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ECB: Private Sector Can Help with ‘Intensifying’ Digital Euro Project
14.12.2020
The European Central Bank (ECB) has once again opened the door to some form of private-sector collaboration as it “intensifies” its work on the digital euro – a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for Eurozone nations.
Per an official release, the ECB, the bank’s Governing Council has declared...
Give Users Control: The Media Session API
14.12.2020
Here’s a scenario. You start a banging Kendrick Lamar track in one of your many open browser tabs. You’re loving it, but someone walks into your space and you need to pause it. Which tab is it? Browsers try to help with that a little bit. You can probably mute the entire system audio. But wouldn’t...
Dispute Resolution Protocols Can Help Enterprise Adopt Blockchain
11.12.2020
A new World Economic Forum report highlights the importance of dispute resolution for enterprise blockchain projects
Major Insurer Massmutual Invests $100 Million in Bitcoin for Long-Term Value
11.12.2020
Leading life insurance company Massmutual has become the latest big company to invest a huge sum of money in bitcoin. Massmutual believes that having a bitcoin position in its investment account will help the company deliver long-term value to its insurance policyholders. Massmutual Buys Bitcoin...
Curv Partners With MetaMask to Help Institutions Custody DeFi Assets
10.12.2020
Curv is teaming up with MetaMask to allow institutions to invest in DeFi protocols while having institutional-grade custody options
Mexican exchange Bitso raises $62M to help fund international expansion
10.12.2020
The Latin American exchange has raised $62 million in a Series B funding round led by the investment funds Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors
Facebook's New Program Pays Black Streamers To Help Them Go Full-Time
8.12.2020
Facebook Gaming is far from the biggest video game streaming platform out there, but it has at least shown a tendency to put its money where its mouth is—a practice Twitch and other industry leaders could learn from. Today, Facebook announced a program to aid Black creators in their pursuit...
Digital ruble will undercut bank profits but help businesses: Bank of Russia
7.12.2020
Russia's central bank wants the digital ruble to help businesses by cutting out financial middlemen
New Stimulus Proposals Gain Support While Lawmakers Push for Second Stimulus Checks to Help Americans
7.12.2020
Two new stimulus packages have been proposed while lawmakers continue to push for second stimulus checks to help Americans cope with the coronavirus-led economic crisis. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to add stimulus measures to the spending bill that...
Apple Co-Founder Wozniak’s New Venture Lists Token to Help Fund Energy Efficiency Projects
5.12.2020
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has launched Efforce, a company that facilitates investments in energy efficiency projects via cryptocurrency and blockchain technology
British Politician Nigel Farage Says Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Anti-Lockdown Investment
5.12.2020
British politician and leader of the Brexit Party, Nigel Farage is lauding bitcoin branding it as the ultimate anti-lockdown investment. The controversial politician’s comments are drawn from one edition of his daily ‘Fortune & Freedom’ newsletter whose mission is to help...
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
Institutional investors won’t save crypto, but they will help it grow
2.12.2020
Institutional players are coming to the crypto ecosystem, but how will they impact the industry? Will they boost it or collapse it?
Gemini Donates $50K to HRF to Help Fund Another Round of Bitcoin Developers in 2021
1.12.2020
The Human Rights Foundation has secured donations from the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange to fund even more Bitcoin developers in 2021
Bison Trails launches QT protocol to help developers build on Libra
25.11.2020
Libra Association founding member, Bison Trails, has released a QT protocol allowing developers to read and write data to Libra’s pre-mainnet using off-chain systems
Celsius says it tipped in 25,000 Ether to help launch Ethereum 2.0
25.11.2020
Additional transactions have been deposited into the Ethereum 2.0 contract to ensure a Dec.1 launch of Eth2's beacon chain
Detect Generator Functions with JavaScript
23.11.2020
In the current JavaScript climate of new syntaxes, features, and using loads of external libraries, it seems harder than ever to be sure what your functions are being given or even what the data represents. Of course, we’ve come up with Flow and TypeScript to help, but we can’t count...
Bretton Woods 2.0 is knocking at our door, and it’s not here to help
22.11.2020
A second Bretton Woods era will be even more centralized and even further from a true democracy
Thailand’s New Rules Help Securities Companies Launch Crypto Exchanges
20.11.2020
Thailand has reportedly revised its net capital rules which help securities firms launch cryptocurrency exchanges. The country now has 15 licensed crypto service providers. New Thai Rules and Crypto Exchanges The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revised its net capital (NC) rules...
Solidus Labs Believes Its Crypto Surveillance Tool Can Help Launch a Bitcoin ETF
19.11.2020
Solidus Labs believes its new surveillance tool can help regulators maintain confidence in crypto markets, potentially leading to the approval of a bitcoin ETF