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    ConsenSys has teamed up with French banking giant Société Générale on the digital euro (Photo: PIxabay)
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    Société Générale, ConsenSys partner on digital euro testing

    The Société Générale – Forge division took part in a $44 million covered bond issue with Bank de France this spring

    October 28, 2020 /

    Brooklyn-based ConsenSys announced on Oct. 28 that it has been selected to provide technology and services for Société Générale – Forge’s digital euro pilot. It will focus on central bank digital currency (CBDC)issuance and management, delivery versus payment, and cross-ledger interoperability.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • Coinbase underpays female, black employees
    Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Photo: Leo Jakobson).
    Bitcoin

    Put crypto to work, says Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong in Consensus 2019 panel with Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson

    Coinbase Pro now has $1 billion under management according to Armstrong

    May 15, 2019 /

    It’s time for cryptocurrency investors to stop hoarding and start putting their digital assets to work. That was one message Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong offered attendees at Coindesk’s Consensus 2019 conference in New York on May 15.

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    Leo Jakobson
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    Binance (via Shutterstock)
    Cryptocurrencies

    Binance shutters to make security improvements after $40 million hack

    After six to eight hour security update, users will have 30 minutes to cancel order

    May 14, 2019 /

    Binance will go dark for six to eight hours Tuesday night for security upgrades in the wake of last week’s $40 million hack.

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    Leo Jakobson
  • Ethereum

    At contentious Consensus interview, Jimmy Song and Joe Lubin bet $550,000 on Ethereum’s future

    Bitcoin apostle calls out Ethereum and ConsenSys as targeting the gullible and greedy

    May 14, 2019 /

    ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin just bet more than half a million dollars that Ethereum will be going strong in four years. Settling the terms of the bet between Lubin and Bitcoin missionary Jimmy Song on Ethereum’s success or failure took a year—it was made onstage at Consensus 2018—but it’s done.

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    Leo Jakobson

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