digital currency

US Treasury Official Keynotes the Future of Money, Governance, and the Law hosted by the Government Blockchain Association (GBA), May 24-25, Washington, DC.

Source Node:
Time Stamp: March 9, 2023 1:48 PM - Modified On: March 9, 2023 - Published By:
Source Cluster:
Republished By Plato

Washington, DC - The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) announces that D. R. Maurice, speaking in her personal capacity will be a keynote speaker at the "Future of Money, Governance, and the Law" conference on May 24-25, 2023, in the nation’s capital. The conference brings together government officials, industry leaders like Circle (CRCL) and Ciphertrace, a Mastercard company (MA), academia and many others. "D R Maurice is a leading expert in regulatory technology, sandboxes, and CBDC digitalization. She has an extensive track record with central bank governance around the world and joins

Paribus: Climbing Every Mountain.

Source Node:
Time Stamp: January 21, 2023 3:47 AM - Modified On: January 21, 2023 - Published By:
Source Cluster:
Republished By Plato

Less than a year ago in a small town in Switzerland, there was hope and optimism that crypto was finally breaking into the global financial system and a bright future awaited. That small town is Davos, home to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). This year the mood is far less optimistic as the ongoing FTX saga continues to cast its long shadows across the conference. Crypto is still represented along the Promenade, the road outside the main convention center, however this time it’s more heavily focused

Stratis Joins ‘APPG Blockchain’ to Help Guide UK Blockchain Policy

Source Node: https://coingenius.news/stratis-joins-appg-blockchain-to-help-guide-uk-blockchain-policy-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stratis-joins-appg-blockchain-to-help-guide-uk-blockchain-policy-3
Time Stamp: September 20, 2021 8:15 PM - Modified On: September 20, 2021 - Published By:
Source Cluster:
Republished By Plato

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, 20th September 2021] Stratis has joined the UK’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain (APPG Blockchain) to contribute its knowledge and experience of deploying blockchain for innovative use-cases. APPG Blockchain includes organisations like Capita, the IOTA Foundation, SAP and the British Standards Institute (BSI) who collaborate with an array of experts in public evidence-forums to provide tangible recommendations to policy-makers working on the UK’s approach to blockchain. As one of the UK’s most prominanent blockchain projects the Stratis team will contribute its knowledge and

Voicemod officially launches new Voicemod Bits interactive monetization extension for Twitch

Source Node: https://dotesports.com/news/voicemod-officially-launches-new-voicemod-bits-interactive-monetization-extension-for-twitch
Time Stamp: September 9, 2021 9:10 AM - Modified On: September 9, 2021 - Published By:
Source Cluster:
Republished By Plato

Voicemod, an industry-leading augmented voice and interactive audio company, is once again expanding its offerings with a new monetization method for streamers—Voicemod Bits.  Voicemod Bits is a Twitch extension that aims to help streamers increase the number of ways viewers can engage with the stream while also diversifying their revenue methods.  The extension, which is now available for Twitch users after a two-month testing period in early access, lets viewers donate Bits, Twitch’s digital currency, to change their streamer’s voice in real-time using Voicemod. During its early access period, more

India-based Stalwart Esports becomes first organization to completely shift to cryptocurrency

Source Node: https://dotesports.com/news/india-based-stalwart-esports-becomes-first-organization-to-completely-shift-to-cryptocurrency
Time Stamp: September 1, 2021 4:40 AM - Modified On: September 1, 2021 - Published By:
Source Cluster:
Republished By Plato

Indian esports organization Stalwart Esports has completely shifted from cash to cryptocurrency in their balance sheet, it announced in a press release today. Stalwart said that this has made it the first esports organization to officially adopt cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. All salary payments to employees and players will also be made in cryptocurrency, Zeyan Shafiq, the founder of Stalwart confirmed to Dot Esports. This move comes at a time when the Indian government is reportedly considering a ban on cryptocurrency. Despite this, Shafiq expressed confidence in the org’s decision

Cadoo gets $1.5M to gamify fitness with betting challenges

Source Node: https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/13/cadoo-gets-1-5m-to-gamify-fitness-with-betting-challenges/
Time Stamp: July 13, 2021 10:33 AM - Modified On: July 13, 2021 - Published By:
Source Cluster:
Republished By Plato

Cadoo, a US-startup that’s gamifying fitness by turning it into a betting opportunity, using the prospect of winning (or losing) cold hard cash to motivate people to get off the couch, has collected $1.5 million in seed funds from Sam & Max Altman’s Apollo VC and the student-focused Dorm Room Fund. The app itself has been around since 2018 but in March 2020 it launched a “challenge model” that lets users stake money to join a challenge related to a specific fitness goal — be it running 10 miles in

Nvidia’s CEO Talks Crypto, NFTs, and The Metaverse

Source Node: https://blockonomi.com/nvidiz-ceo-talks-crypto-nfts-metaverse/
Time Stamp: June 14, 2021 7:36 AM - Modified On: June 14, 2021 - Published By:
Source Cluster:
Republished By Plato

Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, talked about the future of the metaverse in a briefing with press members during Computex, including his views on NFTs and crypto.The idea of the Metaverse has been part of popular culture for decades ever since American science-fiction author Neal Stephenson used it in “Snow Crash”. As seen in movies like Ready Player One, Tron, Altered Carbon, and many others, the Metaverse seems like an inevitable outcome of technological advancement.The metaverse is a virtual world that connects with the world we currently live in, enabling people

TSM signs 10-year, $210 million naming rights deal with crypto exchange FTX

Source Node: https://dotesports.com/news/tsm-signs-10-year-210-million-naming-rights-deal-with-crypto-exchange-ftx
Time Stamp: June 4, 2021 9:10 AM - Modified On: June 4, 2021 - Published By:
Source Cluster:
Republished By Plato

TSM has signed a 10-year, $210 million naming rights agreement with FTX Trading Limited and West Realm Shires Services Inc., the owners and operators of cryptocurrency exchanges FTX and FTX.US, according to a report from The New York Times.  TSM will now go by “TSM FTX” across all titles the organization competes in, including League of Legends, VALORANT, Apex Legends, and others. TSM will use the partnership money to expand globally, including new offices in Asia, Europe, and South America, and will invest in mobile gaming and other platforms. It’s