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Was Youtube’s Christmas Crypto Purge Illegal?
2.1.2020
This article considers the legal implications of Youtube’s notorious purge of crypto channels on Christmas Eve. What legal context induces Youtube and other social media giants to operate as they do? The article does not explore whether it is morally proper to terminate a contract without...
Financial Giants Boerse Stuttgart and SBI Holdings Are Now Partners in Crypto
20.12.2019
Boerse Stuttgart Group (BSG), the operator of the second-largest stock exchange in Germany, and Japanese Financial giant SBI Group has partnered in order to order to create a "global end-to-end ecosystem for digital assets, utilizing blockchain technology."
Moreover, SBI Holdings will invest...
Asian Tech Giants’ New Blockchain Drive Involves Traditional Finance
25.11.2019
Two of South Korea’s biggest internet tech companies are strengthening their ties with the traditional financial sector to prepare the ground for a fresh fintech, blockchain and token-powered business drive.
Per Fn News, search engine Naver and its Line chat app affiliate and rival chat app giant...
Getting Started with GraphQL
20.11.2019
GraphQL was developed by Facebook in 2012 to power up its mobile apps. Since open-sourcing GraphQL specification in 2015, it gained a lot of popularity and is now used by many development teams, including giants like GitHub, Twitter or Airbnb. Why so? And what exactly is a GraphQL? Let's take...
Big Name Announcements Will Not Save Your Blockchain Project
30.10.2019
At the peak of the ICO bubble it was a common tactic for project promoters to use big name announcements to pump their tokens. Every day we would hear about a new venture that supposedly signed a partnership with a global brand such as Microsoft or Google, to make us think that these tech giants...
From Banking Giants to Tech Darlings, China Reveals Over 500 Enterprise Blockchain Projects
28.10.2019
As President Xi called on China to seize blockchain opportunities, industry heavyweights are already leading hundreds of enterprise projects
Killers, Giants, Nodes and 20 Crypto Jokes
26.10.2019
So, what happened this week in the Cryptoworld? Bitcoin crashed and the entire market turned bloody. You know, the usual. Until it's not usual and Bitcoin makes one of the biggest move in its history. We found out that Bakkt aims to lure institutional investors with a new product, that Killers...
U.S. Warns Visa, Mastercard to ‘Proceed With Caution’ Regarding Libra
11.10.2019
In the wake of Paypal’s very public exit from the Libra project, U.S. lawmakers are now pressuring Stripe, Visa and Mastercard to rethink their membership of the Libra Association as well. On October 8, three letters from two U.S. senators urged the tech and finance giants to “carefully...
US Lawmakers Call on Payment Giants to Exit ‘Chilling’ Libra Project
9.10.2019
Senators Brian Schatz and Sherrod Brown have called on Visa, Stripe, and MasterCard to reconsider their membership of the Libra Association
American Banking Giants Sound Off Against Libra as Monetary Threat
3.10.2019
Execs from some of the biggest U.S. banks reportedly told the Federal Reserve that Facebook’s Libra would pose a threat to monetary policies
Taxation Isn’t Just Theft – It’s Bad for Crypto Adoption
18.9.2019
Crypto awareness is reaching levels almost unimaginable just years ago, with telecommunications giants, big banks, mainstream media, and even professional sports teams now discussing and flouting digital assets. AT&T now allows customers to pay their phone bills in bitcoin, Japanese SMS giant...
Oil Giants Hire Blockchain Startup to Manage Water in Bakken Fields
11.9.2019
Data Gumbo to run water for North Dakota’s oil fields via blockchain tech for heavy hitters like Chevron, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell
Insurance Giants Lloyd’s of London And Aon Plan To Explore The Crypto-Insurance Domain
9.9.2019
The crypto world received a jolt of surprise when English insurance big shots, Lloyd’s of London and Aon revealed their plans of venturing into the crypto-insurance business. Lloyd’s of London, the global leader of the insurance sector, boasts of the whopping market worth of over $45 Billion...
Big Four and Blockchain: Are Auditing Giants Adopting Yet?
1.9.2019
The Big Four firms continue their expansion into blockchain. Learn if they are able to trigger crypto adoption in our analysis
The New Bitcoin Banks Are Here
23.8.2019
A new age of banking is imminent. Legacy models will be forced to follow suit or become obsolete in the eyes of value holders worldwide, as new bitcoin and crypto services take over, seeking to implement blockchain systems with an eye on convenience and financial inclusion. Announcements...
Glen D Fogel’s Staunchly Optimistic Views On Cryptocurrency Are Reassuring Travel Giants
21.8.2019
Glen D Fogel, the CEO of American giant Booking Holdings, holds staunchly optimistic views on cryptocurrency and its course in the future of payments. Fogel, the president of one of the world’s fastest-growing travel companies also expressed a keen interest in Facebook’s megaproject Libra in...
Banking Giants JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs Caution against Chinese Stocks as Trade War Continues
13.8.2019
The continued trade war between the world’s two biggest economies, the United States and China, has proven to be the biggest economic issue in this decade. On top of that, there is still no sign that the trade war is going to be resolved any time soon, and that has made life extremely different...
Big Banks, Big Troubles: HSBC, Deutsche, Societe, and Citi Lay Off Thousands Worldwide
9.8.2019
Banking giants are in trouble and it’s starting to show. Key players in the industry have already announced massive job cuts and executives with hefty salaries have been dismissed. HSBC, the largest bank in Europe, has revealed it plans to lay off over 4,000 employees and Citigroup...
S Korean Telecoms, Food Giants Team up for Blockchain Project
19.7.2019
Two of South Korea’s most blockchain-keen conglomerates say they will team up for a joint food supply chain project that makes use of the technology.
Telecoms giant KT has sealed a deal with food producer Nongshim’s own tech arm, Nongshim Data System (NDS). The companies say they will create...
IRS Allegedly Hopes to Make Tech Giants Release User Crypto Activity
9.7.2019
United States Internal Revenue Service allegedly hopes to require tech giants such as Google and Microsoft to silently share crypto-related activity by users: Report