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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.
TRON founder Justin Sun has been busy hyping TRON 4.0, claiming that it will become “the mother of all blockchains.” In his latest video, the CEO insists the much-publicized network upgrade will go ahead in Q3 of 2020 while casting doubts upon the readiness of Ethereum 2.0. While the launch...
China’s Poolin is bolstering its cryptocurrency lending business. The firm announced a partnership with BlockFi, the U.S.-based lending firm late on June 2, 2020. Bitcoin Liquidity for Miners As reported on Coindesk, Poolin’s mining business will now expand to include more lending and financial services. New York’s BlockFi will act...
As asset tokenization and blockchain-based financial systems continue to promise new avenues for corporations and countries alike, a consortium featuring the who-whos of the tech and cryptocurrency industries launched on June 2, 2020, hoping to encourage and develop globally-accepted token standards. Tokens Foray Ahead Per a press release, the InterWork...
The North American Collegiate League (NACL), one of the biggest in the U.S. for outdoor, indoor, and e-sports has teamed up with Ethereum-incubator ConsenSys Labs to bring crypto-rewards for tournament winners. Bringing Crypto to E-sports Announced June 1, the partnership sees tournaments tracking and data reported via the Ethereum blockchain....
Canada’s Bitcoin- and crypto-focused company owners can now rejoice. The country has regulated all digital asset businesses as of June 1, 2020, after a five-year-long negotiation with local Bitcoin players. Good for Bitcoin Ecosystem As per an amendment made to its financial framework, all Bitcoin businesses in Canada are now...
Bitcoin investors seem to have matured with the market. While the crypto space is infamous for attracting a lot of new traders looking to make a quick buck, on-chain data indicates “buy-and-hold” has steadily become the preferred approach for the majority. Shifting to HODL Cryptocurrency market intelligence firm Glassnode shared...
A years-old privacy solution for addressing Bitcoin’s anonymity has got a facelift last week, with one developer believing the protocol can be deployed without requiring any change to Bitcoin’s source code. Addressing Privacy Issue Chris Belcher, a computer programmer boasting hundreds of committing across Bitcoin-centric projects, says the 2013-founded CoinSwap...
Blockchain technology is infamous for being touted as a one-stop solution for all advancements and critical issues in the world. However, its use in the medical system is well-studied and worked upon by academics and researchers alike, meaning an area where the blockchain is all substance and not hype. Blockchain...
Swiss financial watchdog, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has given the go-ahead to InCore bank to engage in digital asset transactions, the bank announced recently. FINMA Approves InCore Bank for Cryptocurrency Transactions Swiss regulators continue to make crypto-banking services easily-accessible for customers as according to a recent development,...
South Koreans cryptocurrency traders could soon find themselves busy doing taxes. According to a report by Decrypt published on May 30, 2020, the South Korean Ministry of Strategy and Finance has proposed taxing profits made via crypto-fiat transactions. South Korean Regulator Eyes Taxes on Crypto Profits In a bid to bring more clarity to...
