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Is Samsung About To Partner With This Crypto Startup?
22.1.2020
GatePay’s co-founder told Cointelegraph a partnership with “Korea’s largest consumer electronics manufacturer” is imminent. #CTdoesDavos
Davos: Giancarlo’s Digital Dollar Project Will Focus on Benefits of a US CBDC
22.1.2020
Ex-CFTC chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo confirms in Davos that the Digital Dollar project will focus on a U.S. central bank digital currency
Davos Experts Say Regulation Is the Key to Unlocking Tokenization
22.1.2020
Blockchain industry participants in Davos believe that digital tokens could transform the world of business and art – providing the capacity to “break down an Andy Warhol painting into a million different tokens.”
The industry professionals were speaking at a session entitled “From Token Assets...
Notes From the WEF: The Coming Battle Between Surveilled and Private Money
22.1.2020
Most Davos experts appear to agree that blockchain technology is best for data collection rather than self-sovereign finance
Ray Dalio Calls for Investment Diversification, But Not in Bitcoin
22.1.2020
Ray Dalio warns against hedging bets with cash, but Bitcoin is also not functioning as money
Hyperledger to Explore How Blockchain Can Help World Meet Climate Goals
22.1.2020
The new climate group will allow participants to share ideas for a new distributed database to track emissions
OKEx at Davos: Blockchain Best Placed to Meet the Needs of the Unbanked
22.1.2020
OKEx’s Lennix Lai argued that a digital, decentralized financial system underpinned by blockchain and crypto can be of mutual benefit to institutions and the unbanked
Finance Will Fall Behind Without Innovation, Experts at Davos WEF Say
21.1.2020
Mainstream finance faces a losing proposition without technological innovation, experts at Davos WEF explain
Huobi Debuts Crypto Brokerage as Its Institutional Arm Grows 400% Since Q3 2019
21.1.2020
Huobi launches a new institutional traders-targeting crypto brokerage as its institutional business surged 400% since Q3 2019
Wildcards Purports to Save Endangered Species With Technical First For Ethereum
21.1.2020
An Ethereum-based project not only works to save endangered animals, but also has some new technology under the hood. #CTdoesDavos
Davos Experts: Fintech Unopposed in Sweep Through Developing World
21.1.2020
Jin Keyu, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, speaking in the Shaping the Future of Financial and Monetary Systems session at the World Economic Forum. Digital finance, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology-powered economics are sweeping...
Crypto Enthusiast’s Day-by-Day Guide to Davos (Part 2)
21.1.2020
Yesterday we shared a blockchain/technology-centered events guide of Davos, with a myriad of crypto and blockchain-related discussions, even an award ceremony. Now, we'll look into the main program at Word Economic Forum (WEF) that started today.
The program listed on WEF’s main site is grouped...
Crypto Enthusiast’s A Day-by-Day Guide to Davos
20.1.2020
Once again the Swiss mountain resort welcomes one of the most diverse gatherings of people from across the world and across industries – both the elite and the fringe – coming together for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF).
Scheduled for January 21st through 24th, the forum’s celebrating...
CoinDesk at WEF 2020: Crypto Themes to Watch as Davos Gets Underway
20.1.2020
Get your Fourth Industrial Revolution hardhats on. CoinDesk is at Davos to guide you through all things blockchain and crypto at the yearly confab of global leaders and their hangers-on
Guide to WEF Davos 2020: Sustainability, Stablecoins and CBDCs
20.1.2020
What will the WEF Davos 2020 mean for crypto? Check this guide to find out
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
The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real
17.1.2020
When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they'll confront an essential question, says Circle's Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain's ability to create value for people around the world?
Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization
17.1.2020
The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing
Currency ‘Cold War’ Takes Center Stage at Pre-Davos Crypto Confab
16.1.2020
Cryptocurrencies could be at the heart of a new Cold War, at least according to some investors at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz
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.”