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Bitbond lending platform Bitbond announced its intention to sell security-tokens (STO), which will be the first campaign of its kind approved by BaFin, the German financial regulator. It is reported by CoinDesk. According to Bitbond, the platform plans to raise € 3.5 million (about $ 3.9 million), which will be used to provide loans to customers. STO, in which the BB1 token will be put up for sale, will be […]

Technology giant Amazon became interested in cryptocurrency technology research. This is evidenced by the patent received by the company, which, among other things, mentions the consensus algorithm Proof-of-Work and the Merkle Tree data structure, reports CoinDesk. The patent application was filed back in December 2016, and it describes the PoW-based system, which provides access to the resource for the computational work performed. […]

The leading rating agency Moody's has published a new report that discusses scenarios for the use of blockchain technology in securitizing financial assets, and describes the possible risks of such an approach. This writes CoinDesk. The authors of the report entitled “Blockchain increases operational efficiency for securitization under the conditions of new risks” also pay attention to the level of security of private blockchains. According to them, the mechanisms […]

A popular service for finding services on the local market Yelp now offers filter services if possible payment by cryptocurrency. This was noticed by Reddit users. According to Yelp reports, on average, about 33 million unique visitors use the service monthly through the app and 66 million through the mobile version of the site. Thus, the addition of the filter “here accept cryptocurrencies” can contribute to […]