Blockchain

Tom Lee of Fundstrat fame is back in the news again. This time, he’s explaining why institutional players have been so reluctant to get involved in digital assets.Lee: Crypto’s Not Big Enough for InstitutionsIn a recent interview, Tom Lee explains:There’s a mechanical issue for crypto in terms of infrastructure that’s needed, but there’s probably also a size of market issue.He believes that cryptocurrency might be “too small” for institutional players, who are used to investing in major...

Eccentric millionaire John McAfee is in the news again. This time, the 2020 presidential candidate found himself mocking Justin Sun on Twitter, saying that he had a bad habit of hyping up events that ultimately never occur.McAfee Points the Finger at SunMcAfee is referring to the $4.5 million lunch Sun allegedly had planned with Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. Over the summer, the lunch was marketed in a way one might advertise a bitcoin hard fork. The situation was being looked at by...

Photo: Vanguard / LinkedInThe Vanguard Group is currently running tests on a new foreign exchange (FX) service which is powered by blockchain technology and will run peer-to-peer. The mutual fund giant is doing this to encourage asset trading and make this activity easier for managers, letting them trade currencies without the costs associated with involving the big investment banks.Bloomberg reports that a familiar source close to the project has revealed that the platform has already been...

Verisart is a platform designed to conduct certification and verification of artworks of different types which is carried out with the help of blockchain. Now it has become known that it has managed to get $2.5 mln in seed financing. The list of the most prominent participants of this round included Sinai Ventures, Galaxy Digital, EOS Fund, and Rhodium. The money raised will be used for further expansion of the company’s art platform.Robert Norton, who is a co–founder and CEO of Verisart...

XRP is the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and it is probably the only cryptocurrency with established relationships with traditional financial institutions. If you’ve been following cryptocurrencies, you’ll probably be wondering if you should buy XRP in 2019. XRP was released in 2012 by Ripple Labs Inc with the singular aim of becoming a blockchain-powered solution for sending money across borders seamlessly.You probably won’t be excited to buy XRP in 2019 when you consider the...

Ripples’ XRP has been pegged to several cryptocurrency pairs on Binance DEX independently of Ripple‘s Mainnet. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao indicated this in a tweet:This was suppose to be announced a bit later. But such is the nature of blockchain project, #transparency. Can't hide anything.Well, there you go, #XRP (on chain pegged) on #BinanceChain and @Binance_DEX.Guess which flood gates this opens up? https://t.co/Mxpm5jZCfz— CZ Binance (@cz_binance) October 3, 2019Binance Dex, the platform...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 721. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Mit Coinbase passives Einkommen verdienen durch Zinsen auf USDC, Liechtenstein verabschiedet Blockchain Act & Blockchain.com verliert wichtige Führungskräfte 1.) Coinbase: durch Zinsen auf USDC passives Einkommen generierenhttps://cryptomonday.de/coinbase-tagesgeld-zinsen-auf-usdc-verdienen/ 2.) Durchbruch im Crypto Country: Liechtenstein verabschiedet Blockchain...

Photo: Taboola / TwitterAdvertising company Taboola and its competitor, web advertising platform Outbrain announced they are merging, forming one company. Even though this is a mutual company, it will nevertheless be called Taboola, and Taboola’s founder Adam Singolda will act as its CEO.Taboola is said to pay Outbrain investors $250 million in cash plus a 30% share of the combined companies.The main goal is to widen its customer list that should now have more than 20.000 online properties...

Founded in 2017, ASR Cryptotechnology is a blockchain startup that is building a result-driven smart contract platform. It is headquartered in Czech Republic, and the main aim of its activity is to offer business solutions that can satisfy the modern needs of the world that is now focused on such processes as tokenization and blockchain adoption.Aerum BlockchainThe company has introduced blockchain that is named Aerum. It is driven by the ATMOS 1.0 protocol which is a special cross-chain...

Dorfplatz und das Landtagsgebäude in Vaduz, Liechtenstein Gute Nachrichten aus dem Ländle: Der Liechtensteinische Landtag hat dem sogenannten „Blockchain-Gesetz“ zugestimmt. Damit kann das Token- und VT-Dienstleistergesetz (TVTG) per 1. Januar 2020 in Kraft treten. Dieser Blockchain-Act legalisiert einen grossen Teil der Token-Ökonomie und bietet daher endlich eine...