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OCC’s Brian Brooks Against Government Issued Digital Dollar – Supports Regulation of Privately Issued Stablecoins
31.10.2020
The acting director of the U.S. Office Comptroller of Currency (OCC) Brian Brooks says the creation of the U.S. digital dollar is a terrible one because the government is not good at building things. Instead, Brooks believes tech companies, which already possess the know-how, to be in a better...
PayPal might issue its own cryptocurrency soon, says CoinShares exec
22.10.2020
The CSO of CoinShares thinks that a payments-focused PayPal token could be forthcoming
New Zealand has no imminent plans to issue CBDC, says central bank exec
20.10.2020
Important questions about CBDCs remain unanswered for the Kiwi's central bank
IMF Says CBDCs Have Potential, But Don’t Solve Every Issue
19.10.2020
Countries might benefit from issuing central bank digital currencies, but they’re not a panacea for every ailment, a new IMF report says
The NSC Labels Blockchain a National Security Issue
17.10.2020
On the weekly recap, NLW looks at growth in institutional investment, big interest among the G20 in CBDCs and a new National Security Council report
Algorand’s new accelerator program in Europe to issue grants up to $500K
15.10.2020
Algorand taps Europe as the second region for its blockchain accelerator program after Asia
Japan must amend central bank laws to issue digital yen, says official
12.10.2020
Japan is getting more serious about the digital yen
NFT Craftiness: Mint a Non-Fungible Token Art Collectible in Less Than 15 Minutes
11.10.2020
In the last few months the non-fungible token (NFT) art space has exploded and data shows that there’s been over 4.9 million sales worth well over $128 million to-date. This week I decided to create an Ethereum-based NFT leveraging the application rarible.com, in order to show our readers...
97% of People Consulted by UK Financial Regulator Opposed Crypto Derivatives Ban
8.10.2020
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ban on crypto derivatives sales to retail investors has set tongues wagging. It is no mystery. After a consultation process that closed Oct. 3, 2019, with 97% of participants opposed to the prohibition, the U.K. financial regulator still proceeded to issue...
DeFi Project Xfinance(XFI) ILO Presale Sceduled for Sept 10th
7.9.2020
DeFi project – Xfinance announced they will cooperate with LID Protocol and launch XFI ILO presale on the LID presale Dapp, launch date sceduled for September 10th. LID Protocol solves the issue of Uniswap exit scamming by using standardized non-custodial presale smart contracts that lock...
Singapore Exchange uses blockchain to issue $300m digital bond
4.9.2020
DAML smart contract language is now used for digital bonds
This Government Agency to Issue Staff with Blockchain IDs, Reward Tokens
3.9.2020
Blockchain-powered employee authentication is taking off in South Korea – with a government agency doing away with smart cards in favor of smartphone-based solutions. The agency will also issue its employees with blockchain-powered “reward” tokens.
Per news agency Yonhap, the Korea Internet &...
Here’s How I Solved a Weird Bug Using Tried and True Debugging Strategies
28.8.2020
Remember the last time you dealt with a UI-related bug that left you scratching your head for hours? Maybe the issue was happening at random, or occurring under specific circumstances (device, OS, browser, user action), or was just hidden in one of the many front-end technologies that are part...
Chinese State-owned Banks Issue Flurry of Blockchain Patents
18.8.2020
Two of China’s biggest state-owned banks have registered a number of blockchain patents as both continue to expand the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s fast-expanding, much-vaunted digital yuan pilot.
Per media outlet NBD, the banks in question are the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China...
What I Learned by Fixing One Line of CSS in an Open Source Project
14.8.2020
I was browsing the Svelte docs on my iPhone and came across a blaring UI bug. The notch in the in the REPL knob was totally out of whack. I’m always looking to contribute to open source, and I thought this would be a quick and easy fix. Turns out, there was a lot more to it than just changing...
New Blockchain Platform Aims to Help Countries Issue CBDCs More Easily
13.8.2020
Blockchain company Apollo Fintech touts its new system as tonic for national digital currency headaches
Ethereum Medalla Testnet Launch Suffers Block Finality Issue
4.8.2020
The Ethereum Medalla Testnet launched, but it is not yet achieving the participation it needs
Triple-Entry Bookkeeping: How Satoshi Nakamoto Solved the Byzantine Generals’ Problem
3.8.2020
In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto essentially solved the infamous computational issue called the “Byzantine generals’ problem” or the “Byzantine Fault.” Throughout the history of man, people used ledgers to record economic transactions and property ownership. A ledger is often...
Crypto-Enabled Investment App eToro Gets Ready to Issue Debit Cards in UK
29.7.2020
EToro is reportedly moving ahead with its debit card plans as it acquires a U.K. Visa Principal Member
Coinbase CEO: Exchange Won’t List XMR Due to ‘Issue With Regulators’
27.7.2020
Brian Armstrong says regulators would be "up in arms" with Monero listed on Coinbase, even as Binance and Kraken offer support for the token