Estimating the cannabis market is highly speculative math. No one really knows the true value of cannabis companies, but with the legalization of marijuana in some parts of the U.S. and Canada, market valuations and acquisition deals keep breaking records, making it increasingly important to harness reliable cannabis supply chain technology. Blockchain has vast potential, it offers a regulatory framework that is quick and efficient and plays an important role in cannabis supply chain...
Read More »The Future of Petcare: How Blockchain Can Help Petcare Companies Gain Integrity?
Don’t we all love pets? These little bundles of joy not only spread love and cheer but also enrich our lives with their company and teach us many things. While pets have been part of human society for ages, it is only today that the pet care industry has grown to such a mammoth size.With the internet and social media, more and more people are constantly looking for services for their beloved pet dogs, cats, iguanas (what have you) and entrepreneurs have not failed to meet the growing demand....
Read More »The Garage Incubator Will Help Blockhain Projects in Paris
Damien Daube, The Garage director, said that he sat down with friends wondering “how a perfect blockchain development help hub can look,” thus they have decided to unite the practices from different companies and make the engineer-grade venture fund with fat roots in this new technology.Per the crypto press, some “blockchain-consultants” are taking up to half of the emission of ICO tokens for their services. At the same time, The Garage offers an amazing 5% fee in equities taken in 6 months...
Read More »SoftBank-backed DoorDash Raises Another $100 Million in Funding
It seems that the San Francisco-based on-demand prepared food delivery service DoorDash Inc.’s $2 billion “war chest” is getting bigger and bigger every day. Started back in 2013, this food delivery startup is obviously getting an injection of $100 million, according to the sources familiar with the situation.The startup has a pretty strong back-up including the likes of SoftBank Group Corp. and Sequoia Capital and this funding comes on top of a $600 million investment round that announced...
Read More »Paxos Launches Fiat Gateway with Binance as the First Client
Photo: ShutterstockOn November 12, 2019, Paxos debuted its Fiat Gateway and have announced that Binance will be its first client in this regard. Its Fiat Gateway means that customers can swap out U.S. dollars for stablecoins on a one-to-one basis and this is one of the first of its kind within the cryptocurrency industry.While this unique service is seeing more widespread attention since its association with Binance, it has actually been available to Paxos users since May 2019 and according...
Read More »Bakkt Will Offer Cash-Settled Bitcoin Futures to Singapore Before 2020
ICE Clear Singapore will be offering a new type of Bitcoin futures. Those are cash-settled ones, thus will also be available via ICE Futures. Venture funds from across Earth show their intent to work together with ICE‘s Bakkt too. Bakkt COO Adam White says that the new product is under discussion with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MАS).When Bakkt first appeared on the horizon in 2018, it took almost a year to build their first product: physically-settled monthly Bitcoin futures. Their...
Read More »Dell Launches a Subscription Model to Rival Amazon and Microsoft
The latest reports reveal that Dell Technologies Inc plans to offer its business clients more flexible and on-demand buying options for various products. Some of the products featured in the new plan include personal computers and servers. This move is believed to aim at countering the lure of cloud services offered by Microsoft Corporation and Amazon.com Inc.Customers can now use Dell’s hardware on their consumption. They can use it as a service or via a subscription called the Round Rock, a...
Read More »Bitfinex is Set to Launch Options and a Gold-Backed Tether in Q1 2020
With many issues that have made premier cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex controversial, it seems that the exchange is set to get its groove back in 2020 as per revelations by its CTO Paulo Ardoino in a podcast with the BlockCryto. In the podcast, Paulo discussed a wide range of issues ranging from the allegations of market manipulations to upcoming products that Bitfinex plans to offer including options and a gold-backed stablecoin.While much has been said about Bitfinex’s growing Twitter...
Read More »Despite Libra Hurdles, Facebook Announces Its All-App Payments Service Facebook Pay
Social media giant Facebook Inc. has now decided to consolidate all of its payment services under a single umbrella. On Tuesday, November 12, Facebook announced its Facebook Pay platform which would facilitate ” a convenient, secure and consistent payment experience across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp”.Facebook’s announcement comes just in a week’s time after it announced a new parent company logo as part of its rebranding efforts. The social media giant said that a lot of its...
Read More »Disney+ Launches with a Slight Glitch while Stock Soars
Photo: Disney+ / TwitterIn spite of steaming problems, Disney+ that offers all the premium content from Pixar, Disney, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and about 30 seasons of the Simpsons launched yesterday and sent Disney’s stock soaring. Initially, many users couldn’t access the streaming platform.And this is why you have load balancers. SMH another company trying to be cheap. @disneyplus #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/kNrR0PPn6B— Jared (@Geek38641) November 12, 2019And many of them were not...
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