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Jack Dorsey Can’t Envision Twitter and Libra Together, Envisions Massive Potential in Decentralized Protocols
When asked whether Twitter would be interested in joining the Libra Association, Jack Dorsey met the inquiring journalist with a prompt “hell no”. Dorsey’s reaction is not surprising in the slightest as he has previously spoken of his issues with a network like Libra. дальше »
2019-10-25 14:14 | |
Facebook’s Libra raises awareness about slow, expensive cross-border payments
At the recent Fintech Abu Dhabi event, CNBC‘s Hadley Gamble interviewed Transferwise CEO Matt Briers on the issue of Libra, the proposed cryptocurrency project by Facebook. During the interview, Briers said that if Transferwise had been asked about it a few months ago, it would be as interested as the firm is today. дальше »
2019-10-24 20:00 | |
SWIFT’s Banking Head invites all real-time payment systems to build ‘partnership’
Recently, Harry Newman, Head of Banking at SWIFT, spoke to Finextra about instant payments and the future evolution of cross-border transactions. When asked about why he thinks there is a high demand for instant payments these days, Newman said, “I think it’s the way we live today. дальше »
2019-10-8 11:09 | |
Apple CEO Tim Cook: We Are Not Making Our Own Digital Currency
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, has said he has no intention to create a digital currency like Facebook. In an interview with a French-based media outlet Les Echos on Friday, Tim Cook explained that Apple has no plans of coming up with its own digital currency or tokens. Asked about the possibility of an Apple digital […] дальше »
2019-10-4 20:36 | |
Bitcoin Evangelist Calls to Boycott Edward Snowden’s Book
Bitcoin evangelist Samson Mow is refusing to overcome his hatred for American whistleblower Edward Snowden. The Blockstream CTO ‘evidently’ asked his social media followers to boycott Snowden’s new book, titled ‘Permanent Records,’ reminding the former CIA employee’s love for bitcoin’s rival, Zcash (ZEC). дальше »
2019-9-20 17:00 | |
Man in India reportedly killed father who wanted him to stop playing PUBG
In a gruesome turn of events, a 21-year-old Indian man killed his father as the latter repeatedly urged him to stop playing the popular battle royale game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). дальше »
2019-9-10 09:12 | |
Microsoft president sides with Huawei in battle with US
While Huawei is still battling with the US ban, it has found some comforting words from its long term ally, Microsoft. The company’s president and Chief Legal Officer, Brad Smith, told Bloomberg Businessweek in an interview the Chinese company is being treated in an un-American way by President Trump. дальше »
2019-9-9 14:56 | |
Prospects and advantages of cryptocurrency trading in virtual reality
If you think that virtual reality is something that relates exclusively to the field of games and entertainment, then you are deeply mistaken. Goldman Sachs predicts that by 2025, the VR industry will grow up to $ 80 billion. дальше »
2019-9-5 13:23 | |
Monero: The efficiency of the inefficient RandomX
“Monero is dead,” said my colleague when I asked him about last month’s upgrade. When asked why? he replied, “the price has been stagnating for the past couple of months.” The Price Although I didn’t really pay much attention to the importance given to the price of cryptocurrencies before, this remark by another journalist got […] The post Monero: The efficiency of the inefficient RandomX appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »
2019-8-14 19:30 | |
Pompliano Labelled ‘Crazy’ For His 50% Market Exposure to Bitcoin
Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony Pompliano received a verbal beating for disclosing that 50% of his portfolio is in Bitcoin. Question is…is his lack of diversification a bad thing? Is Pomp Crazy? Earlier this week, Anthony Pompliano participated in a CNBC Squawk Box panel which discussed macro-economics and its impact on Bitcoin price action. дальше »
2019-8-10 00:00 | |
Facebook is getting closer to letting you type with just your thoughts
During its developer conference in 2017, Facebook announced its plans to develop a brain-computer interface (BCI) that would let you type just by thinking. Now, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) working under this program have posted a study today noting their algorithm was able to detect spoken words from brain activity in real-time. дальше »
2019-7-31 09:57 | |
CHEAP: This Xiaomi Mi Electric Scooter is at its lowest price yet
“Are you sure you want to buy this,” I asked you incredulously. “Yes,” you insist. “I’ve got really good health insurance – and it includes dental. ” “But wait,” I retort. “You’ll look really silly. дальше »
2019-7-29 15:29 | |
Trump Invites Crypto Firm to Social Media Summit, Snubs Facebook
