Brexit is going to end soon. How will Fintech Companies fare in the UK post-Brexit? Is Brexit good for cryptocurrencies or bad for it? Brexit has been on the front burner for most of the past two years. Theresa May has already resigned following her inability to make Brexit happen. Boris Johnson is facing the...Read More
A database with personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users has been found online by a security researcher. Facebook has since taken it down, declaring that no accounts were breached. Facebook is in the middle of another serious problem of a security breach involving a feature that the company had disabled more than...Read More
Four years after Porsche showed us the original Mission E concept, the 2020 Taycan is finally here showing that there is a real alternative to the Tesla Model S that has ruled the large luxury electric sedan roost. It seems Tesla (TSLA) is getting some real competition and it just might help it. If this...Read More
Apple plans to borrow in the bond market for the first time since November 2017. The proceeds will go towards share buybacks, dividends, and other general corporate purposes. One of the most cash-rich companies in the world, Apple Inc. (AAPL) is getting ready to offer bonds for the first time in almost two years. As...Read More
A devoted team of the PBOC’s Digital Currency Research Lab is currently setting up its digital currency system in a restricted environment aiming to launch it before Facebook’s Libra enters the market. After Facebook unveiled the white paper for its Libra Project in June, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) got working. The PBoC is...Read More
Initially postponed for various reasons, Samsung has now announced that its Galaxy Fold is ready for launch, after quite a few modifications were made. The phone will first be released in South Korea. Back in July, Samsung announced an unspecific September date for its new Galaxy Fold smartphone. The phone which was originally expected to...Read More
Mastercard revealed its participation in the Marco Polo blockchain project, a collaboration of R3 and TradeIX. The initiative provides a multi-asset class platform that offers broker-dealer services and multicurrency transactions, among other services. American financial services titan Mastercard announced they’ve partnered Marco Polo, a trade finance network on R3’s Corda blockchain platform. Together with more...Read More
In recent news, a Twitter account named AppleBeta2019 has shared a 10 page document from Apple, which reveals a substantial amount of information about the upcoming Apple product line-up. Apple, one of the world’s leading tech companies, has just experienced yet another inside document leak which reveals iPhone 11 branding details, OS release dates, new...Read More
Photo: Accion / Instagram Accion has just announced new funding for inclusive fintech startups to the tune of $23 million. The funding was raised through Accion Venture Labs, the company’s seed-stage investment division. Specifically, Accion Venture Labs will be increasing its entire capital base by $33 million, with an extra $10 million coming as a...Read More
While Bitcoin price makes a comeback, XRP community investors warn Ripple overselling the XRP tokens as part of the company’s investments. After last week’s poor performance, Bitcoin is back in action swinging above $10,500 levels. Bitcoin price started gaining momentum since Monday, September 2 and added $1000 over the last 24 hours. The Bitcoin price...Read More
Huobi plans to dive into the hardware applications market introducing an affordable blockchain smartphone, Acute Angle, which will come with a built-in crypto wallet and a plethora of other crypto products. Huobi plans to dive into the hardware applications market for the first time. This announcement will take place on September 11 during the sixth...Read More
Android 10 is now rolling out to Pixel phones and it introduces dark mode, new accessibility features, battery saving features and improved notifications. However, it can’t be expected to be seen on non-Pixel phone soon. In the sea of the newly released gadgets and their announcements, one thing is sure – if you have Google...Read More
This is how blockchain can change the way investors buy into real estate value, and allow for the proliferation of real estate investments. It seems that all one has to do these days to see something about blockchain technology is go online. Nearly every major news portal and tech website has had a number of...Read More
Franklin Templeton wants to have a go at using cryptocurrencies as a tool for investments in a new fund. This will mainstream cryptocurrencies in general and Stellar in particular. Is this the beginning of the big bang we have all been waiting for? While it may sound like something surreal, Franklin Templeton Investments, which is...Read More
2019 DevCon, Contestants and Winners The 2019 Bytom DevCon (DevCon) was held in Fort Mason, San Francisco, United States. During the event, more than 50 teams from all over the world, including the US, India, Belgium, Russia, China and Brazil took part in it. The teams were given a chance to develop practical use cases...Read More
