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Social media giants must decentralize the internet... Now!
13.2.2021
Decentralized governance and blockchain solutions are best for the future of Big Tech
Should Tech Giants Dive Into Cryptocurrencies After Tesla?
9.2.2021
Tesla recently stated of purchasing $1.5 billion bitcoin; the company may begin accepting it as a mode of payment. According to news reports, Tesla closely followed Microstrategy Incorporated’s footsteps, a business analytics and mobility provider of entering the crypto space. Earlier speculations...
Former South Korean Social Media Giant to Relaunch Its Business by Creating a New Ethereum-Based Token
5.2.2021
A social media giant that significantly impacted South Korea’s internet influence in the early 2000s is set to take a second breath. The company plans to regain its popularity by launching a new cryptocurrency. New Ownership Reportedly Got Over $7 Million From Investors to Rebrand Cyworld...
BMW, Ford, Honda to Co-work on Blockchain-powered Car Damage History Platform
20.1.2021
Carmaking giants BMW, Ford and Honda have teamed up with auto insurance providers and tech heavyweights such as IBM and Accenture to work on an international, cross-industry, blockchain-powered vehicle history platform.
Per a press release, the firms have teamed up to work on the Mobility Open...
Big Tech’s Freedom of Speech Purge Pushes People to Censorship-Resistant Blockchain Social Media
9.1.2021
During the last few days, the world has watched the Big Tech and social media crackdown after the incident that took place at Capitol Hill a few days ago. During the last 48 hours, U.S. President Donald Trump, a great number of right-wing supporters, and literally anyone who speaks out against...
Trump Bans Chinese Payment App Giants Alipay and Wechat- Order Could Steer Billions of Dollars Toward Bitcoin
7.1.2021
Cryptocurrencies may see a boost between China and the U.S., as the American president Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning financial transactions with eight China-based payment applications. Following the signing of Trump’s new executive order, popular payment apps including...
WEF, Mining Giants Develop Blockchain Platform for Tracking Carbon Emissions
15.12.2020
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has finalized a platform that tracks CO2 emissions during mining processes using blockchain
Business Giants Invest USD 60m in Blockchain-powered Payment Firm Chai
11.12.2020
Screenshots of the Chai app. A group of South Korean and Japanese business giants including Hanhwa Investment & Securities, SoftBank and SK have joined more established blockchain investors to complete a Series B investment round worth over USD 60m in South Korean firm Chai, the provider of...
3 Chinese E-Commerce Giants Join China’s Latest Digital Yuan Lottery Trial: Report
11.12.2020
Didi, Meituan and Bilibili are reportedly taking part in the latest test of the digital yuan, allowing lottery winners to spend the digital currency online
Shopping.io Enables Crypto-Payments on Popular E-Commerce Websites
12.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. The adoption of crypto is not possible without accelerating its usage as a currency, and not only as an asset. While e-commerce giants such as Amazon, eBay, and Walmart aren’t able to offer crypto-payment, Shopping.io launches a gateway to make purchases from the aforementioned...
Corporate giants may not follow MicroStrategy's Bitcoin adoption play, Raoul Pal explains
3.11.2020
Communication is key, especially when it comes to explaining Bitcoin to mainstream corporate entities
Partisan dunks eclipse Section 230 in Senate hearing on social media giants
28.10.2020
Though the hearing did not focus on solutions, open source looks like a real way of addressing the committee's concerns about transparency and accountability
Agriculture giants team up on blockchain platform to track grains in Brazil
16.10.2020
Two massive companies have teamed to create a blockchain platform to manage the agriculture sector and its first test was in Brazil
Italian Payments Giants Merging to Form New Entity That Will Dominate Local Market
5.10.2020
The new group will reportedly have an estimated 70% share of the Italian market
Keiser Insists ‘Bitcoin Inversely Correlated To USD Not Stock Markets’ After Crypto Market Tumble
23.9.2020
Reports that global banking giants helped criminals launder money for close to two decades helped spark the crash of global stock markets on Monday, September 21. Also tumbling in tandem with stocks were cryptocurrencies thus leading to renewed concerns that digital assets are intertwined with...
Leak Alleges Banking Giants 'Moving Staggering Sums of Illicit Cash'
21.9.2020
Documents uncovered by an investigation conducted by 110 news organizations appears to show global banking giants moving trillions of dollars for clients allegedly involved in fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and more, as the banks defend themselves against the allegations. Meanwhile,...
Report: Market Valuation of 14 Banking Giants Shed $635 Billion This Year
16.9.2020
The world’s largest banks lost a considerable amount of market valuation amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report that estimates financial incumbents lost $635 billion. Between December 2019 and August 2020, the market caps of 14 major banking institutions lost upwards of 30-50%...
Chinese Tech Giants to ‘Do Battle’ for Blockchain Talent + More News
9.9.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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A Chinese blockchain talent acquisition battle has begun, with heavyweight tech giants like Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba in direct...
Blockchain ID ‘War’ in the Offing as S Korean Giants Prepare Rollouts
8.9.2020
South Koreans are likely to completely do away with plastic ID, social security and driver’s license cards in favor of blockchain technology-powered digital alternatives, per a new report – with some of the biggest companies in the land vying for a stake in the market.
Per Fn News, SK Telecom,...
Asian Search Engine & Chat App Giants to Use Blockchain-based IDs + More News
3.9.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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South Korean internet giants Naver and Kakao will begin accepting blockchain-powered digital driver’s licenses as a form of ID...