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Asiff Hirji, the former president and chief operating officer of Coinbase, is the new president of Figure Technologies, the blockchain-based lending firm backed by Morgan Creek Digital.Figure announced Hirji's addition Wednesday, saying the longtime financial executive will oversee the company's growth. Figure CEO Mike Cagney said in a statement that
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Dixintong Technology Group, whose parent company, D.Phone, is one of the largest smartphone retailers in China, has entered the blockchain space by acquiring a minority stake in a U.S. startup called Monsoon Blockchain.The two companies confirmed to CoinDesk that the purchasing agreement was signed on Jan. 7, but declined to
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On Jan. 8 the Times of Oman reported that the Port of Salalah joined TradeLens, the blockchain-based supply chain platform launched in 2018 by shipping giant Maersk and IBM. An IBM spokesperson told CryptoX the addition of the Port of Salalah puts TradeLens at more than 90 ports and terminals,
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The largest port in the Middle Eastern nation of Oman has signed up to TradeLens – a blockchain supply chain platform founded by IBM and Maersk. The Port of Salalah recently became a member of the shipping data project as part of its digital transformation efforts, according to a
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Peer-to-peer filesharing giant BitTorrent announced on Dec. 30 that DLive, the blockchain-based live streaming platform, will be joining its ecosystem.Through this partnership, DLive will bring peer-to-peer content sharing and live streaming capabilities to BitTorrent's 100 million monthly active users.BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun told CryptoX that following YouTube’s crypto-content ban,
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Cái Mép International Terminal (CMIT), located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, announced Dec. 19, that it had joined the TradeLens blockchain platform.CMIT is one of the largest terminals in the Cái Mép-Thị Vải deep-water gateway port complex, providing a direct link from Vietnam to European, North American and
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Security token platform TokenSoft has hired Alex C. Levine, formerly of several key United States financial regulators, to handle compliance for all security offerings.In a Dec. 17 press release, the San Francisco-based token issuance platform announced the hiring of Levine as its new chief legal officer of TokenSoft and
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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), an American company that develops computer processors for businesses, has announced that it will be joining the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) and will be collaborating with technology providers. This will increase the creation of gaming platforms that will be powered by blockchain technology.AMD will be the
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Leslie Tam, former head of trading at major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has joined cryptocurrency derivatives exchange CoinFlex as its new chief strategy officer.On Dec. 16, the Block reported that former Binance executive Leslie Tam is looking to expand his professional horizons at cryptocurrency exchange CoinFlex, where he will explore
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Earlier this week, institutional Bitcoin (BTC) futures platform Bakkt launched two new financial products: the first United States-regulated BTC options and cash-settled futures. The announcement came just three months after the project went live with its physically delivered futures, following a series of delays.Meanwhile, the platform’s CEO, Kelly Loeffler,
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