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China Construction Bank's blockchain bond efforts take a new direction
4.12.2020
After an earlier attempt, China Construction Bank has gone back to the drawing board with new partners and a new proof-of-concept for a blockchain-based bond
CCB-backed Blockchain-powered Bond Issuance Saga Takes a New Turn
4.12.2020
There appears to have been another twist in the tale of the China Construction Bank (CCB)’s Malaysian branch and its aborted launch of blockchain-powered bonds that were set to be tradeable for bitcoin (BTC) via a Hong Kong-based exchange.
Just weeks after CCB pulled the plug on the issuance at...
OMG Rallies as OMG Network Sold To a New Owner
4.12.2020
The OMG Network – operator of the Ethereum (ETH)-based OMG token (formerly OmiseGo) – has a new owner, news that has sent the token’s price up by almost 8% in the past 24 hours.
At pixel time (09:21 UTC), OMG, ranked 43rd by market capitalization on Coinpaprika, trades at USD 4.05 and is up...
New Draft U.S. Law Will Make It Illegal To Issue Stablecoins Without Federal Reserve Approval
4.12.2020
Three U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that will force private stablecoin issuers to obtain a banking charter (or license) and approval from the Federal Reserve before they can issue a stablecoin. Instigated by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, with support from Reps. Jesús García and Stephen...
Spotify Looking for Associate Director to Lead Activity on Libra Project, Other Crypto Efforts
4.12.2020
The world's largest audio streaming service is on the hunt for a new associate director to lead its activity within the Libra stablecoin project
New Mars Game Isn't A City-Builder, It's A Planet-Builder
4.12.2020
Per Aspera is a new PC game out this week that has you playing as an AI responsible for transforming Mars from a big cold rock into somewhere humans can walk their dogs outside in a grassy green park.Read more
Recently Teased Division 2 Mode Won’t Happen After All, ‘A Casualty Of A Tough Year.”
3.12.2020
Yesterday, Ubisoft confirmed that an upcoming gameplay event in The Division 2, Codename Nightmare, has been canceled and will not be released as planned this year, Yannick Banchereau, the Associate Creative Director on the game, explained the situation in the latest State of The Game livestream....
Aave's Second Version, New Bitcoin Mining Pool in North America + More News
3.12.2020
Bitcoin mining rigs. Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Aave has announced today that Aave V2 is live on mainnet. The new version...
Institutional Bitcoin Investors Hodl As S&P DJI Opens New Crypto Bridge
3.12.2020
Institutional investors are about to get another instrument to access cryptoassets as they have already poured billions of US dollars in bitcoin (BTC) only. And these investors are not looking to sell BTC anytime soon, according to analysts.
Today, US-based major index provider S&P Dow Jones...
Thursday's Best Deals: Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Infrared Thermometer, Nintendo Switch Bundle, Christmas Tree, Mpow Earbuds, Baby Yoda Sweatshirts, and More
3.12.2020
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and an infrared thermometer lead Thursday’s best deals.Read more
Stripe will offer bank accounts, with help from Goldman Sachs and Citi
3.12.2020
But only for vendors, so retail users will have to wait
Aave Launches V2 in Bid to Make Borrowing Against Volatile Assets Less Risky
3.12.2020
DeFi platform Aave has rolled out its second version, with several features that should make it more flexible and more capital efficient
A New Crypto Use Case: Betting on an American Nightmare
3.12.2020
How people abroad are betting on Trump refusing to leave the White House. Green means the price went up. Red,Continue Reading
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New Paper: Ripple Network Doesn’t Meet Criteria To Reach Consensus
3.12.2020
A brand-new paper which analyzes the Ripple network concluded that the network does not reach true consensus, as its protocol “may violate safety and liveness,” and doesn’t follow the established models and algorithms for a Byzantine agreement. Report Claims XRP’s Network...
US Regulations Key To Ripple’s Relocation Decision As Customers Worried About XRP
3.12.2020
Brad Garlinghouse. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Ripple
As the California-based major blockchain company continues to mull an initial public offering (IPO), Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the US regulatory framework is out of step with a number of markets such as the UK, Singapore...
‘New rules’ for SEC could follow example set by Wyoming, says Hester Peirce
3.12.2020
“I do think there are some issues that crypto raises that are not neatly solved by our existing securities laws,” said the SEC commissioner
Peter Schiff Lays Into Grayscale and CNBC, Claims Conspiracy to Pump BTC Value
3.12.2020
Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff is now training his guns on Grayscale Trust’s GBTC after the validation of his regular anti-bitcoin rhetoric was cut short by a resurgent crypto market. After rapidly falling to around $16,500 on November 26, BTC quickly recovered before it went on to...
Spend Less Time On Fire With New Baldur's Gate 3 Patch
2.12.2020
Baldur’s Gate 3 has a new patch filled with nifty quality of life adjustments, as well as new story changes that I’m eager to see.Read more
Amplify, Amplified
2.12.2020
First, quickly: AWS Amplify has a new Admin UI. Amplify always had a CLI that helps you build projects by setting up stuff like auth, storage, and APIs. That’s super useful, but now, you can do those things with the new Admin UI. And more, like model your data (!!), right from a local...
How Miles Morales Connects To Harlem In The New Spider-Man Game
2.12.2020
In Insomniac’s 2018 Spider-Man game, Peter Parker’s relationship with New York City involved the occasional selfie with a citizen and a lot of palling around with the NYPD. The new Miles Morales game does something different. It foregrounds Miles Morales’ relationship to Harlem and the community...