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WeChat quietly bans cryptocurrency fundraising

May07
by on May 7, 2019 at 2:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp, WeChat, has updated its terms of service to ban merchants from fundraising by using tokens or cryptocurrencies. The Tencent-operated chat messaging app quietly revised its policy last month; the new policy will take effect on May 31. Merchants violating the update will have their accounts terminated. Urgh, Wechat just updated its payment policy .. merchant can’t serve any token issuance/fund raising or crypto trading activities, otherwise account will be terminated Given most OTC transactions are happening in wechat, this may impact local liquidity to quite some extent pic.twitter.com/TdNIO6cggS — Dovey Wan 🗝 🦖 (@DoveyWan) May…

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Facebook’s approach to fighting fake news is admirable, but not sustainable

May07
by on May 7, 2019 at 2:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, TNW2019


With the huge EU elections around the corner, the issue of fake news has started to crop up again in headlines — and Facebook seems determined to make up for its mistakes from when the platform was abused in the 2016 US Presidential election. It’s now created a dedicated ‘war room‘ to fight misinformation across the EU, and entered into partnerships with fact-checking organizations. This is a respectable and necessary move on behalf of Facebook. In addition to preventing voters across the continent from being unnecessarily swayed, it could help improve the company’s abysmal reputation — but it simply isn’t…

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5 ways AI is revolutionizing how we handle money

May07
by on May 7, 2019 at 2:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Reinvent the Future of Finance


From the days when our ancestors exchanged bartered cattle for grain to the era of mobile banking, the finance and payments industry has evolved in parallel to technological advances in printing, construction, communications, and computers. There are plenty of reasons to believe artificial intelligence will spur the next revolution in the way we handle wealth and money. Modern AI is already leaving its mark in many different domains, including banking and payments. “Four years ago, the world of data science and machine learning in banking was limited to the way we looked at credit applications. That’s when machine learning started.…

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9 smart techniques to truly understand your customers’ needs

May07
by on May 7, 2019 at 1:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Marketing and SEO


Understanding and meeting your customers’ needs can be challenging, especially with market forces constantly changing. To succeed, you need to be a good listener and discover how your customers feel about your product. Take the charismatic fishmonger Richard Waasdorp, who livens up a fish cart in Amstelveen, near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. Amstelveen has a large Japanese community, which didn’t escape Waasdorps’ notice. To better service this valuable client base, Waasdorp had the bright idea to learn how to speak Japanese and to travel to Japan to learn more about the types of fish and cuts that would please them…

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TNW2019 Daily: Don’t miss these great workshops

May07
by on May 7, 2019 at 1:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


We only have two more days until TNW Conference! Things are really coming together now. We’ve started building at NDSM and it’s looking super cool. Check it out: But speaking of getting ready for TNW2019, have you registered for workshops yet? The best companies in tech are sharing their knowledge – don’t miss the chance to learn from them! Make sure to sign up with your ticket. Here are a few of our favorites: For the developers Make sure to catch Rijksoverheid’s session about developers and government Learn how to build an app with Waves Join Kin to learn how…

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