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Travel Tech Firm Monaker Group Eyes Regulated Thai ICO Market
19.11.2020
Monaker Group, which builds booking platforms for the travel industry, is venturing into tokenized assets with the indirect acquisition of Thailand’s Longroot initial coin offering (ICO) portal. The Nasdaq traded company took an “indirect controlling stake” in the entity that owns...
Lightning Network’s New Liquidity Marketplace Attracts a ‘Surprising’ Mix of Individuals, Enterprises
19.11.2020
Lightning Labs’ new liquidity marketplace, Lightning Pool, has seen more early-stage growth than its creators expected
Helium Wireless Network Approves New Hard Cap for HNT Token Emissions
19.11.2020
Adding a token hard-cap and introducing "halvenings" will make HNT tokenomics easier to understand, say project contributors
30 Japan Firms to Collaborate on Private Digital Yen: Reuters
19.11.2020
A group of Japanese companies plans to develop and test a private digital currency that would work alongside cash
Electrum Developers Apply Fix After Apple Update Bricks Bitcoin Wallets
19.11.2020
Apple's most recent Mac update is causing major problems for one of Bitcoin’s oldest wallets
Duality Technologies Launches Platform for Analyzing Big Data While Keeping It Private
19.11.2020
The platform is a step forward in practical uses for Homomorphic Encryption, letting multiple actors conduct analysis while keeping the data encrypted
Tor Developers Pursuing ‘Anonymous Tokens’ to Stop Hacks and DoS Attacks
18.11.2020
Tokens could be included in a users traffic request, which would allow websites accessible through the Tor network to “intelligently prioritize which requests it answers.”
Deloitte includes BitPay on top 500 tech companies list
18.11.2020
BitPay beat Pinterest by several ranks on Deloitte's prestigious list
DeFi Exploits Can’t Be Pinned on Flash Loans, Industry Leaders Say
18.11.2020
DeFi’s novel flash loan products aren't to blame for the recent string of exploits, industry leaders say
The Dark Future Where Payments Are Politicized and Bitcoin Wins
18.11.2020
If the payments system ever becomes seriously politicized, Bitcoin's apolitical nature could become more appealing. But that's not a scenario worth looking forward to
Zcash Undergoes First Halving as Major Upgrade Drops ‘Founders Fund’
18.11.2020
Alongside the halving, Zcash has rolled out its Canopy upgrade that replaces the Founder's Fund with built-in funding for development
New Mac Update Leaves Users No Room to Escape Data Collection
17.11.2020
Following a recent Mac update, users will have to find alternatives if they want out from under Apple’s eye
My Data, My Money: Data Dividends and the Digital Economy
17.11.2020
On Nov. 18, CoinDesk’s Ben Powers explores the data dividend: Is it an opportunity to restructure the digital economy on more equitable terms, or merely a redesign of the current data ecosystem?
Uniswap May Re-up Rewards as Sushiswap Angles to Catch Itinerant Yield Farmers
16.11.2020
A new governance vote would continue liquidity mining rewards for certain asset pairs as the original allocation ends
Big Tech Execs and Bitcoin: Skype Cofounder Keeps Personal Wealth in Crypto, Intercom Chairman ‘Firmly Jumps on the Bitcoin Wagon’
16.11.2020
This week two well known tech executives revealed they have been dabbling in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In a recent interview, Skype cofounder Jaan Tallinn detailed that he held bitcoin and ethereum in his personal finances, while the Intercom cofounder Eoghan McCabe tweeted on Sunday that...
MakerDAO Loans Can Be Gamed to Hold Out Funds From Liquidation, Startup Finds
16.11.2020
A loophole in MakerDAO’s collateralized debt market enables positions to be closed far more leniently than intended due to an oversight in the auction process
Cory Doctorow: The Monopoly Web Is Already Here
16.11.2020
The science fiction writer on how monopolies came to dominate today's economy and why the orthodoxy of tech criticism is wrong
Fidelity’s Crypto Arm Responds to 6 Common Bitcoin Criticisms
16.11.2020
Fidelity Digital Assets has responded to some of bitcoin's most frequent criticisms citing heightened interest in the cryptocurrency
New MIT Paper Roundly Rejects Blockchain Voting as Solution to Election Woes
16.11.2020
Encryption inventor and head of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative are among authors of a new paper that points out why blockchain and voting are a bad pairing
Akoin Cryptocurrency Launches in Kenya as Pilot for $6 Billion Akon City
14.11.2020
The akoin cryptocurrency, created by famous singer and philanthropist Akon, has started trading on a global crypto exchange. It is also being launched as a means of payment in a tech city in Kenya as a pilot for Akon City, the $6 billion futuristic city that is being built in Senegal. Akoin Crypto...