Author: Denis Staggi

Those looking forward to the emergence of central bank digital currencies in developed countries may be up for a very nasty surprise. The long-awaited CBDCs are likely to become one of the worst tools of mass surveillance. Have you noticed how the development of central bank digital currencies happens really slowly? Typically, we attribute it…

One side effect of the blockchain industry’s explosive growth is an outburst of different scams, frauds, and other economic crimes “tied” to cryptocurrencies. The risk of running into shady characters in this area is now higher than in any other. It is why we decided to launch a series of articles on cryptocurrency scams and…

PureStake is the company behind Moonbeam and Moonriver chains. Both are highly sought after: On June 30, Moonriver won the parachain slot and is now running on the Kusama network, deploying its Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform. And due to the efforts of the Moonbeam Foundation, the crowdloan campaign raised 206,000 KSM tokens worth $ 45…

A few months ago, El Salvador became the first country in the world to accept bitcoin as a legal tender. Everyone understood at the time that it would be a kind of experiment to show all the pros and cons of such a “financial revolution” in practice.  Today, we can take a look at the…

…was unexpectedly taken by Mastercard, which announced the integration of cryptocurrency payments. Mastercard partners, including merchants and banks, will be authorized to add support for digital assets to their products. The company customers will be able to buy, sell and store cryptocurrencies. The news, though long-awaited, still came as a surprise. Mastercard is getting ready…

Another “veteran” cryptocurrency has added smart contracts to its network. IOTA is very different from other cryptocurrencies: For starters, it doesn’t run on the blockchain, using a slightly different technology instead. Now it also features smart contracts, though currently still in beta version. The official blog of the IOTA project released a message that smart…