Institutions partner with blockchain startup, Toyota builds a blockchain identity platform, & more headline news from Japan this week. This week’s headlines from Japan included exchange self-regulatory organization, JVCEA, suggesting guideline changes, financial institutions collaborating with a blockchain startup for asset management, GMO Coin exchange listing BAT, and news that Toyota has built a blockchain-based…
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International Monetary Fund leader, Tao Zhang, discussed the positives and negatives of a central bank digital currency. In a recent keynote speech to the London School of Economics, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director, Tao Zhang, briefed the positives and negatives of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Zhang pointed toward greater efficiency and…
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto News. The Bitcoin Clock ticks on—less than 52 days now before the next halving—and let’s hope that Bitcoin still has value when that happens. Trader Peter Brandt isn’t optimistic. He sees Bitcoin in a race with gold to hit $1,000. Then again, in January, he thought BTC wouldn’t reach…
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CAN crypto payment provider is undertaking final testing before the launch of its cryptocurrency credit card. Canadian cryptocurrency payments provider, NetCents, has completed the technical integration of its consumer credit card into its proprietary ecosystem. NetCents announced March 20 that it had begun edge-case scenario testing in real-world environments in order to ready the card…
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Earn a blockchain certification by taking one of these five online course at home, or learn more about cryptocurrency from the comfort of your couch. It seems like the entire world has been told to stay inside their homes as the coronavirus outbreak continues to wreak havoc. As a result, the world has become almost…
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Big Four audit firm Ernst & Young’s Japanese branch is launching a blockchain for tracing the supply chain and authenticity of sake and fruit. EY Japan, the Japanese branch of global accountancy firm Ernst & Young, has announced plans to launch a blockchain system for tracking Japanese sake and fruit and preventing the sale of…
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Decentralized coronavirus research initiative Folding@Home has announced that 400,000 users are contributing to its platform. In a recent Reddit ask-me-anything (AMA) Gregory Bowman, Folding@Home’s (F@H) director, revealed that the project currently has 400,000 computers actively contributing to research. “We had about 30K users before the pandemic started,” he stated, adding: “In the past two weeks,…
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Many people who are tired of everyday problems prefer to spend time in a virtual world where you can make or buy anything. Why is virtual land becoming more popular, and where can you buy it? A couple of months ago, the crypto community was surprised by the news that users of the Decentraland virtual…
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Bittrex lists UPT after joining the blockchain consortium, pumping the utility token more than 150% in 24 hours. Bittrex Global has listed two stablecoins and a utility token issued by ‘The Universal Protocol Alliance’ (UPA) after joining the UPA. The new listings comprise stablecoins Universal Dollar (UPUSD) and Universal Euro (UPEUR), in addition to the…
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U.S-based company looks forward to bring their VPN services to journalists around the world for free. U.S-based Peer-to-Peer VPN Provider Orchid will start offering a private network for free to journalists across the globe, according to an announcement made on March 20. According to Orchid, journalists who have press credentials and proof of status, regardless…
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