace the traditional, physical form of fiat currencies. The term CBDC is broad because its implementation involves several critical […]
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Cryptocurrencies and politics are intertwined. Here’s what the top politicians in the U.S. elections think about cryptocurrencies. In the cryptocurrency and blockchain sphere, it’s difficult to do away with politicians and vice versa. With the presidential election in the United States slated for later this year, interested parties are doing all they can to sell […]
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As protests rage in Belarus and Alexei Navalny remains in a coma, we look at new developments in crypto across the former USSR. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note The political machinations of Eastern Europe have dominated recent headlines. Protests […]
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The asset still has no official distinction, however. On Aug. 20, Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) held the first ever Cryptocurrency Town Hall, bringing together a number of leaders from the Blockchain space. Conducted in collaboration with the Chamber of Digital Commerce PAC, the event featured major crypto figures like Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, Ripple CEO […]
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