Minds. com CEO Bill Ottman received an invite to President Trump's Social Media Summit. CCN spoke to the crypto activist-entrepreneur on his way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Will Donald Trump Leave Twitter and Take His Following to Crypto-Friendly Minds? Asked if Donald Trump might join Minds today, Ottman sheepishly said: “You never know. дальше »
2019-7-12 22:00 | |
Bitcoin's Use Case for Payments Strengthens with Lightning-Powered App
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell believes that bitcoin's primary use case is as a store of value, not payments. He said yesterday, "almost no one uses bitcoin for payments. " That could be about to change. дальше »
2019-7-12 21:00 | |
Binance CEO CZ: ‘Who Said Libra is Bad for Crypto? Let’s Get Everyone in First’
Forget about the centralized nature of Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra, forget about its privacy concerns, and let go of every other issue you have with it because Changpeng Zhao, Binance’s CEO says, let’s get everyone in (cryptocurrency) first. дальше »
2019-6-24 18:07 | |
Saifedean Ammous: It’s ‘Not Certain’ That Bitcoin Is Government-Proof
Bitcoin is not free from the threat of government interference, ‘The Bitcoin Standard’ author Saifedean Ammous warned mainstream media this week. Ammous: BTC Up 18 Million Percent Speaking in an interview with German finance magazine Boerse Online, Ammous, who is well known as one of the biggest active Bitcoin bulls, said that despite being technically unstoppable, Bitcoin still faces its enemies. дальше »
2019-6-3 17:00 | |
PSA: You can now delete your voice recordings with an Alexa command
Have ever asked anything silly to Alexa, and wished you were able to delete what you just said with a voice command? Amazon has got you covered. The company is now rolling out a pair of Alexa commands that allows you to delete voice recordings without using its website. дальше »
2019-5-30 11:56 | |
Billionaire Bitcoin Investor Mark Cuban Teases 2020 Trump Challenge
By CCN: Donald Trump might not be the only billionaire in the 2020 presidential race. Americans could have an alternative to both Trump and whoever wins the wide Democratic field in the form of billionaire Mark Cuban – owner of the Dallas Mavericks, prolific entrepreneur, and cautious Bitcoin optimist. дальше »
2019-5-15 00:10 | |
Hut 8 Mining on Sustainability, Expansion and Surviving Crypto Winter
Hut 8 Mining (named after Hut 8 in Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing broke the enigma code and accelerated the end of World War II) has just filed its audited financial statements for 2018, detailing a tight but still profitable bitcoin mining business. дальше »
2019-5-10 20:04 | |
Lyft Conceals Key Data to ‘Avoid Investor Confusion’ as Stock Withers
By CCN: Lyft’s first earnings report was downright ugly, and not just because the company lost $1 billion in a single quarter. Investors expected a less-than-stellar balance sheet, but it was the backhanded slap in the face a company executive delivered to investors that leaves questions about the rideshare darling’s transparency. дальше »
2019-5-9 01:10 | |
Britain’s Prince Charles Says Blockchain is A “Very Interesting Development”
Britain’s Prince Charles Says Blockchain is “Very interesting development” Blockchain may not be a very popular idea right now, but it is winning the hearts of people in places no one would have imagined. дальше »
2019-5-7 21:47 | |
Litecoin’s [LTC] Charlie Lee has zero understanding of the economics of why Bitcoin became popular, claims Roger Ver
In an interesting interview with Sirtoshi, Roger Ver opened up about the most controversial people in the cryptospace. When asked about his thoughts on Litecoin’s Charlie Lee, Ver said, “His whole goal, from day one, was to be right there ready to pick up the (BTC’s) slack. дальше »
2019-5-8 20:00 | |
Bearish on Bitcoin? This Fidelity Research Will Turn You Into a Raging Bull
By CCN: Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of the world’s fourth-largest asset manager with $2. 46 trillion in assets under management, said in a research paper that institutional investments in bitcoin and other crypto assets are likely to increase over the next five years. дальше »
2019-5-3 22:00 | |
A New Report Shows People Are Warming Up to Bitcoin
A Medium post published by Spencer Bogart, a general partner at Blockchain Capital, compares data collected from a set of surveys from October 2017 and April 2019 containing identical questions (plus a few new ones). дальше »
2019-5-1 18:55 | |
Vitalik Buterin schools Elon Musk on Ethereum’s best use-cases
The most recent conversation between Elon Musk and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin seems to have shifted from trolling to legitimate discussion. Earlier this morning, the Tesla founder mysteriously tweeted “Ethereum. дальше »
2019-4-30 13:48 | |
How is Elon Musk’s Favorite Cryptocurrency, Dogecoin, Performing in 2019?
