After finishing 4th in the UEFA’s Club Coefficients rankings for 2019, the La Liga leaders cheered its fans by joining Socios, voting platform to connect with fans. Atlético became the first La Liga team to join Socios. A sports and blockchain entertainment company Chiliz, announced their intention of going into the partnership with Spanish soccer...Read More
China’s proposed new digital currency would be better than Facebook’s Libra coin and would be able to be used across major payment platforms such as WeChat and Alipay, a senior central bank official said. People Bank of China announced enthroning their new digital currency chief who claims their upcoming digital yuan has features that are...Read More
[embedded content] A co-founder of LinkedIn and a member of the PayPal Mafia, Reid Hoffman, released a new rap video describing a competition between central banks and cryptocurrency. His “epic rap battle” begins with presenting the U.S. Founding Father and first Secretary of the Treasury – Alexander Hamilton, and, of course – Satoshi Nakamoto (don’t...Read More
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 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
The Marshall Islands have decided to issue their cryptocurrency. Formerly, the pacific Nation had used the US Dollar solely as currency. This time, they have decided to issue their own based on its own blockchain. With a population of just under 60,000 people, the need to use a cryptocurrency might sound a little weird to many...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
Popular boxing welterweight champion, Manny Pacquaio, has just launched his own cryptocurrency. The ‘PAC’ tokens will be listed on the GCOX in Singapore and will allow fans to interact with the superstar as well as purchase merch. In recent times and with the adoption of cryptocurrency growing at a steady rate, there has been no...Read More
People’s Bank of China (PBOC) central bank digital currency (CBDC) will allegedly be backed 1:1 by renminbi fiat as well as follow a two-tiered structured system with the bank, commercial banks, and retail market participants. This week China fixed the daily midpoint rate for the yuan at levels that haven’t been seen for more than...Read More
Bitcoin investor, trader and cryptocurrency celebrity hailing from England, Peter McCormack is about to file a lawsuit against Craig Wright, Calvin Ayre and Jimmy Nguyen on account of forgery and fraud. Recently we reported on Craig Wright’s losing the Kleiman case. However, it seems that karma surely is a b**** especially for a person who...Read More
Binance has come up with a detailed research report about the new People’s Bank of China (PBoC) Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The research reveals that the new currency will be a two-tiered system and is aimed at replacing cash. Binance Research, which is the analysis and data research arm at Binance, recently came out...Read More
According to a recent study by Coinbase on higher education, the adoption of academic courses on digital currencies and the underlying blockchain technology by top institutions around the world is on the rise. A Coinbase‘s survey was carried out on the top 50 universities in the world (i.e., according to the U.S. News And World...Read More
Recently a political action committee (PAC) BitPAC announced that they are going to conduct an initial coin offering (ICO) to support the candidates for public office. By donating, participants will receive Politicoins in return. BitPAC, which is a political group in the U.S., decided to launch an ICO for the support of public office candidates....Read More
The vast cash hoard of Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., has been vaster only once before – just before the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Warren Buffett’s big pile of cash could act as a warning to other investors that stock market is becoming overvalued and that its crash is pretty near....Read More
After raising more than $1 billion in one of the most successful ICOs in the crypto sector, Telegram is now ready to launch its Gram tokens by October. Button Wallet has also announced it will facilitate trading of the tokens. There currently are more than a few thousand different digital assets in the market and...Read More
In recent news, the fast-food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced a partnership with Beyond Meat. Together both companies are going to test plant-based nuggets and boneless wings. Recently KFC announced a new rather interesting partnership. They have partnered with Beyond Meat, which is a plant-based meat substitute producer company. They are planning to do...Read More
Research by Messari has revealed that the top pro athletes and sports personnel can earn more if they are paid in Bitcoin which would result in rapid crypto mass adoption. One Los Angeles Chargers NFL player, Russell Okung, is pushing relentlessly for the league to adopt Bitcoin. He wants the payments for the players’ multi-million-dollar...Read More
Financial experts and analysts are raising alarming concerns on the growing chances of US recession in the next year. Investors looking towards Bitcoin as a potential hedge. Investors and financial experts have been continuously raising concerns on an impending US recession expected over the next one year. Clive McDonnell, head of the equity strategy at...Read More
Apple could be coming up with not just one but four new models of the Apple Watch Series 5 this year. The four models filed this week were listed as A2156, A2157, A2092 and A2093 and would be running the smartwatch OS, the WatchOS 6. It seems that Apple (AAPL) is getting ready for an...Read More
In recent news, Patrick Byrne, the long-time CEO of Overstock has announced in a letter to shareholders, that he is stepping down from his position. His position will be temporarily replaced by Jonathan Johnson. Recently in a letter to all the shareholders, Overstock‘s CEO Patrick Byrne announced that he is resigning from his position at...Read More
Ending the 10-year history of naming releases after desserts, the company is bailing on providing a codename beginning with a subsequent letter of the alphabet (in this case, Q), which is the way we’ve been referring to Android up to now. This year is Android 10, next year will be Android 11, and so on....Read More
Photo: Casa / Medium A famous crypto startup firm recognized as Casa that offers primary management service, and Bitcoin node machine has launched a node monitor as well as accompanying reward program to develop Bitcoin network health. The firm revealed the latest innovation in an official website article on Aug. 21. Per the announcement, the...Read More
The endorsement for blockchain technology and skepticism of exisiting technologies is reflected in Yang’s campaign website which states that traditionally used machines are vulnerable to tampering and hacking, when compared to the world’s latest available technologies. One of the candidates for the 2020 presidential election in the U.S., Andrew Yang, says he wants to modernize...Read More
Recently Bolt, which was previously known as Taxify, based in Estonia, announced that they are launching a food delivery service, starting with Estonia. Bolt, which is an Estonia-based ride-hailing service, previously known as Taxify, has just launched its new food delivery service in Estonia. They are launching it natively, for now, but afterward they plan...Read More
Noah Kerner, the CEO of Acorns, anticipates converting niche savings app into bank option utilized by about 100 million users, while celebrities are opting for Acorns to invest in. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, former baseball player, are the latest dual celebrities to invest in the fintech firm Acorns Grow Inc, according to the Wall...Read More
Photo: Pixabay Last week we reported how China is preparing their own digital currency dubbed CBDC after five years they have been working on it. However, after the analysis of over 50 patent applications that were filed by the People’s Bank of China, it has become clear that the pattern of this digital currency will...Read More
