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Professor Shoots 6 Questions At Digital Dollar Champions

While the digital dollar advocates stress benefits of this new form of money, Duke University Visiting Professor of Law Nakita Cuttino urges to be more critical. “Congress must critically review innovations like CBDCs [central bank digital currencies] and stablecoins to ensure novel forms do...

, by Fredrik Vold

Japan: SBI to Issue Blockchain-powered Local Gov’t Gift Certificates

SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial giant, crypto exchange operator and Ripple’s biggest Asia-based partner, is to begin developing blockchain-powered gift certificates with the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry.Per Fisco, via Kabutan, the initiative will be conducted in the city of...

, by Tim Alper

Ethereum-Based Tether Better Distributed Than Other Stablecoins – Report

Among the explored stablecoins, Tether (USDT)'s ERC20 version is "particularly well-distributed," crypto market analysis firm Coin Metrics said, stressing that only a few accounts own a large majority of five other stablecoins' supply. Since its creation six years ago, the dollar-pegged Tether...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin Spenders’ Basket 2x the Size of Conventional One – Beliani CEO

Crypto users purchase more furniture than other shoppers. This is the experience of Stephan Widmer, CEO of Beliani, a web-only international seller of furniture and home accessories, that served over 1 million customers across 16 countries in Europe.Beliani started using services of major crypto...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

OKEx to Double Staff, Bitfinex Untethers Allegations + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Exchanges newsOKEx said they plan to open new offices in unspecified regions and they have already started recruiting...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Ethereum is Close to Being Flipped on its Own Blockchain – Analyst

ERC20 tokens are taking over the Ethereum (ETH) network, potentially hurting the network's own coin ETH, according to an analyst. But all is not grim. The ERC20 standard tokens are approaching 50% of the total value stored on Ethereum and "ETH is increasingly close to being flipped on its own...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Understanding & Adopting Digital Assets: Ambitious Use Cases Become a Reality

Todd McDonald is the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of R3, an enterprise blockchain technology company. ___2019Last year could certainly be described as one where blockchain technology came into its own. Regulators and policymakers came up the learning curve substantially, understanding the...

, by Todd McDonald

Facebook Libra ‘Rival’ Celo Says its Mainnet Is Now Live

Celo, a blockchain project that has been deemed as a competitor to Facebook’s Libra project, says its mainnet is now live, following almost three years’ worth of development.The project’s operators stated that the mainnet’s Celo Gold (cGLD) stablecoin was now available for...

, by Tim Alper

Visa CEO Leaves Door Open for Libra Return, Says Bitcoin Is Commodity

Payments giant Visa has suggested that its foray into digital currencies is not over, and – although it is still distancing itself from cryptocurrencies – has admitted that it is open to the idea of returning to Facebook’s Libra project.In a virtual conference with JPMorgan that...

, by Tim Alper

Mysterious Stablecoin Rally Marked With Regional Differences

Strong and unexplained worldwide growth in the use of stablecoins following crypto’s Black Thursday on March 12 is also marked with certain regional differences.The combined market capitalization of all stablecoins has “almost doubled” since the market crash in March, despite an...

, by Fredrik Vold

Could Stablecoins Trash Cash in the Race to Deliver COVID-19 Payouts?

With governments all over the world looking for ways to mitigate the financial damage of the coronavirus outbreak, many thinkers are openly asking if cash, already looking outdated before the pandemic, is the right tool for the job in a pre-vaccinated world.In South Korea, both the private and the...

, by Tim Alper

Crypto-powered Plastic Surgery, Blockchain Industrial Parks + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Adoption news A South Korean company wants to offer crypto and blockchain-powered plastic surgery, and is targeting...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Three Reasons Why Valiu Picked Bitcoin Over Stablecoins in Venezuela

In an attempt to help Venezuelans to store their savings in a more stable currency, Colombia-based fintech, Valiu, decided to indirectly use Bitcoin (BTC) rather than one of the many available stablecoins. There are three reasons why BTC has won in this case. “Liquidity, business model, and...

, by Kyle Torpey

Dharma Launches Feature for Sending Dai Payments to Twitter Handles

Dharma, an Ethereum-based crypto lender, has released a new feature that allows sending stablecoin to Twitter handles.This peer-to-peer lending platform has announced the launch of Social Payments, which they describe as a Twitter-native financial ecosystem. They go on to say that this new service...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

New Libra Might Help Crypto Adoption – Binance Research

Crypto industry might greatly benefit from Facebook's Libra coins adoption, according to Binance Research, the research arm of the major crypto exchange Binance that has its own interests in the stablecoins business.In their analysis titled "Will Libra Live Up To Its Initial Ambitions?", Binance...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Stablecoins Don’t Inflate Crypto Markets – Researchers

Contrary to popular belief, cryptocurrency prices may not be as dependent on the issuance of the most popular stablecoin, tether (USDT) as many people have thought, according to two researchers.Stablecoins act more like a safe haven within the crypto ecosystem that investors seek refuge in during...

, by Fredrik Vold

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