By CCN. com: Elon Musk, who earlier this year called Bitcoin “brilliant”, revealed his favorite currency earlier this month. He said in a tweet: Dogecoin might be my fav cryptocurrency. It’s pretty cool. дальше »
2019-4-25 14:24 | |
Cashaa Now Accepts Debit, Credit Cards for Crypto Purchases
Online banking platform Cashaa is set to allow users to purchase bitcoin, ether and Cashaa’s own token, CAS, using major credit and debit cards. This new service is a follow-up to the Business Banking Services Cashaa launched earlier in April 2019, which allows both individuals and private firms to open accounts with Cashaa and accept cryptocurrency payments. дальше »
2019-4-24 01:08 | |
11 aspects to consider when adopting smart home technologies
With smart home technologies constantly growing in popularity, there are several things consumers should understand about these devices in regards to features and long-term benefits, as well as potential issues or privacy risks. дальше »
2019-4-19 12:00 | |
Five Years in the Making, Bisq Exchange Launches Its Bitcoin DAO
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are one of crypto's more novel and ambitious applications — one that Bitcoin, until recently, has had nothing to do with. дальше »
2019-4-19 18:33 | |
India asks Google and Apple to ban TikTok — because ‘porn’
A few weeks after an Indian High Court asked the country’s government to ban TikTok, the authorities have asked Apple and Google to remove the app from their stores. The high court had accused the 15-second video making app of allegedly ‘encouraging pornography. дальше »
2019-4-16 12:02 | |
QuadrigaCX Starts Bankruptcy Proceedings
It’s been a long and winding road with many twists and turns for the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX and its 115,000 former users who are owed roughly $190 million. дальше »
2019-4-10 17:39 | |
KPMG survey: 67% of corporates are not using blockchain technology
If a recent poll conducted by KPMG is anything to go by, blockchain technology still has a way to go in terms of corporate adoption in the tax and finance world. According to the survey, which asked the opinion of 450 respondents, some 60 percent of participants said they would be willing to adopt the technology within the organizations in a bid to automate tasks. дальше »
2019-4-9 19:00 | |
Sparkswap, World’s First Lightning Atomic Swap Exchange, Now in Beta
Bitcoin’s first decentralized exchange to make use of the Lightning Network’s Atomic Swaps is now in beta. Sparkswap, an exchange with backing from Pantera Capital (which announced its ambitious mission to become the most decentralized bitcoin exchange on the market in August 2018), has now opened its beta to users. дальше »
2019-4-9 23:28 | |
John Carvalho calls Bitcoin hard forks scams; expects JPM Coin to remain behind
John Carvalho, the CCO of Bitrefill, is a strong advocate of Bitcoin [BTC], and his hostility towards the fork coins is no secret. Carvalho minced no words in his latest interview where he called BTC forks ‘scams. дальше »
2019-4-6 05:30 | |
Op Ed: Why Bitcoin’s “Toxic” Maximalism Makes Sense
Over the years, Bitcoin has gained a reputation for having a “toxic” community of users around it. This accusation is mostly thrown at Bitcoin by proponents of altcoins and those who have supported various Bitcoin hard fork attempts in the past. дальше »
2019-4-5 16:23 | |
11 ways to educate your consumers about malware, phishing or other cyberattacks
While companies are quick to integrate new technologies to stay ahead of their competitors, every new technology also comes with risks. Malware, phishing and other cyberattacks are an all-too-common occurrence — especially following the implementation of newer technologies. дальше »
2019-4-5 12:00 | |
Indian court asks government to ban TikTok downloads because it ‘encourages pornography’
Yesterday, the Madras High Court, situated in the southern Indian city of Chennai, directed the country’s central government to ban TiKTok, the popular video creation app from Chinese giant Bytedance. дальше »
