Tag: Amazon

Ethereum hummed along through the latest AWS outage but one commentator said its reliance on Lido for staking could cause issues in the future. Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a minor outage but there was no impact on Ethereum network nodes which largely rely on Amazon’s hosting. On June 13, the cloud service provider went…

Amazon is among five companies to develop a digital euro prototype, as the European Central Bank (ECB) revealed its selected partners to collaborate. Amazon will be responsible for designing e-commerce payments during the prototyping exercise from September to December 2022. Meanwhile, Binance CEO praised the EU regulatory framework as a global standard for crypto regulations….

Recently, some social media posts started to claim that Amazon has begun a “presale” of its own crypto tokens. However, the online retail giant officially called them fake, while an internet security firm Avast said that such messages are part of scams targeted to steal money and harvest personal data. For instance, a Facebook post…

Amazon is hiring a digital currency and blockchain expert for its payments team. Although, for now, the major retailer doesn’t accept any cryptocurrencies as payment for its products, the posting might signals that Amazon is taking a more serious look at crypto. Amazon is seeking to hire an “experienced product leader to develop Amazon’s Digital…

Bitcoin surged above $39,000 on Sunday for the first time since mid-June after recent bullish comments from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Experts attributed the moves to the lowering concerns over the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining and China’s regulatory crackdown. Despite a recent fall below $30,000, Bitcoin surged up nearly…