PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A whole new approach – say, allowing developers to skip the overhead costs and consumers to pay with cryptocurrency? In particular, this week everyone seems to be talking about Spheris, a decentralized blockchain app store that just launched an initial coin offering (ICO). Better malware defenses from Google Play? App Store Upgrade.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

And in a recently launched endeavor by LinkedIn co-founder Eric Ly, now co-founder of Hub, trust rendered digitally may get a boost from blockchain. Conversely, if an interaction or transaction does not go as planned, noted the whitepaper, an arbitrator might get involved.

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JULY 5, 2019

The Facebook Libra whitepaper states that Association Members must agree to operate as validators on the network. For many regulated, compliant global players like Visa, Mastercard and PayPal, that could come as a big ask, particularly since it means saying yes to processing transactions that use the Libra cryptocurrency.

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CB Insights

MAY 29, 2018

The number of new unicorns is also substantially higher when blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, cryptoasset companies, and organizations using token financing to raise funds are considered. This contrasts with equity investments in private and public markets, where voting rights and cash flows are standard.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

Facebook’s launch of Libra on June 18 unleashed a firestorm of media coverage, mostly repetitive, and mostly a piling on over the regulatory bear that it poked when unveiling its global payments plus cryptocurrency plans. A year later, in May of 2018, Facebook launched a new blockchain business unit, and Marcus was put in charge to lead it.

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Fintech Review

AUGUST 7, 2024

Previously this month, the company released its whitepaper , detailing its current pre-sale and subsequent public float of its ‘real world asset’ cryptocurrency, following its announcement of holdings of more than one million carats of the rare gemstone. About Zirc Zirc offers a cryptocurrency fully backed by blue zircon gemstones.

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JULY 6, 2017

Blockchain technology has been making its way through the financial sector and pouring into mainstream industries for the last few years. It’s gaining so much traction that even higher education institutions like the University of Edinburgh are adding blockchain technology classes to their curriculums.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

A whitepaper released on Thursday (April 26) said that regulatory burdens should be reduced for smaller firms. According to the whitepaper, IPOs have become unattractive to businesses. Gensler believes blockchain has the potential to replace many middlemen that operate in the financial realm.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The launch of Libra ignited a global debate over the role of cryptocurrencies in payments and financial services. Except that’s not what the Libra whitepaper says. Libra’s mission and the network targeted a huge number of people who have problems and need the world’s help, but it didn’t give them what they really need to solve them.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

It has been about a month since Facebook pulled back the curtain on its vision for Libra – a blockchain-backed cryptocurrency with the lofty aim of connecting the 1.7 The coalition of nations is calling for an investigation into the supposed risks of cryptocurrencies and how they would affect the current financial system.

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