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South African University to Commence Blockchain and Digital Currency Education in November
A South African university, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has revealed it will commence blockchain and digital currency classes starting in November. According to the institution, students that enroll and complete the $693 six-week course will be issued a legal certificate.
As explained on UCT’s website, students that successfully complete the short course will walk away with “an understanding of how blockchain technology fits into the existing financial systems.” They will also gain an understanding of “how applications such as bitcoin, ethereum, and other crypto-assets can be used.” Read More
Mirror opens access to its blockchain blogging platform to all
Ethereum-based decentralized blogging platform Mirror has opened its doors to the wider public after months of running vote-based contributions only.
Mirror was launched in December 2020 to enable selected writers to publish on the decentralized blogging platform. Contributors could gain access by getting voted for in weekly competitions using the platform’s native token, WRITE, with just 10 content creators selected per week.
In an announcement on Wednesday, Mirror stated that it has now done away with this system and has opened up to anyone with an Ethereum address and wallet. Unlike most large commercial blogging platforms that sell advertising to traffic generated by content, publishers on Mirror control their own content as it is stored on a decentralized blockchain instead of company servers. Read More
The long game: Institutional interest in crypto is just getting started
A growing list of mainstream financial entities have continued to increase their exposure to crypto over the last year or so.
The old adage “The crypto market is not for the faint-hearted” was put on full display recently when the total market capitalization of the industry dipped to a relative low of $1.75 trillion on Sept. 20, only to make a strong comeback. Despite all of these fluctuations, however, demand from institutional investors remains strong, with reports suggesting that big-money players continued to recently “buy the dip,” especially on the heels of China’s most recent blanket ban that saw bears take control of the market, albeit briefly.
To further elaborate on the matter, a recent CoinShares report revealed that over the last week of September, digital asset investment products generated $95 million worth of inflows for institutional crypto investment products — with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) leading the way with $50.2 million and $28.9 million worth of inflows, respectively. In fact, on average, the last 30-day period has seen inflows to Bitcoin products surge by a whopping 234% week-over-week. Read More
No outages, no data leaks: The new WhatsApp killer built on the blockchain creates privacy-focused encrypted messenger
Messenger and WhatsApp are known for aggregating user data and selling it for profit to advertisers. This company brings an encrypted messenger to protect the data.
Oxen is a privacy-focused platform built on top of a proof-of-stake (PoS) network. It has also built a secure and anonymous messaging platform Session.
The company’s chief technical officer Kee Jefferys talked to Cointelegraph about its platform, its technology, and how important privacy and data protection are for the end-user. Read More
We live in uncertain times, prophesied as the end times and reflected in the Book Of Revelation, with catastrophic events impacting society on every level. With the global economy in free fall and increased surveillance, our privacy, freedom, autonomy, and in many cases, people’s livelihoods are confiscated by the reigning tech giants with no regard for humanity, freedom of expression, and basic human rights.
Markethive is an end-times project delivered to thwart those who hope to profit to an obscene degree from an end of human health and freedom. Built by the people, for the people, Markethive is a robust entrepreneurial community of those who wish to preserve a human society dedicated to spiritual and political freedom and prosperity for future generations.
As with many newly created systems, awareness, understanding, and mainstream adoption take time; however, the recent worldly events have certainly accelerated things on two fronts;
1. The decentralized concept of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies as a new monetary system.
2. The emergence of sovereign platforms like Markethive with independent cloud systems to circumvent the repressive, unconscionable conduct of the social media elite and service provider giants, including AWS, Apple, and Aweber. Read More
5 Apps Leading The Way To The Web 3 Economy
These apps are using Kin to create innovative crypto-based experiences that reward users and compensate developers for their time and effort.
For some developers, monetization can feel like a zero-sum game; either sacrifice their apps’ user experience and hope that user trust isn’t the next thing to go—or hand over a hefty chunk of their hard-earned revenue to one of the big app stores.
The recent Epic Games v. Apple lawsuit has thrown a light on the dilemma faced by developers; in a recent interview with CNBC Squawk Box, Discord CEO Jason Citron pointed out that Apple's 30% commission on App Store downloads "makes it challenging for companies to offer monetization support for independent businesses and creators."
That’s set to change with the emergence of the Web 3 economy....... Read More
Polkadot Founder Sees a Blockchain World Without Toxicity
In an interview with Protocol, Polkadot’s co-founder — Gavin Wood, thinks back to his early days in the blockchain industry. In particular, he talks about the crypto space during the time of Ethereum’s first launch. He says Ethereum was to be “one computer for the entire planet”. Read More
MoneyGram Partners With Stellar And Circle To Enable Crypto Payouts
Money transfer and remittance firm MoneyGram has announced that it is forming a partnership with Stellar Development Foundation, the non-profit organization leading development and growth for the open-source Stellar blockchain network, and Circle, the blockchain development firm behind the USD Coin stablecoin ($USDC).
The partnership will see Stellar helping MoneyGram enable crypto payouts through local currencies for its users by utilizing Circle’s USDC stablecoin to facilitate and settle payments, and from there convert payouts to a user’s local currency. MoneyGram’s integration with Stellar would likewise enable settlements for these USDC transactions. An additional settlement layer for the process will be provided by the United Texas Bank to connect Circle and MoneyGram. Read More
Here’s How Cross-Chain Interoperability Will Enable Mainstream Adoption Of Decentralized Finance
Recently, the DeFi ecosystem approached the $100 billion mark and is valued at over $88 billion at the time of writing, according to DeFi Pulse data. DeFi is expected to play a major role in the future of finance because it involves permissionless protocols that allow users to transact across jurisdictions, without being constrained by the fragmented regulatory landscape.
Enabling Compatibility Between Blockchains And Digital Tokens - Blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) and smart contracts have allowed us to develop advanced digital token economies. However, there are certain challenges such as building functionality that would allow independent blockchains to communicate with each other. Read More
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