Even though Amazon is yet to announce any plans for its own digital assets, a new report which surveyed opinions from several analysts, has claimed that Amazon is very likely to announce a Libra competitor. A few months ago, Facebook revealed plans for its own cryptocurrency called the Libra, and also announced the Libra Association....Read More
Bitcoin Futures have faced unusual hurdles from the US authorities. There are ways around this but these ways are often limited and high risk. However, Vaneck Securities and Solidx seem to have found the solution. Due to the many regulatory hurdles that the United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed on the implementation...Read More
HSBC processed the first-ever Yuan-denominated blockchain-based letter-of-credit transaction for MTC Electronics over the Voltron blockchain platform. In a major milestone, banking giant HSBC completed the first-ever Yuan-denominated blockchain-based letter-of-credit transaction on Tuesday, September 3. Since long, HSBC has been working on introducing the use of blockchain technology to the traditional paper-based method of financing trade....Read More
Photo: Unsplash One of Thailand’s most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitcoin Co. Ltd has announced this Monday that it will be closing down its cryptocurrency trading department due to desires to focus on other niche markets. The reasoning behind the shutdown may sound satisfactory for outsiders, but for the traders themselves, it’s quite underwhelming. Several investors...Read More
If implemented, Facebook posts will no longer show the number of likes or reactions to a post. The user who created the post can see a list of people and their reactions, but a number won’t be displayed. Will influencers suffer another slap in the face? Just after Instagram said it plans to hide Like...Read More
Binance enters into the cryptocurrency derivatives market with the acquisition of an exchange based in Seychelles, JEX, which will rebrand to Binance JEX offering options, futures, and perpetual contracts. The crypto industry is growing constantly with new deals and investments dominating the scene over the years. Binance, the world’s largest exchange by trading volume, has...Read More
According to the sources, the tech would utilize the Apple Watch’s motion sensor, heart rate monitor and noise detection to measure your quality of sleep. No other device will be needed. On September 10th, among its other products, Apple is expected to also show the new Apple Watch Series 5. Some rumors have been going...Read More
Photo: Xiaomi / Facebook The stock of the Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp seems to be answering to news of the buyback, its biggest, by climbing nearly 7%. Last week the company announced an HK$12 billion (US$1.53 billion) share buyback plan in a reversal of its cash-management strategy that is aimed at boosting its floundering...Read More
After a highly successful phase on launch of Binance Lending, the exchange has now announced the launch of a second phase with a few more digital assets added including BTC, ETH, and ADA. The Changpeng “CZ” Zhao-led Binance cryptocurrency exchange, has now announced that it is ready to launch the second phase of its Binance...Read More
Photo: Liquid / Instagram Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Liquid, that conducted a sale of Telegram’s crypto tokens back in July, has revealed the wallet address where the sum will stay until releasing of the tokens. The wallet, as announced, carries $4,123,116.76 worth of the USDC stablecoin. As we previously reported, the strange story started out in...Read More
Binance has announced crypto futures platforms to be tested by users for a period of 5 days. Binance plans to give out over $200,000 to participants and will deploy the winning platform upon completion of the competition. Easily the largest cryptocurrency exchange platform worldwide, Binance has now announced the launch of two test platforms in...Read More
As iPhone unit sales have slowed, Apple was partially relying on higher prices to make up the difference. Consumers are now less tolerant of the premium prices phone makers want for their newest devices. Every day we are witnessing more and more doubts surrounding upcoming Apple’s new iPhone models. On September 10, Apple is should...Read More
Recently, Huawei announced that their new flagship phone line – Mate 30, will be launched on September 19, in Munich, Germany. The tagline for this launch event is “Rethink Possibilities”. Huawei just recently announced its new flagship phone line – Mate 30. The company tweeted a short loop animation along with a description on their...Read More
The Bakkt launch is one of the most anticipated and talked about in the sector currently. We take a look at whether or not this means anything for Bitcoin at all. It’s less than a month until Bakkt officially launches its Bakkt Warehouse. From Friday, the 6th of September, interested users will have access to...Read More
An XRP evangelist is calling for a fork of the cryptocurrency to prevent Ripple from dumping coins on investors for profits. Let’s Fork XRP Every quarter, Ripple publishes a report showing the sales figures for the tokens within the preceding three months. Critics say the company is dumping these tokens for profits while the value...Read More
