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Russia to Trial Digital Ruble Settlements for Real Estate Deals
23.6.2022
The Central Bank of Russia and participating commercial banks want to test various types of payments with the digital ruble, the Russian press reported. The plan is to experiment with smart contracts and transactions related to real estate and crypto asset purchases. Bank of Russia to Launch Smart...
Struggling On-Chain Governance Experiment Tests Itself With New Experiments
29.5.2022
Crypto governance is currently going through a rough patch right now. Sure, the market as a whole is experiencing a tough time, but with a consistent stream of million-dollar governance attacks having already taken place this year, it seems that the concept of on-chain voting is having it harder...
Cloudflare to run Ethereum node experiment to help 'build a better internet'
18.5.2022
“Cloudflare is going to participate in the research and development of the core infrastructure that helps keep Ethereum secure, fast, as well as energy-efficient for everyone,” the firm stated
Internet Service Company Cloudflare to Run Ethereum Validator Nodes as Part of Its Web3 Focus
18.5.2022
Cloudflare, an internet services and DDoS protection company, has announced a new strategy regarding its Web3 experiments. The company revealed it will run Ethereum validator nodes as part of its commitment to help to scale the internet by using proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus technologies. This...
Eurosystem Seeks Providers of Prototype Payment Solutions for Digital Euro
1.5.2022
Eurozone’s monetary authority, the Eurosystem, is looking to enlist financial companies willing to develop front-end solutions for the digital euro. The plan is to carry out a “prototyping exercise” this year to test transactions to the back-end developed by the regulator....
L2 Scaling Startup Optimism Reveals Governance Collective, Native Token, and ‘Many Airdrops’
27.4.2022
The layer two (L2) Ethereum scaling project Optimism has announced the launch of Optimism Collective, “a large-scale experiment in digital democratic governance” managed by the newly created Optimism Foundation. In addition to the governance collective, the plan is to launch a token...
Digital Ruble ‘Much Needed,’ Russia’s Central Bank Says, Won’t Delay Testing
19.4.2022
The Central Bank of Russia has emphasized the importance of moving forward with its digital ruble project. According to a statement by a top representative, the monetary authority has no intention to delay the trials despite not all invited banks being ready to participate yet. Bank of Russia...
US Senate to Consider Bill Examining El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment
23.3.2022
The bill, which was passed out of committee on Wednesday, generated the displeasure of El Salvador's President, Nayib Bukele
EU Set to Experiment With Blockchain-Based Stock, Bond, and Fund Trading
23.3.2022
A new five-year pilot allows experiments with issuing and trading stocks and bonds using distributed ledger technology as a test to whether more permanent exemption from stricter EU laws are needed
FriesDAO scoops up fast food franchises as part of its crypto governance experiment
21.2.2022
DAO reps said they want to build on-chain and membership utility around Subway, Domino’s and more
Průlomový experiment: Peníze pro chudé matky mění mozek jejich dětem
26.1.2022
Americká studie „Baby's First Year“ zjišťuje, jak zlepšení ekonomické situace ovlivňuje vývoj mozku dětí během prvního roku života
Originální avatary s NFT. Twitter Blue spouští experiment pro platící uživatele s iPhony
24.1.2022
Twitter se stal první masovou sociální sítí, která podporuje ověřené unikátní profilové avatary, jejichž jedinečnost garantuje non-fungible token (NFT). Funkce zatím není k dispozici všem, prozatím se otevřela jen té části uživatelské základny, která si předplácí tarif Blue. Ten je zatím nabízen ve
Swiss National Bank Trials CBDC in Transactions With Five Banks
14.1.2022
The Swiss National Bank has successfully employed a wholesale CBDC to settle transactions with five commercial banks, the monetary authority announced. The tests are part of an experiment carried out together with the Bank for International Settlements and Switzerland’s financial services...
SWIFT Aims to Test Tokenization in 2022, Clearstream, Northern Trust, SETL to Participate
24.12.2021
SWIFT, the Belgian-based cooperative that serves as an intermediary and settlement executor of financial transactions between banks worldwide is planning to experiment with asset tokenization in 2022. In a blog post about the subject, SWIFT notes that it will be working with firms like Clearstream...
President Bukele fires back at critics on 'Bitcoin experiment'
24.12.2021
The adoption of Bitcoin is changing El Salvador's economic landscape according to Salvadoran president
Polkadot is Deutsche Telekom’s New Crypto Experiment
22.12.2021
Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe’s largest telecom business, is backing Polkadot, an interoperable architecture of public blockchains curated by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood. T-Systems Multimedia Solutions (MMS), the subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, does not leave any stone unturned to support...
Working With Web Feeds: It’s More Than RSS
16.12.2021
Between Google Chrome experimenting with “following” sites, along with a growing frustration of how social media platforms limit a creator’s reach to their fans through algorithmic feeds, there’s been renewed interest in RSS feeds and they’re primed for a …
Central Banks of France, Switzerland and BIS Complete Cross-Border CBDC Trial
9.12.2021
Bank of France, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), and the Bank for International Settlements have successfully tested the application of wholesale central bank digital currency in cross-border payments. The project used distributed ledger technology and was realized with help from private firms....
Visa Launches Crypto Advisory Services — Says ‘Digital Currencies Are Taking Greater Hold in Popular Consciousness’
9.12.2021
Payments giant Visa has launched global crypto advisory services. The company’s executive says: “We’ve seen a material shift in our clients’ mindset in the last year, from a desire to explore and experiment with crypto, to actually building a strategy and product...
Pálivý experiment: Astronauti si na palubě ISS vypěstovali vlastní chilli papričky
8.12.2021
Na palubě Mezinárodní vesmírné stanice si astronauti pochutnali na tacos s vlastnoručně vypěstovanými chilli papričkami