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Former SEC Chairman Says Crypto Fits Existing Legal Framework
According to a recent email exchange, ex-SEC Chairman Jay Clayton sees the existing U.S. regulations as a good model for crypto rules.
Jay Clayton spent a few years as the chairman for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which Gary Gensler now heads. In light of the recent bipartisan bill passed by the Senate, crypto regulations are the industry’s hot topic.
If the wording in the bill is left as-is after its hearing in the House, this could mean a major disruption to the crypto space. When asked about regulations on the industry, the former SEC head said taxation clarity is a good thing. Read More
Blockchain Gaming 'May be Key to Mass Adoption', Outpacing DeFi, NFTs - Report
Play-to-earn games have become more than relevant for the blockchain industry, with the number of users increasing exponentially, according to a recent report released by the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) and dapp information provider DappRadar. They may be the key to reaching mass adoption while outpacing decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
"Not only has the gaming sector more than doubled its popularity from last month, but it is outperforming two of the most important pillars of the blockchain industry," the report stated. "Despite the latest explosion in popularity of NFTs and a more consolidated DeFi space, the gaming sector is driving value in the form of usage." Read More
Mzaalo launches blockchain-based reward ecosystem
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Mzaalo, a video streaming application in the gamified video and entertainment ecosystem has announced the launch of a blockchain-based reward ecosystem that provides consumers with cashbacks, celebrity experiences, and rewards across 600 established brands.
Mzaalo has a unique proposition where users are rewarded with Mzaalo coins for watching premium entertainment content across movies, originals, music, and much more. The users can redeem these coins to avail Mzaalo rewards. Read More
Partners turn to blockchain to expand solar module recycling
The technology is being developed in Japan and should be able to inspect solar modules to provide data on traceability and components used.
Japanese PV module recycling specialist Next Energy and Resources Co Ltd, and Japan-based Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation are planning to use blockchain technology in the process of identifying solar modules at the end of their lifecycle that are suitable for recycling or reuse. Read More
Enterprise Public Blockchain VeChain Helps Growing Brand Deliver Highest-Quality Extra-Virgin Premium Olive Oils To Health Conscious Chinese Consumers
A rising brand, 'Olive Times', is taking advantage of this rapidly growing market. Based in the Gansu Province, the most prestigious olive production region in China, the company has launched an ultra-premium extra virgin olive oil; Special-Olive. To ensure the authenticity of origin, freshness of product, and earn trust among domestic consumers, Olive Times is now working closely with VeChain to roll-out traceability across their entire Special-Olive product line using VeChain's Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. Read More
Blockchain Gets Off The Ground In B2B Payments
Blockchain captures the spotlight in this week’s B2B Payment Rail Innovation roundup, with community banks in the U.S. embracing the technology to fuel small business payments innovation. Meanwhile, one FinTech touts the progress it’s already made wielding blockchain for B2B transactions. Read More
Markethive Taking Faucets To Another Level [HIVE]
Markethive is determined to take a large share of the new Market Network next-generation following the Social Network phenomena. That Market Network is defined as a platform that is integrated with a social network (like Facebook), SAAS tools (like GoToMeeting, ZOOM, and Google Apps) commerce platforms (like eBay, Freelancers, Coinbase, Alibaba).
Markethive has created its consumer coin, Hivecoin (HIVE), originally named MHV, as an instrument to their Ecosystem for Entrepreneurs. So Markethive will establish its niche as the only social (Market) Network with an infinity Airdrop and a system that rewards the users for using it with additional micropayments, otherwise known as a Faucet.
Bottom line, by joining Markethive, you will get a Market Network Inbound Marketing platform worth $2500 per month for free and get “Airdropped” paid up to 500 Markethive coins [HIVE] just for joining. And continue to receive these coin assets for the duration of your life within the hive. Read More
NFTs Are Changing The Game: Crypto Analyst
Talking about how NFTs can bring both liquidity and value to previously intangible assets, the anonymous crypto analyst who goes by the pseudonym of Croissant called them the most significant catalysts for Ethereum since the creation of DeFi.
Going Ad-Free Via Forbes Unlock Protocol
They discussed how users could now access the Unlock Protocol on the Forbes online magazine for an ad-free experience by simply connecting their account with an $ETH wallet holding the membership NFT.
The team at Forbes addressed this offering through a statement,
“Forbes is at the forefront of publications writing about crypto and blockchain and they're doing what too few "advocates" in that space are: experimenting with crypto-based solutions.” Read More
Cardano decentralized exchange OccamX reaches key technical milestone
The Occam Association is pleased to share that progress on its OccamX decentralized exchange, built for the rapidly expanding Cardano blockchain ecosystem and its associated Cardano native tokens, has overcome key technical challenges and now nears completion. Occam.fi is a decentralized finance leader in the Cardano ecosystem with financial backing from official Cardano entities Emurgo and cFund (IOHK).
The improvements come amid the successful rollout of Alonzo Purple, ahead of the full release of the Alonzo hard fork and the arrival of smart contracts for Cardano in September. Read More
Cudo, Future Tech, and Accubits partner to drive blockchain adoption
Cudo, the team behind the Cudos Network, announced today a technology partnership with Accubits and its blockchain and artificial intelligence-focused subsidiary, Future Tech. The partnership aims to speed up the adoption of the Cudos Network and will start with decentralized application and tool development in the area of nonfungible token marketplaces before expanding to other use cases. Read More
Position Exchange — The new decentralized trading protocol on the BSC
The protocol offers easy and accessible derivatives trading in which users can trade crypto derivatives products (with a plan to expand into other assets in the future) fully on-chain transparently and in a trustless manner, with high security and privacy.
The platform is designed to deliver all the advantages of decentralized finance while bringing the traditional centralized finance experience and tools onboard, not to mention high leverage, low slippage, and low costs as well as limit orders, all while solving the liquidity issue using the vAMM.
Moreover, Position Exchange’s team worked hard to design a user-friendly and attractive interface, allowing traders of all kinds to trade with ease.
“Our vision is to make decentralized derivatives trading easy and available to everyone as well as to build the most community-driven platform in the DeFi industry, where every single user plays an important part of the decisional process by having an effective role in defining and shaping Position Exchange and its future development.” Read More
Work hard at playing: How video game job markets may develop
If you thought remote work was game-changing, wait until video game work gains traction. Blockchain-based NFT games such as Axie Infinity and Splinterlands have demonstrated that a play-to-earn business model has the potential to revolutionize the gaming industry.
Pandora’s box has been opened, so to speak, and play-to-earn is here to stay. There are already people logging on to an online video game to spend their days earning a living. In this piece, we will explore what a world where earning income through video games is the norm will look like. Read More
Disclaimer: These articles are provided for informational purposes only. They are not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.
