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What’s Really Private in Crypto? Research on Grin Raises Questions
25.11.2019
Following a report last week on the anonymity features of grin, one big question emerged: What is privacy in crypto, anyways?
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...
JPMorgan’s Blockchain Products, Explained by Ex-JPM Tech Leads
24.11.2019
The evolution of JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain products, explained by former blockchain tech leads at JPMorgan and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Statechains, and Trading the Panopticon for Magical Internet Money
24.11.2019
CoinDesk's Nolan Bauerle and Thiel Capital's Eric Weinstein talk Magical Internet Money; the Let’s Talk Bitcoin! host and Somsen Ruben discuss statechains
JPMorgan Tests Private Blockchain to Track Auto Dealer Inventory
22.11.2019
JPMorgan Chase has filed a patent and is testing a blockchain system for tracking the automobile inventory it finances for car dealers.
EU Launches Estimated €400M Blockchain, AI Fund to Avoid Lagging US, China
22.11.2019
A new fund has been set up with the aim of preventing the EU falling behind nations like the U.S. and China on blockchain and AI innovation
Algorand 2.0’s New Non-Turing-Complete Smart Contracts Are a Feature, Not a Bug
22.11.2019
Thursday's Algorand 2.0 upgrade adds decentralized finance (DeFi) features and smart contracts to the $108 million blockchain
Embrace the Political
21.11.2019
The tech industry has long held the belief that technology is apolitical. People are flawed, but the machines? They are neutral. They are pure.
This is ridiculous, of course. People make the machines. We write the algorithms that can't recognize dark skin tones. We decide to downplay or ignore...
Global Protests Reveal Bitcoin’s Limitations
21.11.2019
Protesters across the globe are testing out bitcoin and other decentralized technologies – then promptly discovering their limitations
Chinese Tech Capital Shenzhen Issues Warning Against Crypto Activities
21.11.2019
The Leading Group for Remediation of Internet Finance Risks of the Chinese technology capital of Shenzhen warned against illegal cryptocurrency-related activities
Orchid’s Decentralized VPN Network Set for Early-December Launch
21.11.2019
Decentralized VPN provider Orchid will debut its app, network and token (OXT) during the first week of December
Maker of Wasabi Bitcoin Wallet Valued at $7.5M in First Equity Round
21.11.2019
The privacy-centric Wasabi Wallet, launched by zkSNACKs in 2018, just raised its first equity investment from Cypherpunk Holdings, a publicly-traded Canadian fund
Franklin Templeton Taps Wallet Service Provider to Support Tokenized Shares
21.11.2019
Franklin Templeton Investments, the global investment firm looking to track shares of a money market fund on the Stellar blockchain, has tapped wallet service provider Curv to help safeguard its shares
Polymath Moves Security Token Platform Off Ethereum and Onto Parity’s Substrate
20.11.2019
As part of the transition, Parity has agreed to build certain business-logic features on Polymesh’s base layer
Oxford Foundry Joins Ripple’s UBRI for New Tech Series Aimed at Blockchain Learning
20.11.2019
The Oxford Foundry, which serves as an entrepreneurship center at the University of Oxford has announced the news about its strategic partnership with globally reputed blockchain technology services provider Ripple and its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). The team-up has been...
No, Absolutely Not
19.11.2019
I think the difference between a junior and senior front-end developer isn't in their understanding or familiarity with a particular tech stack, toolchain, or whether they can write flawless code. Instead, it all comes down to this: how they push back against bad ideas.
What I've learned this year...
WazirX CEO Urges PM Modi and FM Sitharaman to Focus on Crypto; Says Country Losing Important Tech Battle
19.11.2019
Even after a decade of existence and covering most of the first and second world, the crypto industry hasn’t been able to penetrate the Indian market as prominently as it would’ve liked. The reason? Government’s pessimistic approach towards crypto. While there are several factors...
Andrew Yang Campaign Releases Technology Plan Focused on Rebuilding Public Relationship With Big Tech
18.11.2019
The crypto-friendly presidential candidate outlined his tech visions in a blog post to his campaign site
An Army of Bitcoin Devs Is Battle-Testing Upgrades to Privacy and Scaling
17.11.2019
Almost 200 developers are reviewing bitcoin improvement proposals that could usher in enhanced privacy and scalability for the premier cryptocurrency
JAMstack CMSs Have Finally Grown Up!
15.11.2019
This article is based on Brian's presentation at Connect.Tech 2019. Slides with speaker notes from that presentation are available to download.
In my experience, developers generally find the benefits of the JAMstack easy to comprehend. Sites are faster because the resources are static and served...