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Secure Bridges, Tokenised Real-World Assets and Growth of DeFi: Q&a With Adi Ben-Ari
Date: May 13, 2022
By Adi Ben-Ari, Founder and CEO of Applied Blockchain What does Applied Blockchain do? Applied Blockchain is a leading blockchain development company building applications ranging from NFT marketplaces and DeFi protocols, to a commodities exchange. Applied Blockchain is preparing to launch two new products for the web3 world. SilentData is a privacy-preserving oracle connecting web3...
Analysis: Blockchain Needs MP3 Music Moment to Win Over Markets
Date: May 11, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Blockchain needs its own music industry ‘MP3’ moment as fragmented regulation and technology hamper the development of a digital securities industry that could help realise its full potential, industry officials said. Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT), underpins cryptoassets like bitcoin and allows many parties to access a single...
“The Irresistible Rise of Digital Assets – How Consumer Demand Is Driving Crypto”
Date: April 26, 2022
By Manuel Silva Martinez, General Partner at Mouro Capital Like every other groundbreaking idea in fintech, the public’s enthusiastic embrace of digital assets has been a classic question of the chicken and the egg. What came first, new technology or customer demand for it? The answer is probably a bit of both. Customer habits have...
European Crypto Industry Steps up Efforts to Influence EU Policy
Date: April 19, 2022
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – More than 40 crypto business leaders have asked the European Union not to require crypto firms to disclose transaction details and dial down attempts to bring to heel rapidly growing decentralised finance platforms. The European Union, like countries and jurisdictions across the globe, is working to tame the freewheeling...
Elon Musk Targets Twitter With $41 Billion Cash Takeover Offer
Date: April 14, 2022
By Uday Sampath Kumar and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) – Elon Musk took aim at Twitter with a $41 billion cash offer on Thursday, with the Tesla CEO and billionaire entrepreneur saying the social media giant needs to be taken private to grow and become a platform for free speech. “Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will...
Meta to Take Nearly Half of Sales Made by Its Metaverse Creators as Fees
Date: April 13, 2022
(Reuters) – Facebook parent Meta Platforms will charge creators around 47.5% on sales of digital assets and experiences made inside the company’s virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds. The overall charge comprises of 30% hardware platform fee for sales made through Meta Quest Store, where it sells apps and games meant for its virtual reality headsets,...