Standard Bank Group, the largest African bank by asset management, has partnered with Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade distributed public ledger. Hedera, a decentralized enterprise-grade public network, allows anyone to build applications and is owned and governed by a governing council. In response to the news and in line with the recovery across the crypto market, the […]
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Cardano (ADA) Has Significant Upgrades Coming to the Network: Founder Charles Hoskinson
Cardano, the fifth-largest blockchain, is planning to launch new products and upgrades in the coming months, Founder Charles Hoskinson states. The lead developer, IOHK, is also planning on extending its partnerships with other blockchain players, including Fireblocks, SingularityNET, Celsius, and Prime Trust. In a YouTube streamed interview with Financial Fox on Tuesday, Cardano founder Charles […]
Regulatory Roundup – Bancor Suit Dismissed, Tether Settles, and Ripple Gets the Cold Shoulder
Regulators have had their hands full as of late, dealing with a variety of situations surrounding digital assets. This past week has been chock full of announcements surrounding both newly resolved, and ongoing situations. From settlements to dismissals, the following are a few examples of this regulatory action. Bancor Suit Dismissed When first launched, Bancor […]
Square Buys $170 Million Worth of Bitcoin, Averaging $51K per BTC
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. In a recent media announcement, Square Payments published a confirmation on its purchase of additional 3,318 Bitcoins as a reserve asset. Square, one of the leading global payment facilitators with more than $2.7 billion […]
Brave announces plans to add a new wallet and DEX aggregator
Privacy-focused browser Brave has revealed it will drop a native ETH wallet as well as a decentralised exchange aggregator in the next browser version Brave has announced it will add a new wallet to its browser and revealed the specifications of version 2.0 of its web browser, which include a new ETH wallet and a […]
Investing In Aragon (ANT) – Everything You Need to Know
Aragon (ANT) is an open-source, non-profit, blockchain protocol designed to simplify the creation and management of Dapps, blockchain protocols, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). The platform seeks to further corporate adoption of blockchain technology via its modular approach to common business functions. Notably, Aragon has seen great success since its launch. The platform has over […]
Will Millennials Put Their $37 Trillion Inheritance in Bitcoin?
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. In a decade of monumental shifts, more people than ever see the fabric of society as a house of cards, ready to topple down. As parallels with the Weimar Germany become more acute, will […]
Privacy Browser Brave Unknowingly Leaked Users’ Dark Web Activities: Researchers
Privacy-oriented web browser Brave has been leaking users’ web data for months unknowingly through a bug in its code. The bug named Support CNAME, which was incorporated into its Tor mode offering had been sending user data to local network providers without the company knowing. Leaked DNS Requests Tor mode on Brave Browser allows users […]
Thailand SEC Plans to Introduce New Rule on Crypto Trading as Young Investors Rush In
Thailand is planning to introduce new rules to curb cryptocurrency trading by individuals. The move is made in response to a surge in inflows from young investors, which is concerning the regulators. Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol, the secretary-general of the Securities & Exchange Commission, in an interview on Friday, said, “It’s a big concern as most crypto […]
European Central Bank (ECB) Demands Power to Shut Down Private Stablecoins, Like Diem, in the EU
The European Central Bank finally tables its official opinion regarding crypto regulations to the top decision-making again, European Commission. In their official opinion, the ECB now wants the EU members of parliament to grant its veto powers regarding the legal status of stablecoins such as Facebook-supported-Diem. The ECB raised its concerns regarding the use of […]
