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What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word “Bitcoin?” Investment, isn’t it? There is no denying that Bitcoin is a potential investment. However, replacing paper-coin currencies is at the core of it. You can currently pay for your Starbucks cafe latte, buy domain …

Every country or continent has tried to tackle the coronavirus outbreak in a different way. Regardless of what the European Union has done, most market indicators believe the euro currency will keep going up. Every major currency was expected to lower and lose some power with the crisis, but all …

What if you could send money as easily and inexpensively as sending a message to your friend? This isn’t a pipedream anymore, as Facebook promises to make this possible. Facebook is dipping their toes in cryptocurrency waters to revolutionize the current financial fabric with a project known as Libra. Facebook …

Internet giant, Google has sent a strong and clear message to the European Commission this week regarding the forthcoming Digital Services Act. Legislators are currently drafting brand new data-sharing and digital marketplace rules, guidelines which will obviously affect the day-to-day running of companies such as Google.

ChainLink is a decentralized data oracle network connecting smart contracts to credible, real-world data. To put it simply, ChainLink is a trustworthy middleware between blockchain smart contracts and external data sources. A decentralized oracle network employs multiple data inputs. This eliminates any single point of failure in smart contracts and …

The stock of Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY), the famous home merchandise store, plunged more than 24% last month when the brand reported bleak earnings for the first quarter. Revenue fell by 50% and the Company announced it will be closing its 200 stores in the upcoming two years. The …

Visa and Mastercard are reassessing whether to allow Wirecard to process payments on their networks after its huge accounting scandal, according to a Bloomberg report. Visa and Mastercard have informed several Wirecard clients that the company’s access to their payment networks may be revoked. Neither credit card firm commented directly …

On June 25, Wirecard collapsed leaving a debt of $4 billion from creditors after revealing a widening gap in their financial statements which their auditor EY said to be the aftermath of complex global fraud. The payments firm filed for insolvency at the Munich court explaining that their $1.5 billion …

Along with other countries, even the U.K. has joined the trend of imposing a ban on Chinese products. With an expectation to announce new curbs in the upcoming two weeks, it is believed that the decision to ban Huawei products from running on the 5G networks will result in mobile signal blackouts for the customers.

Female cryptocurrency experts and influencers speak out regarding gender inequality in the industry, only to end up banned on Instagram. What has actually happened?