Suspicions were running high over EOS once again September 26 after four senior executives resigned from parent company Block.one to start a spin-off venture. Block.one: Four Execs, Two Contractors Walk The latest episode in the chequered history of both the platform and Block.one, now ex-senior vice president of tech operations David Moss led an exodus […]
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Google recently announced that it would lift its moratorium on certain types of cryptocurrency advertising. Specifically, Google will allow registered cryptocurrency exchanges to advertise in the US and Japan. In simple terms, if your company runs a cryptocurrency exchange like Coinbase that is registered and licensed, you can advertise. Licensure, such as BitLicense in New […]
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Consumers are becoming increasingly comfortable chatting with popular brands’ virtual assistants, making the AI-powered technology one of the most impactful ways for brands to communicate with their customers. And with the increasing success of digital, voice and kiosk assistants, we can expect even more of these AI-powered personalities to emerge. In fact, recent research shows […]
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Ethereum briefly lost its place as the largest altcoin asset by market cap to Ripple for the second time in a week. Ripple (XRP) has briefly surpassed the market cap of Ethereum (ETH) for the second time in a week Wednesday, September 26, once again temporarily becoming the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Data […]
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Jeff Bezos has been busy building stores, and rockets, and distribution centers, and a knockoff of Pinterest. He’s a bit late to the game, but that has never stopped Amazon from figuring out ways to monetize on improvements to existing technology. They took ecommerce to a whole new level, and now dominate the realm of online […]
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There has been quite a bit of chatter about Coinbase lately, most notably its cryptocurrency custody service, targeted at high net worth individuals and financial institutions. The company has also been engaged in a number of other activities, including its GiveCrypto fund to end poverty, and its investment in a new stablecoin, Reserve that’s also […]
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In January 2018, Facebook placed a ban on cryptocurrency and ICO advertising on its platform, when Bitcoin prices were more than double what they are today. There was speculation that this could be in preparation for a Litecoin integration with Facebook, or that a new “Facecoin” was on the horizon. In addition to the Facebook […]
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Bing, the number two search engine in the US, and number three in the world, will ban cryptocurrency and ICO ads. This ban puts Bing in alignment with Google, Twitter and Facebook, under the banner of consumer protection. There are of course, ICO scams that exist, and the question is whether an entire industry, namely […]
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Mailchimp has joined the bandwagon against ICOs by prohibiting email campaigns on their platform, according to the company’s acceptable use policy. This puts them in the same anti-crypto coalition as Facebook, Twitter and Google, with their plans to ban ICO ads. According to Mailchimp’s modifications to their Terms of Use, “we cannot allow businesses involved […]
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Although it’s debatable whether Cambridge Analytica actually did anything outside of Facebook’s Terms of Service, with regard to how the organization collected and utilized customer data, the #DeleteFacebook campaign is very real. Highly influential people have joined the bandwagon, including tech titan Elon Musk who took down the Facebook pages for Tesla and SpaceX. Facebook […]
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