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AltCoinTrader Cuts Trading Fees by 50% to Tap the Growing Crypto Industry of South Africa
5.9.2019
According to the crypto exchange, AltCoinTrader, South Africa has six primary stock exchanges; one is AltCoinTrader. AltcoinTrader cryptocurrency exchange offers trading digital coins against South African Rand only. The Cryptocurrency trading house, AltCoinTrader announced that it would reduce...
Tech Companies in China Struggle in Their Efforts to Turnaround the Supermarket Industry
5.9.2019
The supermarket sector can be regarded as one of the bedrocks of most developed economies since a large portion of the population shops at one of those establishments at least once a week. However, the way in which the tech sector has managed to revolutionize a whole range of industries in...
K-Pop Music Giant SM Entertainment Is Planning Its Own Cryptocurrency
5.9.2019
The driving firm behind the K-pop movement, SM Entertainment, said it's planning to launch a cryptocurrency focused on engaging fans with artists
PwC Luxembourg to Accept Bitcoin Payments from October
4.9.2019
Starting from October 1st, the Luxembourg branch of the ‘Big Four’ accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) will accept bitcoins for services rendered. PwC announced in a press release that they will begin accepting Bitcoin payments from October and will partner up with...
$23 Million Fintech Startup Fund Established by Accion Venture Lab
4.9.2019
For the past five years or so, the Fintech sector has grown at a breakneck pace and has quickly become a multibillion-dollar industry spread across the world. The easy availability of data, the advancements in technology and the innovative ideas of a range of Fintech startups have made the industry...
Why Portugal’s Tax-Free Crypto Trading Matters for Bitcoin
3.9.2019
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and businesses in the industry have had to put up with regulatory uncertainty for quite some time. The strong desire to tap into their incomes and profits goes hand in hand with failure on behalf of authorities and regulators to fully understand the nature...
Cashwerkz Introduces a New Fintech Platform
3.9.2019
The march of Fintech has been a relentless one over the past few years, and if one looked closely, then it becomes quite clear that it is going to continue for the foreseeable future. Fintech is all set to become one of the biggest industries in the world, and investors are investing hundreds...
Bitcoin Mining Farms Are Flourishing on the Ruins of Soviet Industry in Siberia
1.9.2019
Favorable energy prices and a naturally cold climate are turning Siberia into an international hub for bitcoin miners
India Announces Multiple Mega-Mergers of State-Owned Banks in Latest Attempt to Spur Growth
31.8.2019
India is one of the handfuls of nations in which publicly owned banks still make up the major chunk of the financial system and while it has its merits, it has its demerits as well. In recent years, some of the biggest public sector banks in the country have been encircled with bad loans...
Crypto Salaries Gain Regulatory Recognition Around the World
29.8.2019
Salaries paid in decentralized digital coins have become a norm across the crypto industry, but there’s really no reason why cryptocurrencies can’t be used for remuneration by businesses in other sectors as well. In many jurisdictions that should be legal even in the absence...
Crypto Advertisement Still Unwelcome, How Is the Industry Coping?
28.8.2019
Why Google, Facebook and Twitter hold on to bans on crypto advertising, but the severity of it could be changing now
Altria and Philip Morris Locked in Talks to Create Mega $200 Billion Tobacco Company
28.8.2019
The tobacco industry is replete with instances of large companies merging to form larger corporations, but there are very few instances in which companies that had been formed after a split come together again. 11 years ago, Philip Morris International had split from Altria due to the slowdown...
Taxi Hailing Company Grab to Invest $500 Million in Vietnam Over the Next Half a Decade
28.8.2019
Investment in the different potentially high growth Asian economies is now one of the pet strategies of some of the biggest tech companies in the world, and in that regard, Vietnam is an excellent choice. Over the years, Singapore based ride-hailing service Grab has grown into a behemoth, and...
Switzerland Approves Bitcoin Banks – But With Strict Conditions Attached
27.8.2019
One of the major problems for businesses in the cryptocurrency industry is finding a bank that agrees to work with them and connect them to the traditional fiat financial system. The financial regulator in Switzerland has just made this easier by licensing two companies to serve as tailored banks...
Artificial Intelligence Forum in Dubai to be joined by Consultancy firm PwC
26.8.2019
Over the past half a decade or so, artificial intelligence has become one of the world’s most important emerging technologies, and although it is yet to go mainstream, its eventual adoption is inevitable. It might have originated in the United States, but knowing the full scope of AI, many others...
Crypto Industry Direly Needs Specialized Education, Says Ripple Exec
25.8.2019
Crypto industry needs more specialized education, says Ripple’s head of social impact Ken Weber
To Develop Blockchain-based Financial Services, Woori Partners with Kakao’s Blockchain- a Subsidiary of Ground X
22.8.2019
Woori Financial Group is a South Korean leading company in the financial services sector. Yesterday in a press release, it had announced its partnership with Kakao’s blockchain. (Kakao’s blockchain is a subsidiary of Ground X.) The objective of this partnership is to develop blockchain-backed...
Rise Of Bitcoin Hash Rate To All-Time High Indicates That Price Will Rise, Says Max Keiser
20.8.2019
Bitcoin hash rate broke yet another all-time high on Monday after it peaked at 82.5 TH/s. This is an indicator that Bitcoin price will rise to its all-time high very soon, Max Keiser stated. He tweeted that price follows hash rate, and hence the price will increase as the hash rate is at a 9year...
Let’s Build a JAMstack E-Commerce Store with Netlify Functions
20.8.2019
A lot of people are confused about what JAMstack is. The acronym stands for JavaScript, APIs, and Markup, but truly, JAMstack doesn’t have to include all three. What defines JAMstack is that it’s served without web servers. If you consider the history of computing, this type of abstraction isn’t...
Fidelity Charitable Received $106 Million Donation Despite the Economic Uncertainty
19.8.2019
Fidelity Charitable is the branch of Fidelity that deals with charity. In the recent annual reports of the firm, it was revealed that the charity platform received more than 100 Million Dollars in donation since 2015. This donation was made in cryptocurrency. The exact amount of donation received...