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Even though Google tracks Santa and seems to be very Christmas-like, it doesn’t seem to care for the crypto community at all. YouTube, the Google-owned video-sharing platform apparently started restricting or even deleting crypto-related videos or those who were flagged to be that way. Some crypto influencers even said their videos or even the whole channels were completely removed. The founder of Skill Incubator, a company that teaches valuable skills to help people thrive in today’s...

Financial Technology (FinTech) has been the talk of the town this year and will continue to remain the next year as well! Big Tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, etc. have already pulled up their socks to grab a considerable share in the evolving financial space.Furthermore, 2019 has been a good year witnessing significant growth in awareness and exposure for FinTech startups and companies. Besides, the industry has also managed to attract massive funding for the development of...

It seems China was really serious when talking about its digital currency. Even though China was trying to forbid cryptocurrency mining and trading, for the last three months it is in the process of creating its own.Head of the People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) Digital Currency Research Institute, Mu Changchun, stated that the country’s digital yuan is finally ready for trials. The central bank digital currency (CBDC) will, as per the announcement, not come as a volatile asset like Bitcoin or...

Facebook’s cryptocurrency project Libra is still very much up in the air, according to board member Patrick Ellis.Ellis Admits Facebook Has No Clue What It’s DoingComing about in late June of 2019, Libra has sparked controversy at every turn, and has people split right down the middle regarding how trustworthy it is and how useful it will be. The idea is that Libra will be used as a cryptocurrency through Facebook for third-world nations to purchase goods and services. Many of these regions...

Avenir Suisse Podcast Diesen Sommer hat Facebook mit weiteren Firmen angekündigt, eine neue digitale Währung lancieren zu wollen. Das Projekt bekam den Namen Libra, und es schlug ein wie eine Bombe. Politiker und Regulatoren standen plötzlich auf den Hinterbeinen, und Vertreter etablierter Finanzinstitute fragten sich: Ist das nun die lange befürchtete Disruption der...

Ripple is ending this year in high class. The company announced on Friday it managed to raise $200 million in Series C funding. This investment presents the last stone in a road marking this the record “Ripple year” regarding its business. It also proves the blockchain technology’s worth in improving global payments and the higher advantage when it comes to the digital asset XRP and the XRP Ledger.As per the official announcement, the Series C was led by the investment company Tetragon and...

It seems that Libra developers are pretty serious when it comes to launching next year. The Libra Association announced it has published its second, 2.0. roadmap for Libra Core, the initial software that supports the planned Libra network. Even though there are many regulatory uncertainties, and there are no concrete dates for an actual launch, Facebook‘s Libra is continuing to build up its community.As per the recent blog post, the project seems to be still operational and already tests its...

Adyen, an outstanding payment company that allows businesses to accept e-commerce, mobile, and point-of-sale payments, has partnered with the global fast-food chain McDonald’s. Within Adyen’s deal with McDonald’s, the latter will use the Adyen platform to receive and process payments made in McDonald’s mobile app.As Bloomberg has reported, in the future, this option will be available globally. The UK will be the first country with this initiative implemented in the first quarter of...

While it may sound like a marketing gimmick or a play on words, two founders behind blockchain startup Alchemy believe that their two-year-old startup might become the “Microsoft” of blockchain technology. In a series of serendipitous events, the founders Nikil Viswanathan and Joe Lau (who are both Stanford graduates) have been able to raise about $15 million from several investors that include billionaire Charles Schwab, Reid Hoffman who is LinkedIn’s co-founder, Stanford University and...

Traditional payment companies seem to be taking vastly different approaches to cryptocurrencies. Earlier this year, it seemed like PayPal was about to blaze a trail in the space by working with Facebook on Libra, although it later pulled out. Elsewhere, more forward-thinking firms like Revolut and Skrill have embraced crypto, while Monzo has issued a firm “no,” and Stripe has backed away.So, what exactly is going on in this tumultuous relationship between payment firms and cryptocurrencies,...