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Qualcomm on Tuesday officially announced its next-generation flagship processor for phones. Dubbed the Snapdragon 865 the processor is still in need of a separate 5G modem to enable 5G instead of an integrated 5G modem built right into the chipset. Traditionally, that means more expensive, power-hungry phones than an integrated solution.However, at the Amazon’s event held in Las Vegas called AWS re:Invent, there were plenty of other solutions. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg went on to discuss the...

While it may sound like a story out of the movies or motivational books that many people read today, the story of Bom Kim who is the founder of Coupang, a $9 billion electronic commerce company has been inspiring through an through. Coupang has been described by many to be South Korea’s “Amazon”, an appellation that hasn’t been accorded to any other company; at least not yet. Coupang has been one of those companies that have had a history of disruption and reinvention which has helped make it...

In health care industry there is a massive opportunity for a Blockchain revolution to lead a digital transformation from medical records, to pharmaceutical supply chains to smart contracts for payment distributions. There are plenty of opportunities to leverage this technology. Many healthcare companies are currently working on or have already released blockchain-based systems to improve healthcare for both professionals and patients.The adoption of the blockchain technology could save the...

In what seems like an about-face, global banking custodian State Street has drastically cut down its Decentralized Ledger Technologies team, as sources indicate. Rather than focus on building a complete DLT ecosystem from scratch which hitherto before now had been the strategy that State Street pursued, the custodian has decided to focus on digital assets which include tokenized stocks and bonds as well cryptocurrencies. Such an approach is to be applied instead of a bottom-up strategy which...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 764. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: China Firewall blockiert ETH Blockchain Explorer, UpBit Hacker bewegen gestohlene Ethereum & Bank darf seinen Mitarbeitern Bitcoin verbieten. 1.) Ethereum China Shutdown? – Firewall blockiert ETH Blockchain Explorerhttps://cryptomonday.de/ethereum-china-shutdown-firewall-blockiert-eth-blockchain-explorer/ 2.) Upbit-Hack-Update: Hacker bewegen gestohlene...

Recently, Live Bitcoin News published a story regarding Virgil Griffith, a man who last April, traveled to North Korea despite U.S. regulatory scrutiny to deliver a blockchain seminar.Griffith Has a Few DefendersDuring the lecture, it is believed that Griffith may have provided cryptocurrency knowledge to listeners regarding how they could potentially utilize both cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to override U.S. sanctions. This didn’t sit well with the American government, and...

Social media entertainer Supercar Blondie has revealed a limited edition bitcoin watch linked to a Mt. Gox wallet.An investigative Redditor followed the clues and wonders whether the owner, possibly a member of the royal family, is linked to the Mt. Gox scandal.This wallet has a cool $17.7 million stored in it.Popular social media entertainer Alex Hirschi may have opened a whole new can of worms on Monday after she revealed a high-profile bitcoin wallet on Twitter. The catch? This is no...

Veteran entrepreneur and noted crypto proponent John McAfee has announced that his 2020 presidential campaign has officially begun. Of course, with U.S. authorities looking for him, McAfee would likely be arrested as soon as he set foot on American soil, but since when has he let a few pesky details stop him?McAfee made the announcement Tuesday morning on Twitter, boasting that he is “a perfect candidate to disrupt this system.”The McAfee 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaign has now formally...

FinAccel, an Asian fin-tech company involved in leveraging deep data analytics across users’ digital footprint in order to automate credit risk scoring and access to credit in Southeast Asia, has announced it raised $90 million in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Asia Growth Fund, jointly established by Mirae Asset and Naver Corp, and Australia-based venture capital firm Square Peg. Among other investors were Singtel Innov8, Telkomsel Indonesia, Cathay Innovation and Kejora...

American multinational investment bank and financial services company Morgan Stanley has changed its rating on stocks from Roku, the on-demand video streaming platform backed by Fox. Even though Roku has had an amazing year and climbed quite explosively in the stock market with 400% year-to-date YTD returns, Morgan Stanley dropped its Roku rating from equal weight to underweight.In a recent note to the company’s investors titled “It’s All Priced In”, Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne,...