2019-4-4 14:56 | |
Tech companies still care more about AI and IoT than blockchain
Blockchain might be the hot buzzword of the moment, but according to new research, it’s being bested by the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI). A recent survey conducted by identity management cloud software provider, Okta, found that digital firms are investing in AI and Internet-of-Things over blockchain, Cointelegraph reports. дальше »
2019-4-3 12:46 | |
Paxful Introduces AI-Powered, Biometric Verification to Improve KYC and AML
The peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace Paxful announced today, April 2, 2019, that it’s introducing AI-powered identity verification to help improve know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) procedures on the platform. дальше »
2019-4-3 21:13 | |
How Mark Zuckerberg wants governments to regulate content on online platforms
It looks like Mark Zuckerberg’s now into blogging. In an op-ed in the Washington Post, the Facebook CEO asked governments around the world to consider introducing more transparent rules for moderating content on the internet. дальше »
2019-4-1 12:57 | |
10 ways companies can effectively use cloud technology to grow
While cloud technology may seem new to some, it is quickly taking over the way companies are sharing and storing their information. As technological capabilities increase, companies will have more cloud computing options available than ever before. дальше »
2019-3-29 12:00 | |
How to get Twitter’s new ‘Lights out’ dark mode on iOS
Twitter introduced a dark theme in its mobile apps in 2016, and for its site the following year. But after a lot of people complained that the social network’s feature is not a true dark mode – as it’s based on a shade of blue instead of black – CEO Jack Dorsey said the company was working on it. дальше »
2019-3-29 08:26 | |
Op Ed: With Bitcoin, Anarchy Is the Point, Not the Problem
Last week, there was a panel at SXSW that was effectively a debate on the merits of permissioned blockchains versus permissionless systems like Bitcoin. I listened to the entire audio of the panel discussion, after Programming Bitcoin author Jimmy Song tweeted it out the other day, and I thought he did an awesome job of pointing out the key value proposition of Bitcoin and why it is not worth comparing to permissioned systems. дальше »
2019-3-23 17:29 | |
Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson: An ETF Will Eventually Be Approved Once The Bad Actors Are Flushed Out Of The Crypto Space
Charles Hoskinson was recently interviewed in Hong Kong by Gyro Finance. He offered some words on the much asked about and long-awaited cryptocurrency ETF approval. The Cardano founder said it is not a matter of if but when. дальше »
2019-3-19 10:25 | |
Sats Back: How the Ebates of Bitcoin Plans to Convert Holders to Spenders
“The biggest problem I could think of was distribution. How do you share and educate both consumers and merchants on the power of bitcoin? I learned how much consumers loved earning and why merchants make decisions to adopt new technology. дальше »
2019-3-19 23:06 | |
MIT Bitcoin: Legislators Discuss Regulation, Potential of Blockchain Tech
On March 9–10, 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a two-day event, the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019. Put together by the student-organized MIT Bitcoin Club, the conference welcomed more than just Bitcoin voices from every corner of the industry. дальше »
2019-3-15 01:08 | |
Decentralized Exchange Hodl Hodl Is Launching a Bitcoin-Based Prediction Market
Hodl Hodl, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it is launching a prediction market on Bitcoin. Slated for launch in the spring of 2019, it would be the first Bitcoin-based prediction market to go live on Bitcoin’s mainnet. дальше »
2019-3-9 00:16 | |