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…
Telegram Reveals Guide For Creating Unblockable Webpages
Telegram Open Network has published a guide for creating the webpage on its blockchain platform TON. “TON Sites may be used as a convenient entry point for other TON Services,” reads the published document, referring also to the fact that webpages could contain ton:// links,…
Pawnhub Becomes First to Obtain Hong Kong’s License As Crypto Lender
Crypto lending firm Pawnhub has become the first Hong Kong’s fully licensed and insured crypto lender. Pawnhub has received the Hong Kong government approval for providing crypto lending services, reported the company on January 23. At this moment the Pawnhub already displays the Hong Kong…
Minecraft Launches Bitcoin Treasure Hunt
The single best-selling video game with over 112 million monthly active players, Minecraft has launched online Bitcoin treasure hunt on January 26. On the newly launched Minecraft server SatoshiQuest players are invited to pay a dollar in BTC for “one life” and compete to find…
Bitcoin Tech and Scaling: What’s Coming This Year?
Bitcoin is considered the most popular digital currency, yet everyone regards it as the most archaic one. No wonder, as there weren’t any protocol upgrades for Bitcoin since August 2017. All other blockchains had countless soft and hard forks, but the main cryptocurrency just works…
FutureTime Comes Up With a Bunch of Takeaways From WEF 2020
FutureTime team was happy to be present at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) and several associated events which took place on 21-24 January in Davos. Themed “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”, WEF 2020 convened more than 3,000 political leaders, chief executives, thinkers,…
Telegram Releases New White Paper
On February 3, Telegram Open Network has released a new white paper, detailing block validation processes on its blockchain: “The aim of this text is to provide an outline of the Catchain Consensus Protocol, a Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) protocol specifically crafted for block generation…
Mastercard’s CEO Speaks On Withdrawal From Libra Project
Mastercard’s CEO shared his views on Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra, explaining the reason for the withdrawal from the project – concerns over data managements, business model viability, and compliance, reads FT article from February 3. Mastercard business would hugely benefit from further globalisation and digitisation, while…
