On Jan 18, 2019, the core developers of Ethereum (ETH) announced, once again, to postpone the activation of the Constantinople upgrade via network hard fork. This is the third time that the upgrade has been postponed. The developers announced they are planning to ‘try again’ in late February – with …
“Everyone should have access to the loans they need from anywhere in the world, without excessively depending on traditional lending institutions. With cryptoassets, everyone can truly have ownership and control over their property,” according to Allen An, the co-founder and CEO of The Force Protocol project. What would you do …
A brilliant new report, written by George Samman and Andrew Masanto on Stablecoins in 2019 has just been released. The indepth paper analyzes the historical issues of traditional (fiat) currencies and why 16 countries now face annual inflation of more than 20 percent which has led to a strong interest in cryptocurrency projects aimed at …
Leading Digital Security Offering (DSO) primary issuance and compliance platform and protocol Securitize, is teaming up with OTCXN, a live blockchain-powered capital markets infrastructure company that enables institutional traders to trade digital assets and FX while eliminating the settlement risk inherent in traditional systems. “We believe the DSO market presents …
oBlocker launches its beta platform today to allow users to block ads while still supporting websites and content creators they love. oBlocker provides a desktop program that utilizes a small portion of users’ unused processing power to mine a cryptocurrency called Curecoin, which is sent to each user’s favorite websites. …
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” So said Mahatma Gandhi, and now a quote that has been re-used in the last few days when discussing JP Morgan and more specifically Jamie Dimon. Unquestionably, the biggest press of the last week …
The American Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is launching a new pilot project in which participants of the US drug supply chain (e.g., manufacturers, repackagers and other stakeholders) can pilot the use of innovative and emerging approaches for enhanced tracking and verification of prescription drugs to make sure suspect and illegitimate products do …
Blockport users will now be able to use the Nexo platform to get crypto loans, offering them another alternative to selling their cryptocurrencies for fiat currencies. Instead of selling they cryptocurrency assets, Blockport users can now keep their crypto, with all potential upsides, and leverage them to get instant access …
Another week in crypto and another obituary for Bitcoin makes its way onto the internet. It seems that for every evangelist that speaks about the glowing future of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin particularly, there is a commentator who speaks of its apparent death or impending doom. In fact, there is even …
Yosemite X, a blockchain technology company that creates new solutions to old challenges, just announced the release of its open source public blockchain that operates without a native cryptocurrency. The new protocol gives developers and businesses the ability to build solutions and reduce costs without the price instability of crypto. …
