The largest social network Facebook can announce the launch of its own cryptocurrency in the third quarter of this year, reports Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the situation. The first country where the new steyblecoin will be tested is supposed to be India. Here, ordinary payments are already being tested on the basis of WhatsApp Pay's Facebook service. In addition, it is reported that to work on the project the company […]
Craig Wright, a senior researcher at nChain, failed again in an attempt to prove that he was the creator of Bitcoin. “The address list of Satoshi Nakamoto,” which the entrepreneur submitted to the court in the framework of the proceedings with the Kleimanov family, turned out to be copy-paste. This was reported by representatives of the company WizSec. Case No. 9: 18-cv-80176 (BB / BR) by ForkLog on Scribd Despite the fact that in the public version […]
Cryptocurrencies should be considered assets, not currencies. This was stated by the Chairman of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, in the framework of the initiative “Dialogue with youth”. Watch again: Mario Draghi Answers
Blockchain Capital, a venture capital firm’s partner Spencer Bogart, is confident that Facebook’s initiative to launch its own stablecock will significantly speed up the massive adoption of cryptocurrencies. He stated this in an interview with Bloomberg. In particular, he noted that after the launch of cryptocurrencies from the largest social network in the world, the number of holders of digital assets will increase two to three times. “It's like using the Internet. People can move away […]
En el contexto de marcada en la víspera de la tasa de crecimiento bitcoins a más de $ 6,000 por unidad asociada de la firma de capital de riesgo Blockchain…
The largest social network Facebook has updated the advertising policy. Now users can post ads related to blockchain solutions and information about industry events without prior approval from the social network. However, to advertise cryptocurrency, users still need to obtain the appropriate permission. In addition, there is a complete ban on advertising of primary offers of coins (ICO), binary options and contracts for difference (CFD) […]
American blockchain-startup Orchid Labs received an additional $ 7 million from investors to develop an anonymous browser, which is intended to be an alternative to Tor and VPN. To date, the company has raised a total of $ 43 million from a planned $ 125.5 million. Make sure to read @Machium post by Dr. Seven Waterhouse (@deseventral), CEO of […]
Bitfinex Cryptocurrency Exchange published the whitepaper LEO token, with which it intends to raise $ 1 billion during the initial exchange offer (IEO). It is expected that this amount will allow to fill the previously formed deficit of $ 850 million – the site operator will redeem tokens monthly for an amount of 27% of the profits. Private stage tokenseyl end May 11. If by this time […]
Starbucks, a large chain of coffee houses, will use the technologies developed by Microsoft to improve its operations. This ForkLog was reported by representatives of Microsoft. For example, a service for generating personalized food and beverage recommendations will be added to the Starbucks® Rewards mobile app. For this, the coffee shop uses technology based on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Recommendations will be formed on the basis of 400 different factors, considering, […]
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winner in economics and a professor at Columbia University, proposed a total ban on cryptocurrency during his interview with CNBC. Stiglitz is concerned that cryptocurrencies are used in criminal activity and operations with them are opaque. At the same time, the Nobel laureate favored the development of digital payment systems for national currencies. “I believe that the transition […]