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Aisshwarya Tiwari
Aisshwarya is currently working as SAP finance consultant for an IT consultancy. He likes to read about tech (fintech in particular) and history during his free time. He also likes to make 8-bit music.
Government-regulated ether (ETH) futures trading could soon be a reality as the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman, Heath Tarbert, dubbed the smart-contract cryptocurrency a commodity, essentially pulling it under the jurisdiction of the financial regulator. This according to a report by Yahoo Finance, October 10, 2019, ETH Futures on...
In an official press release issued on October 10, 2019, distributed ledger technology (DLT) firm Sorare stated that it was selected into the Ubisoft Entrepreneur Lab’s program to help it expand the market footprint of its critically acclaimed blockchain-based football game. Official Football Blockchain Cards Are Here In a bid...
In a press release issued on October 10, 2019, leading blockchain-powered video infrastructure protocol Theta Network announced that it will soon be incorporated into a decentralized video streaming platform DLive endorsed by famous YouTube celebrity PewDiePie. Peer-to-Peer Videos DLive is looking to disrupt the existing monopolization of video streaming services...
In a press release issued on October 9, 2019, major European cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp announced that it would expand its partnership with leading digital assets custodian BitGo to include the custodianship of its own crypto holdings. Digital Asset Transfer Begins Soon As the adoption of cryptocurrencies continues to surge steadily,...
In a letter to Visa, Mastercard, and Stripe, Senate Democrats Sherrod Brown and Brian Schatz have asked the companies to reconsider their involvement with Facebook’s controversial Libra cryptocurrency project. This according to a report by BNN Bloomberg, published on October 8, 2019. Senators Try to Sway Companies Away from the...
In an official announcement dated October 8, 2019, open-source distributed ledger technology (DLT) project Hydro Labs announced that it had partnered with cryptocurrency project OmiseGO (OMG) to use the latter’s plasma transaction infrastructure to do away with the Ethereum blockchain’s scalability woes. Leveraging OmiseGO to Decongest the Ethereum Network Whilst...
In an official statement issued on October 7, 2019, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) – a global body for exchanges and cryptocurrency trading platforms – asked the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to reconsider putting a blanket ban on the sale of crypto derivative products to retail investors. Extending...
In a press release issued on October 7, 2019, NBA team Sacramento Kings announced that it had launched the league’s first blockchain-powered digital token reward program in partnership with Blockparty. Sacramento Kings Going for the Blockchain Slam Dunk Sports, and in particular, the world of basketball, noticeably seems to have...
According to an October 6, 2019, report by South Korean media outlet The Financial News, Hyundai’s blockchain and cryptocurrency arm, Hdac, is set to invest $10 million in the industry to develop its own mainnet, decentralized applications (dApps), and fund other burgeoning startups with high potential and ceiling in the...
iCashRewards (iCash), a leading blockchain-based loyalty rewards solution provider backed by Digital One Asset Foundation, on October 7, 2019, announced that it is mulling the use of DigitalBits blockchain to tokenize its reward points. This, according to a report by AiThority. Leveraging Blockchain to Tokenize Reward Points Distributed ledger technology...
