Telegram Messenger to Officially Launch TON Network in Late October Encrypted messaging service Telegram will launch its long-awaited Telegram Open Network (TON) in late October.In an Oct.2 message in the official TON Board on Telegram, the firm states that original investors were informed that the blockchain network would launch later this month.Investors are provided with TON key generation software and will be required to… From Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan: How Cryptocurrencies Are Regulated in Central Asia As been reported on September 2, the president of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, ordered the establishment of a state blockchain development fund called the “Digital Trust.” Earlier in September, a decree legalizing crypto trading — also making it tax-free — and mining in the country came into force, making Uzbekistan a crypto-friendly state.But how is… Reasons Why US Government Won’t Ban Libra Cryptocurrency Things are heating up for Libra: This week’s United States congressional hearings showed that many politicians are not convinced by the safety aspects of Facebook’s cryptocurrency project, as they grilled the social media giant on privacy- and trust-related issues.In response, Facebook keeps stressing Libra’s compliance with regulators and readiness to discuss possible frameworks.Meanwhile, a… Bitcoin Blender Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Shuts Itself Down Cryptocurrency mixing service Bitcoin Blender has reportedly willingly shut down after issuing a short notice asking its users to withdraw their funds, tech news outlet BleepingComputer reports on May 30.Per the report, the message describing the service that appeared on the homepage of the website present both on the Tor network (often referred to as… No Companies Have Officially Joined Libra Association Says Visa CEO Alfred F.Kelly Jr., the CEO of Visa, said that no companies have officially joined Libra.At this stage, the 20-some companies involved with the foundation have reportedly only declared interest via a nonbinding letter of intent.According to an apparent transcript of a Q3 2019 earnings call for Visa dated July 23, Kelly said:”We have… PwC Partners With BitFury to Create Blockchain Accelerator in Russia Big four consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has partnered with mining and blockchain software company Bitfury Group to create a blockchain accelerator for businesses in Russia, according to a PwC press release today, Dec.13.The release explains that PwC has already used Exonum — Bitfury’s open source framework for building blockchain applications — for educational courses… Big banks think new furniture is innovation, but they are wrong When banks finally come to improve their technology experience, they go no deeper than changing the front end.
They’ll make a button blue instead of green or create rounded edges on buttons instead of square ones.They think in terms of their interfaces, not the back end.If a bank were to truly innovate its… Finance Redefined: What’s a DeFi merger, anyway? Nov.25–Dec.
2 The biggest events in DeFi this week all involved Yearn.finance, the yield farming optimization protocol.I covered the first, Pickle Finance, in my last installment.Since then, we’ve seen integrations with Cream Finance, a lending protocol similar to Compound; Cover Protocol, an insurance provider that recently paid out users for the Pickle hack; Akropolis, another protocol… Thai SEC: Interest Increases in ICO and Digital Asset Operations Licenses The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says they have seen increased interest in licenses to operate initial coin offerings (ICOs) following the Finance Ministry’s announcement to introduce ICO regulations, the Bangkok Post reported August 8.
The SEC secretary-general Rapee Sucharitakul told the Bangkok Post said that almost 50 ICO projects have expressed interest in… Leave a Reply You must be logged in to post a comment.Search.