Digital transformation has changed consumer behavior in the UAE
    18 Sep 2021
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    The level of digital transformation in payments in the UAE has changed consumer behavior, showing the growing appetite for crypto and blockchain, claimed John Hensel, co-founder and CEO of Securrency, an Abu Dhabi-based technology firm. In a survey conducted by The National News two months ago, half of UAE citizens said they plan to use…

    ‘Astarter’ brings DeFi to Cardano (ADA)
    18 Sep 2021
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    On Friday, Cardano’s official commercial arm EMURGO announced Astarter, a joint venture with China-based technology firm BlockChain4A, to build decentralized financial (DeFi) services infrastructure on Cardano blockchain protocol. The joint venture will combine EMURGO’s technical expertise of Cardano’s founding entities, coupled with Blockchain4A’s experience in DeFi technical infrastructure development. After Cardano’s Alonzo hard fork successfully…

    DeFi: Waiting For Adoption. Part 1
    18 Sep 2021
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    Almost everyone at his point knows what “decentralized finance” is. However, generally speaking, the DeFi sector has not yet reached the mass adoption stage. In terms of attitude to it, the situation with DeFi now resembles the situation with cryptocurrencies at the very beginning of 2017. Bitcoin rising to $ 50,000 per token and Ether…