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Why the World Economic Forum Is Creating a Blockchain ‘Bill of Rights’
20.1.2020
Sheila Warren, the head of blockchain for the WEF, argues the technology needs a set of principles for staving off potential misuse
How Real World Use Cases Will Drive Crypto Growth in 2020
19.1.2020
Trusted reputation or global regulation? Usage simplification, or coherence with traditional finances? What will become the most important key to the global widespread adoption of crypto?
Eleventy Love
17.1.2020
Been seeing a lot of Eleventy action lately. It's a smaller player in the world of static site generators, but I think it's got huge potential because of how simple it is, yet does about anything you'd need it to do. It's Just JavaScript™.
Jason Lengstorf and Zach Leatherman did a Learn...
Direct Democracy Party to Solve Issues With Crypto Rights in Russia
16.1.2020
A new political force is being born in Russia out of the country’s tech business circles. The idea has been conceived by representatives of the country’s growing digital economy sector who want to embark on finding solutions to numerous issues that concern the crypto space. Also read:...
Fake News on Steroids: Deepfakes Are Coming – Are World Leaders Prepared?
16.1.2020
What 2018 and 2019 were to blockchain and cryptocurrencies on the WEF stage (met with a healthy mix of intrigue and skepticism), 2020 will be to synthetic media, also known by the ominous-sounding euphemism “deepfakes.”
4 Bitcoin Mixers for the Privacy Conscious
16.1.2020
In an era of unprecedented global surveillance, it is unreasonable to expect the blockchain world to be any different. It is perfectly reasonable, though, to resist this surveillance through countermeasures that thwart the would-be surveillers. Digital privacy is a right that everyone is entitled...
UN Tells the Crypto World Not to Travel to N Korea Conference - Report
15.1.2020
The UN will reportedly issue a warning to cryptocurrency developers and experts planning to attend a cryptocurrency conference in North Korea in February – stating that attendees could risk violating sanctions.
Per Reuters, which says it has seen “a confidential report due to be submitted to the...
Ahead of Davos, What Can Cash Teach Us About Crypto?
15.1.2020
"I have long held that, were cash invented today, it would be dismissed by policymakers, bankers and law enforcement as dystopian, absurd and dangerous."
Pundi X Plans for Uprising in the World of Digital Assets
15.1.2020
A new era has begun in 2020 with a lot more possibilities and expectations. In the last decade, blockchain has gathered a lot of buzzes, both favorable and non-favorable bites. The technology is anticipated to bring a new horizon to the digital world. The financial marketers have also started...
Singer Akon Says World’s First ‘Crypto City’ Set for Senegal 2025
15.1.2020
Singer Akon touts Senegal as home of the first ‘crypto city,’ to run on his own cryptocurrency, Akoin
Blockchain Tops the List of Most In-Demand Tech Skills for 2020
13.1.2020
If you are planning to start a new career this year, or just improve your value in the jobs market, the best thing that you can do is acquire some blockchain skills. Companies around the world are looking for people with capabilities in this field and it appears that demand far outpaces the supply....
Eastern Europe Sees More Fiat Options for Trading Crypto
12.1.2020
The countries of Central and Eastern Europe, a diverse region sometimes referred to as the ‘Second World,’ are at different stages of their economic development and political integration with the EU or other supranational organizations. Having less established traditional sectors...
Crypto World: A Brief Overview of 2019
12.1.2020
The cryptocurrencies marked a fruitful 2019 for the traders as well as the entrepreneurs who have just stepped into the dynamic world. For some, the trading world couldn’t turn out as expected because the market reflected upsurge for only the first two quarters; for others, the things were another...
ETHDenver’s BuffiDAO is the World’s First In-Event Live Video Game Application Powered by a DAO
11.1.2020
From start to finish, ETHDenver BUIDLathon & Community Gathering attendees will have the opportunity to interact with Web3 tech in a number of unprecedented ways in what is the world’s first in-event live video game application powered by a DAO. As you may have seen in the 2020 announcement...
Coincheck Announces Launch of World’s First Lisk Staking Service
10.1.2020
Headquartered in Tokyo, Coincheck that serves as a leading bitcoin wallet and exchange service provider, has announced the launch of the beta version of the world’s first Lisk (LSK) Staking Service. In an official Twitter post, Lisk broke the news about the staking program and addressed it to...
Low Interest Rates Provide Precarious Protection Against Crisis, World Bank Warns
10.1.2020
The latest global debt wave is the largest in the past five decades, the World Bank has acknowledged in a new report. The international institution notes that previous waves of broad-based debt accumulation lead to widespread financial crises. Historically low interest rates this time might not...
Japanese Firms SBI and GMO Join the Digital Gold Rush in Texas
8.1.2020
The city of Rockdale, Texas is attracting attention again, similar to the interest the region saw back in the fifties when the Alcoa aluminum smelting facility set up shop. These days, Rockdale’s change is due to the influx of bitcoin miners coming to town from all around the world....
Binance Donates $1 Million in Crypto for Australian Bushfire Relief
8.1.2020
The cryptocurrency community is again showing its commitment to support charitable goals around the world. Binance, the most active international digital asset exchange, has donated $1 million to help with Australian fire relief efforts and invites the community to join the initiative. The recent...
Libra Association Exec: World Needs Us Because Bitcoin Is ‘Not a Means of Payment’
7.1.2020
Libra Association Vice Chair Dante Disparte spoke at the Digital Money Forum at CES 2020, arguing for Libra's advantages over other bitcoin
Biometric Cards and Fund Savers: The Marvelous World of Crypto Wallets
7.1.2020
The world of cryto, and funds in general, is a dangerous place as it's intriguing to many types of bad players, all of which are targeting our coins, just waiting for an opportunity to put their fingers into our wallets. That's why the wallet creators are in a constant race of who can offer...