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Future Tech And Its Transformative Potential: Rafal Szymanski’s Expert Take
Rafal Szymanski dives deeper into future tech such as AI, virtual reality, augmented reality, and, of course, blockchain, and explains how they are already proving their worth. Virtual Reality: A...
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Davos: IMF’s Lagarde Says Fintech Will Shake The System
International Monetary Fund Head, Christine Lagarde, told the World Economic Forum in Davos, “fintech is going to shake the system.” She also urged against relying on central banks in the next...
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IMF Proposes to ‘Fork Off’ Cash From E-Money
Interest rates in many countries around the world are still languishing at near-zero levels since the last financial crash. Which doesn’t leave much space to move in the event of, say, the next...
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London Stock Exchange Leads $20M Investment Into Blockchain Startup
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has reportedly led a $20 million investment round in a fintech startup called Nivaura, which is behind the issuance of the first automated...
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Indian Crypto Companies Are Now Helping Thailand’s Banks Instead
Indian tech multinational, Wipro, has developed a blockchain-based solution for banks in Thailand to settle dues. This comes as Indian government and banking authorities look to enact a blanket ban on...
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Amazon Files Proof-Of-Work Patent Using Cryptography
Amazon this week filed a US patent for a Proof-of-Work system which uses cryptography to generate Merkle trees. The Bitcoin and Ethereum networks use such ‘hash trees’ to verify the content of large...
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Facebook Talks ‘GlobalCoin’ With CFTC (While Bitcoin Never Had To)
Facebook is reportedly in talks with US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission regarding the future of its GlobalCoin ‘cryptocurrency.’ Facebook In Talks With The CFTC The world’s largest social...
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Will Facebook Store Data of Libra Cryptocurrency Users
Recently, Facebook came under heavy fire for a massive security breach of its network and personal data pilferage of millions of users. However, in a letter to US senators, the social media giant has...
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Edge Wallet Eases Bitcoin Purchase With LibertyX & MoonPay
Digital wallet operator Edge announced that it has integrated two new options – LibertyX and MoonPay. Both additions will enable Edge wallet users to buy bitcoin and cryptocurrencies with fiat money....
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Elon Musk SpaceX IEO Appears On Suspicious LAToken Exchange
Increasingly questionable cryptocurrency exchange, LAToken, is currently listing an IEO purportedly run by Elon Musk for SpaceX. Although this would be many a tech-fan’s dream, closer inspection...
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Mastercard Announces ‘Fintech Express’ In Asia-Pacific Region
Mastercard proudly announced its new ‘FinTech Express’ platform at the Singapore FinTech Festival. In an interview with Bloomberg, Mastercard Asia Pacific Co-President, Ari Sarker discussed the...
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What is Ripple? How is XRP Related to Ripple?
Ripple is a financial settlement protocol to facilitate near-instant monetary transfers between two parties. It is a product of the San-Francisco based fintech company Ripple Labs. Chris Larsen and...
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PBoC to Test Crypto Yuan with Telecom Firms, Commercial Banks
People’s Bank of China is entering another stage of its tests for a crypto payment system. The central bank announced it had completed the preliminary tests and has turned to create a testing ground...
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World’s First Collectible Crypto Coin to be Issued in 2020
In an effort to further establish itself as an emerging fintech and crypto hub Lithuania will be issuing the world’s first collectible crypto coins. The commemorative issue coin is dedicated to the...
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Lithuanian Central Bank Publishes Crypto (CBDC) Research
This year has seen the beginnings of a global race to launch central bank crypto-assets (CBDCs). No country has managed it yet but China is emerging as the clear favorite. This has spurred the...
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Africa’s First Stablecoin is Built on Binance Chain
Africa’s first stablecoin, the Africa Stable-Coin(ABCD) is backed by Nigeria’s national currency, the Naira. Also, the fiat-backed crypto is built on Binance’s native blockchain, the Binance Chain....
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Sweden Joins China and Others in Central Bank Crypto Race
It seems that not a day goes by without another central bank jumping on the crypto train. Yesterday it was South Korea, today it is Sweden as plans to roll out the crypto krona gather pace. e-Krona...
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When Will Fintech Firm Venmo and PNC Bank Settle their Scuffle
Customers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based bank holding company and financial services corporation PNC are having a tough time. But why? It has become exceedingly difficult to connect bank accounts to...
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Is Visa’s $5 Billion Acquisition of Plaid a Good Sign for Crypto?
Credit and payments giant Visa Inc. has reportedly paid over $5 billion for a fintech firm that provides services to connect payments apps to bank accounts. It could be good news for the fintech and...
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Facebook: The Rise of a Giant and the Libra Cryptocurrency
Facebook has wrapped up almost 16 years of history. Founded in 2004 chiefly as a social network company, Facebook initially launched to connect Harvard University students together. The company’s first...
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