Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: People, Culture and Tech
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.
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.
Binance will go dark for six to eight hours Tuesday night for security upgrades in the wake of last week’s $40 million hack.
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.
