Deloitte, one of the “Big Four” professional services firms, has officially launched a plug-and-play product aimed to help enterprises showcase their blockchain solutions to clients. The firm’s new “Blockchain in a Box” (BIAB) is designed as a mobile unit packed with four built-in nodes and several monitors that can be linked to external services such...Read More
In what seems like a part of the ongoing effort toward its ecosystem’s development, Cardano Foundation announced teaming up with Messari. The official announcement stated, “We’ve joined @MessariCrypto for #Cardano to be listed in their #open-source disclosures registry to increase transparency. More details and formal announcement to follow once the listing is live.” This information...Read More
Blockchain-powered prediction markets attempt to change the world, from politics to science, by creating digital democracies with a new age of financial tools. Recently, there have been an increasing number of blockchain-based prediction markets (PMs) such as Augur, Bitcoin Hivemind, Amoveo, Gnosis, Cindicator, etc. PMs use the technology of smart contracts for bets on various...Read More
Social media giant Facebook has been under the spotlight for quite some time, following its entry into the crypto world with its coin Libra. In recent news, six lawmakers from the U.S. are said to visit Switzerland to further discuss the launch of the cryptocurrency. Despite the obstacles Libra is facing, the Libra testnet is...Read More
Amid the ongoing race to beat the fiat system, the crypto ecosystem is on the constant drive to include the most promising innovators in their arsenal. In this regard, Gemini, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, announced on August 19 that David Damato joined the company as the new Chief Security Officer (CSO). The acquisition...Read More
From the launch of the Sun Network to retain its dominance in the DApp space and completing its incentive plan 2.0 with Tether, Justin Sun’s Tron Foundation can boast a series of development over last few weeks. Recently, TronWallet shared an update on Twitter, suggesting that Bitcoin is the latest addition to the TronWallet. The...Read More
Rakuten Wallet announced the introduction of spot trading services for the virtual asset. Earlier this year, Rakuten, an e-commerce giant in Japan, had revealed that the organization had started accepting new account registrations for its newly launched cryptocurrency exchange, Rakuten Wallet. Now, at press time, the exchange revealed that the institution would be initiating a...Read More
Binance has unveiled the ace up their sleeves, in vague terms, an alternative to Facebook’s Libra. The unveiling, dubbed “Venus Plan” is to end the financial hegemony by using technological innovation power that cryptocurrencies have brought forth. Venus is going to be an “independent regional version of Libra”. Unlike Facebook’s Libra, Venus, hopefully, will not...Read More
The special economic zone of China located in Shenzhen province will now support research on digital currencies as reported by a local daily. China has been ambivalent on cryptocurrency, where they had earlier banned exchanges from operating in the country. However, a lot has changed in recent times. According to the report, “The Central Committee...Read More
Ethereum is currently focused on upcoming hard fork Istanbul. However, this upcoming hard fork will not include the most-talked-about Ethereum Improvement Protocol, ProgPow. The main reason behind this move can be attributed to the security audit of the protocol. ProgPow has been one of the most-awaited upgrades as the protocols aim to tackle ASIC mining....Read More
Can the unstoppable force move the immovable object? Since the dawn of time, innovation is viewed from two different perspectives. One from the perspective of the innovator, and the other from the perspective of the innovation enforcer. With the world moving at such a fast pace, the unwritten rule is: innovate or perish, and in...Read More
Robots will continue to play an increasing role of importance in human society. Which shape these mechanical creatures will take, remains to be determined. Astro, a very popular robot dog, has received a noteworthy upgrade. It is also the only quadruped robot with an actual head to resemble a physical dog. This unit is now...Read More
