Google and Apple Change Tactics on Contact Tracing Tech
The companies will handle more of the technology for notifying people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. Privacy won’t be affected, they say. Powered by...
Sichuan’s Blockchain Park: Chengdu Government Officials Welcome Bitcoin Miners
In mid-August officials from the Chinese province of Sichuan approved a number of enterprises that mine bitcoin for legal hydropower consumption in the region. Following the local government of Ya’an city deciding to foster mining, officials from Chengdu recently spoke about welcoming crypto mining at the Hashcon 2020 event as well as bolstering a blockchain industrial park. Government leaders from the province of Sichuan are...
LZ Lending Innovates and Integrates Peer2Peer Into Platform
LZ Lending, London’s premier cryptocurrency Peer 2 Peer lending solutions, announces the official launch of their new fully integrated and simple to use P2P platform designed to remove barriers and obstacles that have prevented millions of potential investors from entering the cryptocurrency community. In addition to serving their already robust portfolio of investors, borrowers, and lenders, LZ Lending continues to...
Major Swiss Insurer Adds Bitcoin and Ether Payments
Atupri, a Swiss health insurance provider, said Monday that its 200,000 customers will now be able to make payments using bitcoin and ethereum. The 110-year old firm claims it is the “first” insurer in Switzerland to accept cryptocurrencies. In a statement, Atupri said payments will be made through local regulated crypto financial firm Bitcoin Suisse, with which it has partnered. The Bern-based health company will not hold...
Money Market Protocol Aave Settles $300 Million in Defi Flash Loans
This weekend the decentralized money market protocol Aave broke records as the community witnessed a massive flash loan of $14 million worth of the stablecoin DAI. So far, the Aave protocol has seen over $300 million in flash loans to-date and this trend doesn’t seem to be abating any time soon. In just a short period of time, the Aave protocol (the Finnish word for “ghost”) has seen enormous demand. Essentially,...
