Reading Time: 4 minutes Daniel Uribe, Founder of GenoBank.io, living and based in Silicon, USA Daniel, who is of Mexican descent did his primary degrees in Mexico but studied in Stanford University where he met Condoleezza Rice as part of the executive programme, and he is also a graduate of Singularity University. Both experiences […]
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DVP Hits All Time High (ATH) as the crowd-testing solution garners attention
Reading Time: 4 minutes The innovative DeFi security solution launched by DVP abridging the gap between the white hat community and blockchain vendors has been a massive success. As more investors turn to decentralized currencies in a view to diversify their portfolio as well as to leverage from its massive growth in recent times, […]
What is Islamic Finance and how does it differ from Western Finance?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Dr Farrukh Habib, Shariah Advisor to Amanah DeFi and Co-founder Alif Technologies Dr Farrukh gives a ‘101’ introduction on Islamic Finance and Shariah Compliant Financial Products – which turn out to be one and the same. I invited Dr Farrukh to explain about Islamic Finance and Shariah compliant financial products […]
DNA – how can you monetise the new gold?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dr. David Koepsell has many degrees: in philosophy, law and science. He is also an author who has written extensively on data ownership, including biometrics and in particular on gene ownership. This last piece of scholarly research ended up being encapsulated in a book, Who Owns You? in 2009 whose […]
pNetwork Brings Non-Fungible Tokens on the Binance Smart Chain
Reading Time: 2 minutes pNetwork, a cross-chain composability system that allowsassets and Non-Fungible-Tokens (NFTs) to move freely between blockchains, has announced a collaboration with Binance, the global blockchain company behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange to connect Binance Smart Chain (BSC) with Ethereum. pNetwork powers the highest number of cross-chain connections in the industry, […]
Venture Capital Fund Formed to Tackle the Gender Pay Gap in the BaltiNordics
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Better Fund, Tallinn-based, early-stage VC fund, aims to bring gender-parity to startup funding by raising a female-focused €30M fund. Sex-based funding isn’t sexy Despite the economic havoc created by the pandemic, 2020 was another bonanza year for IPOs around the world. However, out of more than 400 companies that […]
Wikirating, Baserank, and Weiss Ratings join forces to support independent crypto ratings
Reading Time: 2 minutes Baserank has joined forces with Weiss Crypto Ratings and Wikirating in a strategic alliance to support independent and reliable ratings for Bitcoin and hundreds of other digital assets. Starting now, all digital coins and tokens covered by Weiss Crypto Ratings and Baserank is also available and regularly updated on Wikirating. Plus, for easy comparison by […]
Harem is more about Bodies than Porn
Reading Time: 8 minutes Harem, formerly TheseNudesDoNotExist, is seeking to push the envelope on a number of fronts, not least of which is to grow the diversity of its own workforce. Building nudes using AI requires a degree of human oversight in the learning process and none of the current team members of Harem […]
DeFi began life as a MEME
Reading Time: 5 minutes Rossco Paddison and I were bus buddies in Macau in a time before COVID. We were both speaking at an event on Decentralized Finance (DeFi) – a concept that Rossco was already deeply enmeshed with, and while a superb conference, I did not fall down the rabbit hole at that […]
AMA with the founders of Amanah DeFi
Reading Time: 6 minutes Crypto Official conducted an AMA – on the origins of Amanah DeFi Interview between Crypto Official and Amanah DeFi founders, Ilya Dobrovitski and Mohammed Naquib. Recently, we had a chance to sit down with the Amanah DeFi founders: Ilya Dobrovitsky, Mohammed Naquib, and Mufti Billal Omarjee. We talked about the […]