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As we sat across the room from Marvin Steinberg at the LearnBonds City office, it is clear he has a passion for his latest venture – the importance of security token offerings (STOs) for businesses. He said he is putting in the work needed to make people aware of security tokens so that firms can…
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The World Bank has just made its first “green loan” available to a Vietnamese Bank. The loan is intended to help businesses take care of emission problems. Vietnam has one of the worst carbon emission rates in the world, even though its economy has been growing at a fast pace in recent years. The $212.5…
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The mobile game “Bitcoin Blast” has been removed from the Google Play app store for “deceptive practices,” though the developers do not know why, and Google has not elaborated as of this writing. Developed by Bling, Bitcoin Blast is a match-three puzzle title that rewards players in Loyalty Points, which can then be converted into…
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Electroneum (ETN) founder and chief executive Richard Ells talked to LearnBonds.com about the UK start-up’s plan to remain on top cryptocurrency price fluctuations. The founder of the ETN digital currency also discussed how he plans to cope with coming Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency. Ells explained why it might take many years for digital currencies to replace…
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The World Economic Forum has put together what they call a Global Consortium for Digital Currency Governance as a way to help design some sort of “framework for the governance of digital currencies, including stablecoins,” a release reports. It notes that this framework is important for cryptocurrencies to be properly utilized, as governance is the…
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A senior Facebook executive who sits on the Libra board is “optimistic” the digital currency will launch “sooner rather than later”, despite sustained criticism from global regulators. The social media group said Libra will dramatically cut cross border payments costs, and spur other innovations it hopes will upend global financial services, when it unveiled plans…
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A new bill has been proposed in Hawaii which would allow banks to hold blockchain and other digital assets. According to the bill, a new chapter would be added to title 22, despite the assets not necessarily being viewed as “legal tender” by the United States government. Most of the bill, discovered by CoinDesk, defines virtual…
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Tether (USDT), the stablecoin of choice for many out there, has just released a digital token that is backed by physical gold, according to a new post on the group’s website. Called Tether Gold (Gold), this new currency is being offered by TG Commodities Limited. According to the website, what they consider a whole XAUt…
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Many expected the security token industry to take off last 2019. However, it failed to live up to the hype. Over the past 12 months, investor scrutiny increased, mainstream adoption of security tokens didn’t happen and a number of publicized security token deals weren’t able to come to fruition. Security token expert Marvin Steinberg, who…
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Bakkt, the cryptocurrency platform that recently introduced the world to Bitcoin Options and Futures, is getting ready to launch a consumer-focused app later this year. According to The Block, Bakkt’s President, Adam White, spoke about the matter at the recent Davos convention during a panel. What’s interesting about this is that Bakkt’s previous focus was…
