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NFT Devs Build While Users Follow Ethereum Price & Wait For Better Products

The videogame industry saw growth in download and usage numbers during the lockdowns. "The NFT gaming world isn't very large, and the users are very valuable."The coronavirus-related lockdown might help the non-fungible token (NFT) market, but industry players should offer better products if they...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Facebook’s Libra Has Changed. But It Still Might Be a Win for Bitcoin

Levels of public trust in decentralized cryptos are still quite low. But Libra’s restricted nature may actually end up sending people towards decentralized assets. There’s a possibility that some kind of interoperability with Ethereum could emerge.Facebook’s Libra has changed....

, by Simon Chandler

Zilliqa To Work On Modular Network, Launch DEX in 2020

Singapore-based blockchain project Zilliqa (ZIL) is starting its work on a modular network in 2020, while by the end of the year, they plan to open trading on their new Zilliqa DEX exchange. "In 2020, our plan is to begin creating a modular network and open-sourced platform of financial products to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Argentina, Venezuela Seek Crypto-powered Solution to Economic Despair

The coronavirus pandemic has sent much of the world into an economic tailspin – but for some South American nations, such as Argentina and Venezuela, financial turmoil predates the health crisis by several months. Now innovators in both countries have turned to blockchain technology and...

, by Tim Alper

Bitcoin Hodlers Accumulate, Binance-Backed Crypto App For Africa + 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.Crypto adoption newsCrypto market researcher Glassnode has announced that Hodler Net Position Change is now hitting...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

LG Pilots Facial Recognition-powered ‘Digital Token’ Payment Platform

South Korean electronics giant LG’s long-awaited digital token has taken a new and innovative twist in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.Per a press release shared with the Green Economic Daily, LG’s IT services arm, LG CNS, has released details about its “digital...

, by Tim Alper

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

Art + Crypto Tale Takes New Twist as Artist Tokenizes His Output

Artists are increasingly turning to crypto-powered solutions to fundraising – and a future whereby both artists and their output are tokenized may not be far off.In a glimpse of what might be ahead – and a brand-new development in blockchain-powered art – Paris-based artist Ben...

, by Tim Alper

What Crypto Prediction Markets Can Tell Us About Coronavirus

Project building new market mechanisms atop Ethereum, Gnosis, funds a decentralized prediction markets platform that wants to uncover useful and factual information about the coronavirus, amidst the abundance of false and conflicting news.Coronavirus is a global challenge that caused major...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin ‘Stuck in the System’ Until Merchant Adoption Grows

Although holders of both bitcoin (BTC) and gold are often motivated by an idea of investing in assets that are outside of the financial system, it might not be the case, according to a popular macro strategist who believes that that the next world reserve currency will be “a...

, by Fredrik Vold

Chinese Blockchain-powered Trade Pilot Claims Int’l Success

Companies involved in the Chinese city of Qingdao’s blockchain-powered cross border financing platform pilot are claiming that they are enjoying great success – and have conducted blockchain-powered trades with partners based as far afield as North America and Southern Asia.Per the...

, by Tim Alper

Central Bank Says CBDC Could Learn From Bitcoin, Rejects Decentralization

The move from fiat currencies to new central bank digital currencies appears to be gaining traction, as one of Europe’s biggest central banks admitted that (unspecified) parts of Bitcoin’s underlying technology could be used in creating a new type of currency.The paper, which was...

, by Fredrik Vold

Central Bank of Argentina Tests Blockchain-powered System + 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 newsThe Central Bank of Argentina has started promoting a proof of concept based on blockchain. According to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Int’l Consortium Uses Blockchain to Conduct USD12m Wheat Trade Deal

American agriculture giant Cargill says it has teamed up with Singaporean and Dutch companies to conduct a pioneering, cross-continental wheat trade transaction worth USD 12 million – from North America to Southeast Asia on a blockchain platform.The deal involved Singapore-based agriculture...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Beijing District to Use Blockchain-powered ID Solution + 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.Blockchain newsBeijing’s Haidian District says it will use a blockchain-powered ID solution that will allow...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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