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Walmart Applies for a Cryptocurrency Patent for Its Stablecoin Mimicking Facebook’s Libra?

Multinational retail corporation, Walmart has filed for a patent with the US Patent & Trademark Office for what seems like the firm’s respective stablecoin, the Walmart Coin. As per the brief overview of the application, the need for a method was outlined as follows: “Generating one digital currency unit by tying the one digital currency […] дальше »

2019-8-3 19:47


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Is Bitcoin Money? Revisiting Mises’ Regression Theorem

Over 100 years after the publication of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises’ “The Theory of Money and Credit,” the ideas outlined therein are still sparking hot debate. Namely, what is known as Mises’ Regression Theorem, which claims that in order for something to be money in the most proper sense, it must be traceable to […] The post Is Bitcoin Money? Revisiting Mises’ Regression Theorem appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2019-7-25 11:30


Ripple’s CTO David Schwartz Believes Amazon, Seagate, Uber, and Others Can Benefit from Using XRP

David Schwartz, Ripple’s chief technology officer, at the WeAreDevelopers conference in Berlin, Germany outlined XRP’s potential in reducing the friction in global payments. The CTO also hinted that Seagate, Amazon, Airbnb, Uber, and other companies that handle a large number of financial transactions on a daily basis can benefit greatly from the use of blockchain-based […] The post Ripple’s CTO David Schwartz Believes Amazon, Seagate, Uber, and Others Can Benefit from Using XRP appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »

2019-7-17 19:00


Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘new rules’ for the internet happen to benefit Facebook

Facebook has recently outlined how it intends to clean up its content, making much of the fact that it has expunged 3.3 billion fake profiles in the last six months. After 18 months of mounting criticism, culminating in Senator Elizabeth Warren’s promise to break up so-called Big Tech – she is now a leading contender to become the Democratic presidential nominee – can we take Mark Zuckerberg’s promise that this is only the start at face value?  To put it another way, can we trust the person whose stewardship of one of the world’s most powerful companies over the past… This story continues at The Next Web дальше »

2019-7-10 14:00


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Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’ is missing one thing: monetary policy

Facebook has outlined the economics of its new Libra cryptocurrency, revealing it will create a secondary token intended specifically to pay dividends to early backers. It’s called the Libra Investment Token, and it will only be available to members of the Libra Association (which maintains the network) and other accredited investors. дальше »

2019-6-18 13:52


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Stolen Bitfinex Funds Are On The Move

After a 2016 hack that resulted in 119,756 bitcoin being stolen from Bitfinex, a total of 720 bitcoin have now been moved by the hacker. Though some thought this suggested that Bitfinex had succeeded in making a deal with the hacker to receive some of the stolen funds back, Bitfinex's Marketing Director says this wasn't part of the redemption process outlined in the exchange's LEO token white paper. дальше »

2019-6-8 19:11


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Google is cracking down on Drive and Chrome extensions that abuse your data

Google is expanding its privacy audit to make third-party developer access to Chrome and Google Drive more secure. To that effect, developers must rework their Chrome extensions to request only minimum permissions without compromising their functionality “We’re requiring extensions to only request access to the appropriate data needed to implement their features,” Google outlined on its Safety and Security page. дальше »

2019-5-31 11:41


Google and Facebook are gonna hate Apple’s new privacy-preserving online ads

Apple has outlined a new plan to make online ads private. A new Safari feature, called Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution, aims to stop ads from tracking you across the web. The company says the proposed solution will allow advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their ad campaigns on the web without compromising on your privacy. дальше »

2019-5-23 12:50