Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg The blockchain world today is thousands of disparate platforms that can’t talk to each other.So a little-known startup hatched one of the most ambitious plans yet to bridge all the divides — and it’s got the backing of the Chinese government. Beijing-based Red Date Technology is at the heart…
Month: July 2020
Trezor Model T Review – A Premium Bitcoin (Crypto) Hardware Wallet
Trezor is one of the most trusted companies in the world when it comes bitcoin hardware wallets.Their most popular product is the Trezor Model One which is an affordable hardware wallet with state of the art security.(If budget is not a consideration we do recommend you opt for the Trezor Model T which is an…
Bitcoin Just Closed Above a 3-Year Trendline Formed At 2017’s $20k High | NewsBTC
Nick Chong 2020-07-25 11:07 Bitcoin is finally moving higher after weeks of boring consolidation.In the past seven days, the asset has rallied around 4.5%.A small performance, sure, but one impressive when considering how stagnant large-cap cryptocurrency market has been over recent memory. From a macro perspective, this recent price action may not seem to be…
Crypto Long & Short: Where Fintech Ends and Crypto Begins
Crypto Long & Short: Where Fintech Ends and Crypto Begins July 27, 2020 An interesting op-ed by Leah Callon-Butler in CoinDesk this week got me to change my mind about something pretty fundamental.She asked: “Is crypto fintech?” My instinctive answer was “no!” For me, fintech is technology applied to finance, while cryptocurrency is a technology…
Cryptoassets
Difference between revisions of “Cryptoassets” From ACT Wiki Latest revision as of 19:56, 25 July 2020 A cryptoasset is a virtual digital form of exchange based on cryptography and peer-to-peer networking, for example Bitcoin. More commonly known as ‘cryptocurrencies’. Also sometimes written as ‘crypto-assets’.European Central Bank (ECB)’s view on crypto-assets “There is no universal definition…
Crypto-assets
Latest revision as of 19:55, 25 July 2020 A crypto-asset is a virtual digital form of exchange based on cryptography and peer-to-peer networking, for example Bitcoin. More commonly known as ‘cryptocurrencies’.European Central Bank (ECB)’s view on crypto-assets “There is no universal definition of crypto-assets, but there is often some overlap between the commonly used terms,…
Regis Philbin Passes as Alex Trebek Makes a Troubling Admission
Home Crypto Currencies Regis Philbin Passes as Alex Trebek Makes a Troubling Admission Regis Philbin Passes as Alex Trebek Makes a Troubling Admission Television icon Regis Philbin passed away today.Jeopardy host Alex Trebek just released his memoir.In it, he made some shocking admissions that don’t bode well for his illness. With Regis Philbin gone, we…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg and Telegram’s Durov Posture as Defenders Against Foreign Tech Invasions
Facebook’s Zuckerberg and Telegram’s Durov Posture as Defenders Against Foreign Tech Invasions 115 SHARES Two icons of tech — one American, one Russian — are hard at work trying to win back the jilted governments of their home countries by stirring up concerns over foreign competitors.When nationalism meets tech In a hearing tomorrow before the…
Facebook data privacy scandal: A cheat sheet
Read about the saga of Facebook’s failures in ensuring privacy for user data, including how it relates to Cambridge Analytica, the GDPR, the Brexit campaign, and the 2016 US presidential election. A decade of apparent indifference for data privacy at Facebook has culminated in revelations that organizations harvested user data for targeted advertising, particularly political…
As Altcoins Rally, Blockstream CEO Says Bitcoin Is the Only Crypto
Even compared to Bitcoin, altcoins have done well for themselves over recent months.As one crypto data analyst observed early last month, BTC has actually underperformed small cap, medium cap, and large cap altcoins.Some argue that this a byproduct of better technology; others say that altcoins were oversold and are seeing a needed relief rally.Bitcoin vs.low…