• Buying Bitcoin using fiat
    Paxful and OKEx just joined forces to make it easier to buy Bitcoin without access to major fiat currencies (Photo: Philip Brewer/Flickr)
    Bitcoin

    Buying Bitcoin using fiat just got easier

    A new partnership with Paxful means OKEx users can buy Bitcoin using 160 fiat currencies… or gift cards, if they prefer.

    June 15, 2020 /

    OKEx announced on June 15 that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace Paxful. OKEx users will be able to purchase BTC using more than 160 fiat currencies, while Paxful users will be given direct access to the OKEx platform for trades, options and futures.

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  • Unstoppable decentralized blogs
    Free speech advocates fear the Internet isn't the haven it once was (Photo: Konrad Forstner)
    Politics,  Technology,  United States

    Will decentralized blogs make freedom of speech Unstoppable?

    As endless rows over censorship bubble up, Unstoppable Domains hopes decentralized blogs will be spared questionable moderation decisions

    June 12, 2020 /

    Some are concerned at how big decisions about what’s acceptable speech are falling into the hands of tech giants. Blockchain-based domain name provider Unstoppable Domains is taking another approach: allowing the owners of .crypto sites to launch their very own decentralized blogs.

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  • Algorand Blockstack smart contract language
    Could this be the silver bullet that finally gets governments and big firms to use smart contracts? (Photo: Christiaan Colen)
    Technology

    Algorand, Blockstack building smart contract language for $100 million deals

    The firms said the open-source Clarity project will help bring DeFi into the financial big time, replacing error-prone programming languages with one offering ‘mathematical certainty’ of how a smart contract will act

    June 11, 2020 /

    Blockchain developer Algorand has joined forces with decentralized software firm Blockstack to develop a new smart contract language that will deliver the safety, security, and predictability demanded by developers working on high-stakes DeFi transactions that run into nine figures.

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  • InterWork Alliance tokenization standards
    The IWA's goal is to create a 'proven, standard approach' to tokenization (Photo: pxfuel)
    Technology

    Business, blockchain firms push token standards

    The InterWork Alliance says uniformity is badly needed if asset tokenization is going to achieve its potential and disrupt the global economy

    June 11, 2020 /

    Big names including ING, Microsoft, and Nasdaq have joined forces with blockchain leaders like Hedera Hashgraph, Neo, and Hyperledger in a new alliance that aims to create global standards for tokenizing real-world assets.

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