THELOGICALINDIAN - In Tuesdays copy of The Daily we awning belief about an cyberbanking allowance agenda affairs that Coinbase is extending to the US bazaar new job offerings from Facebook that adumbration at the companys blockchain affairs and an advance in the acreage from Unicef
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Coinbase Extends Wegift Partnership to the US
Coinbase has appear that its trading belvedere now offers e-gift cards for its barter in the U.S. This agency that American users will be able to instantly absorb their cryptocurrency balances from the barter with dozens of new retailers. The development has been accomplished by accretion its affiliation with the London-based startup Wegift, which supports abounding acclaimed brands such as Nike, Tesco, Uber, Google Play, Ticketmaster and Zalando.
Coinbase abreast its users that purchasing e-gift cards incurs no abandonment fees and that bonuses of up to 10 percent accomplish it “smoother than anytime to use crypto. Now, you’re aloof a few clicks abroad from spending your antithesis on e-gifts cards for Adidas shoes or your abutting vacation. Better yet, use some on the holidays — you’re aloof in time.”
Facebook to Develop Equitable Financial Services?
At the alpha of 2018, Facebook architect Mark Zuckerberg set a ambition for himself to booty aback ability from centralized systems application “encryption and cryptocurrency.” While the year is about over and this resolution charcoal unfulfilled, his aggregation appears to still be focused on the subject. Recently alike ads appearance that Facebook is attractive for abstracts scientists and software engineers to advice advance new blockchain solutions, possibly including banking services.
The aggregation explains to abeyant candidates that: “At Facebook, we accept accustomed a new aggregation architecture blockchain technologies. It’s a small, fast-growing, but accomplished accumulation of bodies who are amorous about alteration the world. Our administration is accomplished and are some of the best bodies alive today in their corresponding fields.”
“The blockchain aggregation is a startup aural Facebook, with a eyes to accomplish blockchain technology assignment at Facebook scale. We’re exploring areas of absorption beyond all facets of blockchain technology. Our ultimate ambition is to advice billions of bodies with admission to things they don’t accept now – that could be things like candid banking services, new means to save, or new means to allotment information.”
Unicef Invests in Six Blockchain Startups
The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has announced that it will accommodate abetment to six blockchain startups from arising economies aggravating to break all-around challenges application the technology. The Unicef Innovation Fund will advance up to $100,000 in Atix Labs from Argentina, Onesmart and Prescrypto from Mexico, India’s Statwig, Utopixar from Tunisia and W3 Engineers from Bangladesh. The banking abutment is meant to advice the companies bear open-source prototypes of blockchain applications aural 12 months.
“Blockchain technology is still at an aboriginal date — and there is a abundant accord of experimentation, failure, and acquirements advanced of us as we see how, and where, we can use this technology to actualize a bigger world,” said Chris Fabian, Principal Adviser at the fund. “That’s absolutely the date back UNICEF Innovation Armamentarium invests: back our financing, abstruse support, and focus on accessible populations can advice a technology abound and complete in the best fair and candid way possible.”
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