Share and get +16 +16 Ranging from investment within the capital markets to the provision of credit by institutions, the concept of financing, at its core, aims to provide the finances with what he doesn’t have in general or temporal terms. It is a concept which is a long-standing technique …
Read More »Visa Applies for Blockchain-Based Digital Currency Patent to Potentially Remove Physical Currency
Visa applied for a new patent application to create a blockchain-based digital currency on a centralized computer, according to a publication by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent was originally filed in November 2019, and was described as “Digital Fiat Currency.” The US dollar was …
Read More »10 Years On, Laszlo Hanyecz Has No Regrets About His $45M Bitcoin Pizzas
If you owned a share of an experimental technology, how much of it would you give up to help that technology grow? Startup founders do this calculus whenever they raise capital. Ten years ago today, a developer named Laszlo Hanyecz did it with bitcoin. Hanyecz is known as the first …
Read More »Blockchain Government Use cases – [Algorand, Power Ledger, and RSK]
Share and get +16 +16 Governments from around the world are warming up the potential of blockchain government uses cases. As such, it’s no longer surprising to see more and more projects collaborating with governments. In this guide, we will be looking into four different projects – Algorand, ICON, Power …
Read More »China’s WeBank Makes its First Move to Take its Blockchain Global, Partnering with Singapore’s OpenNodes
China’s top digital bank WeBank has announced its partnership with Singaporean government-backed OpenNodes. This partnership will allow China’s FISCO BCOS blockchain platform to be brought to Singaporean academics for innovation and new initiatives. FISCO BCOS was deemed to be China’s version of Hyperledger Fabric when it was launched in 2018. …
Read More »Binance, Eosfinex Join EOSDT Stablecoin Governance Board
Binance is trying its hand at decentralized stablecoin governance. The exchange joined the distributed oversight team that approves contracts and code changes on Equilibrium, a DeFi outfit behind the EOSDT stablecoin. EOSDT contracts hold nearly $10 million in collateral according to the Equilibrium website. Announced Friday, Binance now has oversight …
Read More »What Is Quorum Blockchain? A Platform for The Enterprise
Share and get +16 +16 Samer Falah, Head of Quorum Blockchain Engineering, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. * Imran Bashir, Quorum Engineer, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. *IntroductionQuorum® is an enterprise blockchain platform. It is a fork of the public ethereum client ‘geth’ with several protocol level enhancements to support business needs. …
Read More »Bitcoin on Showtime: Winklevoss Biographer Writes BTC Mining Plot for Billions
Sunday’s episode of the Showtime series Billions featured a cryptocurrency mining scheme being executed in a prep school. The Bitcoin focused episode was written by Ben Mezrich, who also wrote the book Bitcoin Billionaires which tells the story of the Winklevoss twins, the venture capitalist’s behind the Gemini crypto exchange …
Read More »Louisiana State Senate to Consider Crypto Business Licensing Bill
The Louisiana State Senate is about to consider a bill to regulate and license virtual currency businesses. Sponsored by state Rep. Mark Wright (R-77), HB701 sailed through the state House of Representatives with unanimous approval, and is being referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs. …
Read More »Blockchain Oracles- The Key To Scalability And Interoperability
Share and get +16 +16 blockchain oracles are third-party services that provide smart contract with external information. They serve as bridges between blockchains and the outside world.Scalability and interoperability are often considered the two holy grails of the crypto space. Interoperability is defined as the ability of different softwares to …
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