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A blockchain-based e-commerce ecosystem says billions of social media users “represent a form of idle labor.” Here’s how it plans to change that #SPONSORED Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Japan’s largest messaging app launched its own cryptocurrency. Will other messaging apps like Kakao and Facebook follow? Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is one of eight industry experts that have joined the Huobi cryptocurrency exchange in an advisory role. Zuckerberg worked at Facebook for more than six years where she served as a spokesperson as well as a marketing director. She later left the social media giant to … Read more
China has banned crypto-related WeChat accounts, events, exchanges, OTC markets and news sites. Is there anything left to ban? Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Decentralized ID platforms can gives us control over our online identities, but face problems of centralization, government resistance, and Facebook dominance Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The market picture: virtually all top 100 cryptos see green on the day, though total market cap remains close to its 3-month low Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
There were 1,240 blockchain patents filed last year. That’s not normal. The number of blockchain patent applications, in fact, has grown over 600 percent since 2016. This year, retailing giant Wal-Mart secured blockchain patents for crypto household energy payments, wearable medical records, and a security system. They also filed patents for drone delivery and “autonomous … Read more
Facebook executive David Marcus will no longer serve on the board of U.S. exchange Coinbase to avoid “appearance” of a conflict of interest Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Facebook has reportedly denied talks with the crypto firm Stellar following Business Insider’s report on their discussion of building Facebook’s variant of a Stellar blockchain Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Security and volatility. They are the two aspects of cryptocurrencies that are attacked the most. While there are other challenges such as scalability, the energy consumption associated with mining, and privacy, cryptos’ volatility is often cited by skeptics as the reason they could never become a mainstream payment method. In 2017 alone, Bitcoin’s value rose … Read more
