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2020-06-03 12:46:26 #NewsOfTheDay #Nike #Cryptocurrencies #Blockchain

Buy Nike — get 3% back in crypto!

London-based financial technology startup Plutus​ is offering rewards through its credit card when users shop Nike’s online store. Doing so unlocks up to 3% in crypto and 9% cash rewards for those purchases.

“Plutus was approved as an affiliate partner for both Airbnb and Skyscanner at the start of the year, however all programs in the travel category have been temporarily paused by the company due to travel restrictions caused by COVID-19. Both of these partners were included to offer cash back to qualified Plutus members.”

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2020-06-01 17:11:42 #NewsOfTheDay #Switzerland #Banking #Blockchain #Cryptocurrencies

Green light for crypto — from Switzerland with love.

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, or FINMA, has authorized InCore bank to carry out digital assets transactions, allowing customers worldwide to access and transact within the bank.

“Our customers benefit in one fell swoop from the expansion to the new asset class without having to invest in infrastructure and new processes themselves. And this while maintaining the usual security standards and how we build the bridge to traditional asset classes.”

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2020-05-28 13:54:19 #NewsOfTheDay #Russia #Banking #Blockchain #Technologies

Russia’s biggest bank is buying 5.000 blockchain ATMs

Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has called for tenders to provide 4,917 ATMs with a built-in graphic card capable of supporting “blockchain operations”.

Experts said the most obvious use case for a blockchain optimized graphics card is cryptocurrencies mining.

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2020-05-27 10:40:54 #NewsOfTheDay #China #Fintech #Blockchain #Technologies

WeChat invests $70 billion in Fin-tech, including Blockchain and AI

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings will allocate around $70 billion (500B yuan) over the next five years in fin-tech development, including blockchain, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI).

Also Tencent wants to expand to business services and will invest in 5G networks, Internet of Things (IoT) operating systems and large data centers.

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2020-05-26 18:39:45 #NewsOfTheDay #VR #Blockchain #Technologies

Blockchain to play crucial role in VR-powered social media

Virtual reality media platform, Sensorium, has announced its membership in the Global Blockchain Business Council, or GBBC — a Swiss-based non-profit industry association for blockchain.

A GBBC representative stated that the convergence of VR and social media is already beginning to gain momentum, noting that major platforms such as Facebook “are providing users with new ways to share and experience content.”

“Furthermore, blockchain technology could be used to protect ownership and copyright, as well as create new models of advertising in virtual worlds, much as it is already doing in the real world.”

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2020-05-22 10:25:26 #NewsOfTheDay #Visa #Blockchain #Technologies #Cryptocurrencies

Crypto.com to expand its MCO Visa card service to Canada

Leading cryptocurrency payments platform Crypto.com announced that it has received regulatory approval for its Visa card program in Canada, and will soon be rolling out MCO Visa cards in the country.

MCO Visa cards are prepaid cards that can be topped up with cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, and Crypto.com’s native MCO token.

The company said that citizens of Canada can now book their crypto cards through a three-minute customer onboarding process and ID verification on the Crypto.com App.

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2020-05-21 16:09:28 #NewsOfTheDay #France #Blockchain #Technologies #Banking

Digital Euro passed first successful test at the Bank of France

Per a May 20 announcement from Banque de France, France has become the first country to successfully trial a digital euro, operational on a blockchain.

This recent pilot of a securities issuance in exchange for a digital euro was based on software received following the bank’s March 27 call for applications. Per today’s announcement, the bank will spend the coming weeks running similar tests on other files received as part of the same initiative.

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2020-05-20 16:59:44 #NewsOfTheDay #BigData #Startup #Technologies

Decentralized Big Data platform gives users control and reward

GeoDB promises to be a decentralized peer-to-peer big data sharing ecosystem, where users are rewarded for the data they generate.

“Data has become the new digital oil. A high value asset class on top of which huge digital companies have built extremely profitable business models. But for some reason, undoubtedly values were forgotten and left behind along the way. Privacy, control, transparency, or direct reward for data creators. The user’s interests were abandoned.”

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2020-05-19 12:51:06 #NewsOfTheDay #Blockchain #USA #IBM #Technologies

California Giant joins IBM Food Trust blockchain tracking system

U.S. berry producer California Giant Berry Farms joined the blockchain-based food tracking solution IBM Food Trust.

According to California Giant’s senior director of operations Thomas Taggart, the integration with IBM’s blockchain network will allow the firm and its partners to find ways to improve the efficiency of product transportation. Senior director of global food safety at Walmart, Tejas Bhatt, also praised the integration:

“This enables us to track food from farm to store and helps ensure it is fresh and safe when our customers buy it.”

According to company data website Owler, California Giant has an estimated annual revenue of $62.6 million and employs 103 people.

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2020-05-18 16:21:56 #NewsOfTheDay #Blockchain #Japan #Finance #Payments #Technologies

Japan’s top credit card issuer building blockchain payment system

The biggest credit card issuer in Japan, JCB, has partnered with technology accelerator TECHFUND to build a sustainable transaction system on the blockchain.

According to a May 15 statement released by JCB, the partnership will utilize TECHFUND’s expertise on security token offerings (STOs) and staking to create a new platform for transactions. Also based in Tokyo, TECHFUND has a program called ACCEL BaaS (Blockchain as a Service) which aims to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technologies for startups and enterprises.

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