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Telecom Giant AT&T Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments
24.5.2019
On May 23, telecom giant AT&T announced that customers can now pay their bills through Bitpay. The firm has become the first major U.S. mobile and landline carrier to accept BCH and BTC for payments. Also Read: US Copyright Office Responds to Craig Wright’s Bitcoin Registrations...
E-Commerce Giant Alibaba to Integrate Blockchain Into Intellectual Property System
23.5.2019
Alibaba is in the process of upgrading the filing of intellectual property rights by utilizing blockchain technology
US Telecoms Giant AT&T Now Accepting Crypto Payments via BitPay
23.5.2019
U.S. telecoms giant AT&T is now accepting payments in cryptocurrency through BitPay
Binance CEO Claims VC Giant Hurt His Reputation - Report
23.5.2019
Source: a video screenshot, Youtybe, Silvio Schembri
Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao seeks an unspecified "reasonable compensation" from Sequoia Capital China, a subsidiary of venture capital giant Sequoia Capital, Coindesk reported, citing a filing submitted on May 20 to the High Court...
Binance CEO CZ Is Suing VC Giant Sequoia for Reputational Damages
23.5.2019
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao is taking Sequoia Capital back to court, claiming the VC firm hurt his reputation
Report: Chinese E-Commerce Giant JD.com Has Applied for Over 200 Blockchain Patents
21.5.2019
Chinese e-commerce giant JD has reportedly filed for approximately 200 blockchain patents
BAT Price Analysis: Basic Attention Token’s Brave Takes Giant Forward Leaps For Mass Adoption
20.5.2019
Basic Attention Token partners with National Public Radio (NPR) enabling NPR advertisements on the Brave network Basic Attention Token gets access to companies like Apple & Starbuck by partnering with Tap network Basic Attention Token is redefining the world of digital advertising by providing...
Leading French Asset Manager Tikehau Sells Stake to Banking Giant Morgan Stanley
20.5.2019
For an asset management company of any stripe, an investment from blue-chip banks to the world of high finance are possibly the most coveted and for French asset management firm Tikehau that was surely the case. The firm had been looking for investment and collaboration with investors from North...
Aldi: A New Giant in American Supermarket World
20.5.2019
We recently saw how Amazon and Walmart, two huge retail giants, became a part of fierce business competition. Not only these two but in today’s time, a whole lot of big firms are active players in the cut-throat competition of the retail market. In the last few years, these supermarket or retail...
Chinese Giant Baidu Records First Quarterly Net Loss Since Listing, Stock Dips
17.5.2019
The fact that Google and many other tech giants are not allowed to ply their trade in China has proven to be a huge book for local tech companies, and over the years, many of those homegrown companies have gone on to become behemoths in their own right. The primary reason behind that hyper-growth...
E-Commerce Giant eBay All Set to Start Accepting Payments in Cryptocurrencies
14.5.2019
When cryptocurrencies first came into existence, no one quite took it with much seriousness and a future in which payments could be made with those currencies was nothing short of a pipe dream. However, over the past few years, that attitude is changing at a breakneck pace as more and more people...
BLOC Platform Enters Into Strategic Partnership With Binance To Issue MDAB Token
14.5.2019
DLT based funding platform BLOC has entered in strategic partnership with Binance to issue its native token MDAB on the Binance Chain. The announcement came on Monday via an official tweet. Excited to announce we have committed to a strategic partnership with @Binance for the issuance...
Financial Service Giant BNY Mellon Appoints New Head of Blockchain
14.5.2019
New York global investments giant hires Subhankar Sinha as the company’s new blockchain expert
Smartphone Giant Samsung Confirms That It Will Make More Blockchain Compatible Phones
14.5.2019
There was a time when Samsung used to be the biggest smartphone brand in the world, with a stranglehold over some of the most important smartphone markets. However, that is no longer the case, and the company’s smartphone sales have tanked dramatically over the past few years. For instance, at...
South Korean Internet Giant Kakao’s Blockchain Platform to Launch in June
14.5.2019
The mainnet of Kakao’s blockchain platform Klaytn is set to launch in June of this year
Consumer Electronics Giant HTC Announces Bitcoin Full-Node on Exodus 1S Smartphone
13.5.2019
The Exodus 1S smartphone with bitcoin full node capability has been announced by consumer electronics giant HTC
Automotive Supplying Giant Bosch Decides to Go For Platinum Light Fuel Cells
13.5.2019
As everyone knows, traditional vehicles which use fuel cells propelled by metals are often held responsible for the pollution that is spread in the environment and over the years, there have been numerous calls for cells to have a lower metal content. However, nothing much came to pass over...
Nordic Banking Giant Nordea Opens Blockchain Trading Platform to More Clients
10.5.2019
Nordea is now allowing small and medium-sized enterprises to use its blockchain platform we.trade
French Giant SocGen Chose Ethereum for its Digital Token Experiment
9.5.2019
Major traditional financial companies are quietly experimenting with digital tokens. This time, it's French giant Societe Generale Group (SocGen.)
In April, Societe Generale SFH, a subsidiary of SocGen, sold EUR 100 million, or USD 112 million, of covered bonds (debt backed by mortgages) in...
Technical Debt is Like Tetris
21.3.2019
Here’s a wonderful post by Eric Higgins all about refactoring and technical debt. He compares giant refactoring projects to being similar to Tetris:
Similar to running a business, Tetris gets harder the longer you play. Pieces move faster and it becomes harder to keep up.
Similar to running...