HSBC recently announced it has teamed up with Equbot and IBM Watson to launch the artificial intelligence (AI)-Powered US Equity Index (AiPEX) family. The financial giant claims that the index is a market’s first in using AI as a method for equity investing. According to... Read More The post HSBC Joins
Binance to Reportedly Launch its Stablecoin BUSD on Harmony Protocol’s Blockchain Network
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will reportedly launch its stablecoin, Binance USD (BUSD) on Harmony protocol’s blockchain network. Stephen Tse, founder at Harmony, noted via Twitter that the launch is “just in time for Harmony’s Binance Launchpad anniversary.” BREAKING: @binance USD (BUSD) will... Read More The post Binance to
Mastercard: 78% of All Transactions Across Europe Are Now Contactless
Mastercard recently announced that 78% of all transactions across Europe are now contactless. The financial giant revealed it is committed to enabling 42 countries to raise their spending limits in order to help people everywhere benefit contactless pay. “With 89% of people asked agreeing that... Read More The post Mastercard: 78%
UK Digital Asset Solution BeQuant Teams Up With OKEx to Launch Prime Brokerage Platform
BeQuant, a UK-based retail and institutional multi-exchange trading platform, announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with cryptocurrency platform to launch its prime brokerage platform. Founded in 2007, BeQuant reported that its products include prime brokerage, custody, fund administration enhanced by an institutional trading... Read More The post UK Digital
Funding Circle Updates on COVID-19 Impact, Hires More Collections Employees, Strikes Positive Note
Funding Circle (LSE:FCH) Global Chief Risk Officer Jerome Le Luel has posted on update on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on platform operations. Le Luel said that while the full economic impact of the virus remains unknown and it is too early to predict... Read More The post Funding Circle
Researchers use biometrics, including data from the Oura Ring, to predict COVID-19 symptoms in advance
A team of researchers from the West Virginia University (WVU) Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI), along with WVU’s Medicine department and staff from Oura Health have developed a platform they say can be used to anticipate the onset of COVID-19 symptoms in otherwise healthy people up to three
Argentina Looks to Control Crypto Transactions as the Country Inches Towards Default on Debt, Once Again
Last week the Argentinian Unidad de Informacion Financiera issued a statement about digital assets and money laundering. The regulator said there has been an increase in transactions carried out through virtual assets that may be illegal. To quote the agency: “In this context, the Financial... Read More The post Argentina Looks
Fraud Protection and Digital Payments Firm Vesta Sells Majority Stake of Business to Goldfinch Partners for $125 Million
Vesta, a fraud protection and electronics payments firm based in Lake Oswego, has reportedly sold its majority stake in its business to Goldfinch Partners for $125 million. Seattle-based Goldfinch Partners is a private equity firm established in 2018. Before this recent transaction, Vesta’s ownership was... Read More The post Fraud Protection
How to upgrade your at-home videoconference setup: Lighting edition
In this installment of our ongoing series around making the most of your at-home video setup, we’re going to focus on one of the most important, but least well-understood or implemented parts of the equation: Lighting. While it isn’t actually something that requires a lot of training,
Non-Custodial Exchange Uniswap Recorded $1.9 Million in 24-Hr Stablecoin DAI / Ethereum (ETH) Trading Volume, Coinbase Pro Only $0.2 Million
Hayden Adams, the inventor of Uniswap, a widely-used non-custodial digital asset exchange, claims that decentralized trading platforms are “already beating centralized ones for a ton of ETH/ERC-20 pairs.” Adams acknowledges that trades involving fiat and cross-chain cryptocurrency pairs are still mostly being done on... Read More The post Non-Custodial Exchange