Binance Coin was up more than 25% in the last 24 hours, hitting a high of $11.00, driven on news that it will launch its own “tailored blockchain” in an apparent first step toward building a decentralized exchange (DEX). The market cap was just shy of $1 billion. Close to $200 million had traded…
A study of Google search results by anti-tracking rival DuckDuckGo has suggested that escaping the so-called ‘filter bubble’ of personalized online searches is a perniciously hard problem for the put upon Internet consumer who just wants to carve out a little unbiased space online, free from the suggestive taint of algorithmic fingers. DDG reckons it’s…
Chinese consumers conduct 11 times more mobile payments than their counterparts in the United States, so as we look to the future of digital wallets, China is a natural place to start. Forecasts for mobile payment adoption in the United States remain flat for now; however, two major brands – WeChat and AliPay – offer…
Say goodbye to Facebook’s Friend List Feeds feature. The feeds allowed you create a personalized version of social network that only showed posts from a predefined friend list. But the feature has now been shut down, Facebook announced Thursday. Friends List Feeds worked with Friend Lists (which you’ll still be able to create),…
Italy’s Competition Authority on Friday slapped Facebook with two fines that total 10 million euros ($11.4M) for using people’s data for commercial purposes in ways that break the country’s laws. Italy issued the first fine after deciding that the social network persuaded people to register for accounts on the platform without informing them during the…
Google announced this morning a range of new advertising options for Android app developers designed to increase the number of app installations. The most notable change rolling out today is that developers can now more easily advertise their applications on the Google Display Network, including via video app promo ads. The Google Display Network today…
The state of Arkansas is an estimated $70 million short related to public school employees’ benefits for the year 2022. During a State Board of Finance meeting on Tuesday (June 8), board members and staff discussed the shortfall predicted by insurance actuaries. Public school employees’ rates have not seen an increase since 2017, according…
By CCN.com: In the past 24 hours, the bitcoin price fell 2.16 percent against the U.S. dollar from over $5,600 to $5,422 as the crypto market slightly retraced. The valuation of the crypto market fell from $181 billion to $176 billion, by more than $5 billion on a single day. The bitcoin…
Breakout Coin, an in-game staking mechanism, cryptocurrency payment and loyalty platform on the Breakout Chain blockchain, will launch a public coin sale at 10 a.m. PDT on Monday, June 13, 2016. The Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange will host the coin sale. A total of 6,627,494 Breakout Coins (BRK) will be offered. Combined with…
