February 19, 2021 Bitcoin price hits $54K, reaching a $1T market cap faster than Amazon and Google Bitcoin's rally to $54,850 boosted its market capitalization above $1 trillion, a feat which took Amazon and Google decades to achieve.…
February 12, 2021 Amazon Quietly Removes Job Ad Revealing Digital Currency Plans – Here’s What We Know So Far Online retail giant Amazon has removed a job advertisement stating the company is working on a digital currency project.…
February 11, 2021 Amazon job postings hint at digital payments project to launch in Mexico Amazon has been silently working on a new digital currency project in Mexico, according to the company’s job postings.…
February 5, 2021 Law Decoded: New dawn or bad moon rising for trust-busting in tech, Jan. 29–Feb. 5 Lawmakers are prepping new tools to pursue tech firms accused of anti-competitive business practices. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law.Editor's…
February 4, 2021 New antitrust legislation aims to put an end to tech monopolies in the US The era of tech giants buying up their up-and-coming competitors will be over if these senators get their way.…
February 2, 2021 Jeff Bezos steps down: Crypto-curious Andy Jassy to become new Amazon CEO The soon-to-be top executive at Amazon has released blockchain products in the past. Amazon has announced today that founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is planning to step down as CEO, and Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy — who oversaw Amazon’s crypto product offerings — will replace him. …
January 11, 2021 XRP tumbles despite former Amazon exec joining Ripple as engineering lead “Ripple’s all-star engineering team continues to grow,” Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said of the firm’s new senior VP.…
January 7, 2021 Is Amazon Preparing To Launch Its Own Crypto Asset? XRP Architect Analyzes Odds That Retail Giant Will Enter the Space Ripple executive David Schwartz is analyzing the prospects of an Amazon-minted crypto asset. Speculation on Amazon’s potential interest in entering the industry has been a hot topic in crypto circles for years, fueled by the company’s patent filings and domain purchases.…
December 10, 2020 Bitcoin book breaks into the top 3 on Amazon’s macroeconomics It appears that more people are reading about Bitcoin these days. A new book on Bitcoin (BTC) has catapulted into the top-3 on Amazon’s macroeconomics bestseller list, offering more evidence that digital assets are piquing peoples’ interest.…
November 26, 2020 Coinbase warns users of connectivity issues due to Amazon AWS outage The U.S.-based exchange has told users that they may experience some intermittent delays or errors while transacting.…
October 30, 2020 Back on track: US macro events unlikely to fully derail Bitcoin price gains As the U.S. stock market enters earnings season, analysts explain how Bitcoin could perform after earnings and the presidential election.…
October 7, 2020 Congress’ renewed attack on Big Tech may clear the field for decentralization The Antitrust Subcommittee looks for new legal tools to rein in Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google — a clear opening for tech tools built to decentralize.…
