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TuesdayOct 08, 2019 1:57 pm

World Crypto Conference Set to Remake Vegas as ‘Crypto City’

For a week this month, Sin City may shed its salacious nickname for the more appropriate Crypto City, as the upcoming World Crypto Conference (WCC) comes to town. WCC’s second annual Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Technology conference, hosted by event-management company EVOLV, takes over two levels of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for three days – October 29-31, 2019. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, perhaps best known for its 110,000 square feet of casino space, also offers some 150,000 square feet of convention space. Expected conference goers will include application developers; representatives from advisory, auditing and academic institutions; executives from financial-service providers and…

TuesdayOct 08, 2019 11:41 am

Do You Buy Gold Or Bitcoin Right Now?

This gold versus bitcoin narrative continues to play out and becomes an even more important talking point as we see several different negative macroeconomic trends. But we need to understand the narratives behind bitcoin and gold to see why they matter and how they fit into a broader portfolio. Let us take a look at these two different asset classes. Bitcoin We’ve seen the bitcoin price rapidly rise from the first half of this decade to the latter half. Bitcoin hit an all-time high before descending like Icarus in 2018. The leading digital asset would fall to a low of…

MondayOct 07, 2019 1:37 pm

Wild West Crypto Show Reveals Way to be Covered If You’re Hacked

On episode 78 of the Wild West Crypto Show, ‘Insurance in Cryptocurrency’, straight-shooting crypto cowboys Drew Taylor and Brent Bates, hosts of the show, were at it again, bringing their loyal fans up to speed on developments in the space. This time, the two hosts welcomed guest Brandon Brown from nobl Insurance, who assured listeners, “If you’re hacked, we have you covered.” Brown announced that nobl is planning to offer insurance for crypto assets – a welcome development, since crypto scams abound. CipherTrace’s Q2 2019 Cryptocurrency Anti-Money Laundering Report noted that “aggregate crypto losses [have] reached $4.3 billion this year…

MondayOct 07, 2019 11:58 am

Libra Backers Less Optimistic

The signing of the Libra Association Charter is fast approaching the October 14th deadline but there is trouble in Libra as many of its global payment partners are casting doubt and pulling support from the Libra project. To date, Libra’s top four global payment partners PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, and Stripe, are having doubts about its success, with top executives of these firms declining Facebook’s request of support. This does not bode well for the global payment system that Libra has been developing. Though there is a non-binding contract for the formation of the Libra Association, payment partners were supposed to…

FridayOct 04, 2019 11:45 am

Can Agatha Bacelar Make Crypto in the U.S. Great Again?

Agatha Bacelar is a Stanford Engineer and she’s running against senior democrat, Nancy Pelosi, in California’s 12th Congressional District. What differentiates Bacelar from her competitors is that she is accepting campaign donations in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. She hasn’t listed cryptocurrencies among the issues on which she is running, but she really pushes her crypto-credentials on her donations page. Presumably, this is so as not to put-off any crypto-skeptic potential supporters. However, the page for cryptocurrency donations is emblazoned with the message to ‘Put A Crypto Tech Advocate In Congress’. Whilst San Francisco was once the headquarters of the crypto-industry,…

ThursdayOct 03, 2019 11:15 am

Do Central Banks Need Digital Currency

Here’s a question for you. Do central banks really need digital currency in the form of stablecoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets? Amidst rising tension from the U.S.-China trade war, Beijing started working on its centralized digital currency – Digital RMB. French Prime Minister La Maire suggested that the European Union should also launch its own digital currency and while the debate on centralized digital currencies continues, allowing them to do so could have a profound impact on a nation’s economic and financial landscape may not be the best choice. Are they motivated by the technology or riding a trending wave?…

WednesdayOct 02, 2019 2:26 pm

Xalles Holdings Inc. (XALL) Building Fintech Support Strategy Through Acquisitions, Mentoring

Xalles Holdings is a payment auditing services company building a fintech transaction support strategy through acquisitions and mentoring The company’s subsidiaries offer services including program management, marketing capabilities, investment and financial management Xalles recently reported its fifth consecutive quarter of revenue generation The financial transaction systems that support all business enterprises have changed throughout the course of history, but what has never changed is the common goal of securing a means by which creators, regardless of their product class, can profit by providing someone else those products and services, and also by which consumers can acquire products or services by…

WednesdayOct 02, 2019 11:54 am

What Cryptopreneurs Can Learn From Amazon Care

Amazon looks at what matters to the customer and its employees, it then spends a great deal of time in how it approaches and solves the problem, adding convenience and efficiency to the life of the end user. What’s Amazon’s latest venture? Amazon Care, a virtual medical clinic for employees. Why is this important? Healthcare is a pressing problem. Costs are out of control. Insurance is complex. Life is short. The “everything store” is focusing on another massive problem and seeking to improve it. What can crypto entrepreneurs hope to gain from learning about this latest venture? They should be…

TuesdayOct 01, 2019 3:05 pm

Voice of Blockchain – Largest Blockchain, Digital Asset Event in the Midwest – Kicks Off in the Windy City

An estimated 1,200 people – 1,000 attendees, 200 speakers, 20 sponsors and 20 exhibitors – will be flocking to Chicago today for the second annual Voice of Blockchain (VOB) event. VOB is the largest blockchain and digital asset event in the Midwest and the only blockchain conference that combines three events into one. VOB opened its doors Monday, September 30, 2019, and runs through Tuesday, October 1. At VOB, participants choose from one of three different tracks focusing on vital pieces of the industry: Corporate & Enterprise, Digital Assets & Markets, and Impact & Innovation. Participants attending the Corporate &…

TuesdayOct 01, 2019 11:45 am

Is Libra Really A Cryptocurrency?

When Libra was announced by the Facebook team, with its ambition to disrupt the finance world, blockchain experts poured over the technical details of the Libra protocol testnet and government entities began to hold hearings about safety concerns. Crypto experts have not been very impressed with Libra’s claims of being a stablecoin; people like Bitcoin developer, Tamas Blummer, having assessed the Libra protocol had concluded that Facebook is abusing its position to muscle into the blockchain world. Blummer said, “Trying to buy leadership in a cutting edge technology is very expensive and likely futile. I am pretty certain that this…