Tim Draper Becomes “Governance Whale” Of Decentralized Digital Court
Tim Draper has bought $1 million worth of ANT tokens of the decentralized Aragon Court that claims to disrupt traditional court system, reported Forbes on February 26. Founded in 2016 by Luis Guende and Jorge Inquirdo, Aragon Court was launched with the blog post from…
Blockchain Media Analysis Reveals Positive Sentiments Dominance
Digital marketing and consulting company BD Center Digital has revealed the insights from analyzing 223,000 headlines that appeared in the leading blockchain media between 2013 and 2019. Unlike general media, where negativity and fear sentiments continue to dominate, most crypto currency related news has been…
Moscow Hosts Future Tech Finance Summit 2020
On March 12, Moscow will host the first international summit FTFS – Future Tech +Finance Summit – dedicated to new technologies, financial instruments and growing markets. FTFS event will gather the most prominent Russian speaking digital asset and finance organizations, to build the next Web…
Norwegian Air Passengers To Fly For Crypto
One of the largest low-cost airlines in Europe, Norwegian Air, is getting closer to selling tickets for cryptocurrencies, with Norwegian Block Exchange finishing the infrastructure solution. Stig Kjos-Mathisen, the CEO of the crypto trading platform Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX), shared in the interview that the…
Brazil Launches New Payment System To Rival Cryptocurrencies
In response to cryptocurrencies popularity, Brazilian central bank plans to implement a “near-instant payment system” in November 2020, reported Reuters. The new central bank’s platform PIX will allow quick payments by mobile and internet banking, as well as ATMs. New system is also expected to…
Coinbase Joins Visa As Principal Member
Coinbase becomes the first cryptocurrency company to join Visa as a principal member, shared the US-based digital currency exchange in the press release. The partnership with Visa started in 2019 with launching the Coinbase Card, that allows to use Visa debit card to use cryptocurrencies…
UEFA To Sell Tickets Via Blockchain
The Union of European Football Associations has announced that a total of 1,000,000 tickets for EURO 2020 will be distributed via “new blockchain-based mobile ticketing system”, reads UEFA press release from February 17. Blockchain system will guarantee secure ticket distribution, making replications, or fake tickets,…
Virus Outbreak Inspires Coronavirus Currency
Coronavirus outbreak “inspired” blockchain world to give birth to CoronaCoin – an ERC20 token connected to the outbreak casualties information. Every 2 days newly created tokens will be burned “according to the number of people infected or deaths caused by the virus”, reported Cryptomist. Ironically,…
Federal Reserve Chairman Calls Libra “Wakeup Call”
The Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell named Facebook-led project Libra “a wakeup call”, reads the press release on the chairman’s testimony before the House Financial Services Committee from February 11. In the discussion over a viability of the digital dollar, Federal Reserve…
Blockchain Helps Avoid Face-to-Face Contact in the Midst of Coronavirus Outbreak
Chinese blockchain-backed online mutual aid platform Xiang Hu Bao with 104 million users adds coronavirus as a critical illness eligible for a maximum one-time payout of 100,000 yuan, or $14,320, reported South China Morning Post on February 9. Although basic public medical insurance covers all…
