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Keiser Insists ‘Bitcoin Inversely Correlated To USD Not Stock Markets’ After Crypto Market Tumble
23.9.2020
Reports that global banking giants helped criminals launder money for close to two decades helped spark the crash of global stock markets on Monday, September 21. Also tumbling in tandem with stocks were cryptocurrencies thus leading to renewed concerns that digital assets are intertwined with...
Leak Alleges Banking Giants 'Moving Staggering Sums of Illicit Cash'
21.9.2020
Documents uncovered by an investigation conducted by 110 news organizations appears to show global banking giants moving trillions of dollars for clients allegedly involved in fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and more, as the banks defend themselves against the allegations. Meanwhile,...
Report: Market Valuation of 14 Banking Giants Shed $635 Billion This Year
16.9.2020
The world’s largest banks lost a considerable amount of market valuation amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report that estimates financial incumbents lost $635 billion. Between December 2019 and August 2020, the market caps of 14 major banking institutions lost upwards of 30-50%...
Chinese Tech Giants to ‘Do Battle’ for Blockchain Talent + More News
9.9.2020
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Blockchain news
A Chinese blockchain talent acquisition battle has begun, with heavyweight tech giants like Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba in direct...
Blockchain ID ‘War’ in the Offing as S Korean Giants Prepare Rollouts
8.9.2020
South Koreans are likely to completely do away with plastic ID, social security and driver’s license cards in favor of blockchain technology-powered digital alternatives, per a new report – with some of the biggest companies in the land vying for a stake in the market.
Per Fn News, SK Telecom,...
Asian Search Engine & Chat App Giants to Use Blockchain-based IDs + More News
3.9.2020
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Blockchain news
South Korean internet giants Naver and Kakao will begin accepting blockchain-powered digital driver’s licenses as a form of ID...
Payment giants drive crypto adoption by engaging with startups
3.9.2020
Companies like Visa and Mastercard are taking an interest in crypto startups to drive growth, but does this challenge the fundamentals of crypto?
Cryptoverse in Chaos: Giants Race for New DeFi Darling Curve, Yam Plots Comeback
14.8.2020
The governance token CRV of Curve, exchange liquidity pool on Ethereum (ETH), was launched prematurely by an anonymous 'Chad,' and major exchanges moved to list it, as numerous theories are flying around, while YAM announced its transition to 2.0. This all happened in a matter of hours.
The...
Google, Facebook, Twitter Face Class-Action Lawsuit for Banning Crypto Ads
20.7.2020
Cryptocurrency businesses are taking Google, Facebook, and Twitter to court in a class-action lawsuit that could cost the social media giants $300 billion. The plaintiffs say that their businesses have been hurt by Google, Facebook, and Twitter banning crypto ads on their platforms. Google...
Shipping Giants Piloting Blockchain to Improve Efficiency
12.7.2020
The Port of Rotterdam, along with global shipping giants, launches blockchain pilot to improve container handling’s safety and efficiency
Neo Founder Says Next-Gen Internet Will Break Up Tech Giants’ Data Silos
7.7.2020
The founder of blockchain platform Neo, Hongfei Da, discussed the importance of next-generation internet at Unitize
John Perry Barlow: A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
4.7.2020
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather. We have no elected government,...
Mining, Steel Giants Complete USD14m Blockchain-powered Iron Ore Trade
29.6.2020
One of the world’s largest mining companies, BHP Group, says it has completed a USD 14 million blockchain-powered iron ore transaction with China’s Baosteel – one of the largest steelmaking firms on the planet.
The move follows on from last month’s trade between the two companies that saw...
Financial Giants Fujitsu & Nomura to Launch Digital Asset Trading on Blockchain
26.5.2020
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Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has signed a deal with major securities company Nomura that will see the duo co-launch an interoperable blockchain platform for trading “digital assets” such as securities.
Per a report from Nikkei, Fujitsu is working on the project with...
China’s BSN Aims to Reclaim Financial Data From Tech Giants
12.5.2020
Research Fellow Martin Chorzempa argued that China’s blockchain strategy is entirely focused on domestic objectives during Consensus
Hot Scandals, Business Giants, Halvation and 20 Crypto Jokes
9.5.2020
It was a fun, pre-halving week. Coinbase analyst said that we shouldn't count on banks to invest in crypto, and options traders appear to be skeptical about current ETH price. Business giants join a new consortium to help firms ‘manage digital assets’, Blockstream updated their BTC satelite...
Tech Giants Are Role Models in Developing Cross-Chain Interoperability
8.5.2020
Analysis of the challenges and benefits of creating blockchain protocols capable of true interoperability
Business Giants New Consortium To Help Firms ‘Manage Digital Assets’
5.5.2020
Some of the biggest names in IT, conventional finance and blockchain technology have joined an open-source digital standards consortium that they claim will help overcome the hurdles involved with “managing digital assets” and the “adoption of digital identity” – making use of “interoperable...
4 Financial Giants Launch Blockchain-Based Tech Platform + More News
18.3.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Clearstream, Credit Suisse Asset Management, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and Natixis Investment Managers have...
2 Japanese Business Giants to Offer Crypto Margin Trading + More News
11.3.2020
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Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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SBI VC Trade, the crypto exchange run by the Japanese financial giant SBI, will follow...