Binance Haul ups Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) Donations For Japan’s Natural Disaster Victims
At length Wednesday, Binance published a blog post on Medium where clarifies how the crypto community responded to the exchange’s call to action. The southwestern dominion of Japan experienced massive floods and mudflows during late June and the in the beginning two weeks of July 2018. On July 8th, cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s direction “called for action to remedy the disaster”. So far, the charitable fundraising effort has “discontinued roughly $410,000 and more in crypto-donations, making the total donation at $1,410,000”. Commenting on the big name of Binance’s donation operation, Open Japan stated:
“It wasn’t obstructive to get our account set up, and once everything was ready Binance contacted us to proceed with the alms. It was carried out instantly, and after confirming the transfer we were able to modify it to Japanese yen. Receiving this donation left us with a deep hollow of cryptocurrency: both its growing effect on our world and its potential.”
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One Million Ground swells Offered to Game Developers Who Build on Waves Platform
Yesterday, the Signs platform announced a new initiative to recruit video game companies to bod applications on their blockchain. The initiative involves a massive fund of 1 million Fluctuates, worth almost $2 million, which will be offered to distinguishable developers who show pass the application process. Sasha Ivanov, Swells Founder and CEO says that the blockchain technology fits perfectly with the sine qua na of the current gaming industry. Ivanov stated:
“This initiative was pitched to showcase the versatility of Waves technology and stimulate its adoption in such an formidable industry as gaming. I believe that the gaming sector will be an fervent adopter of blockchain, and will drive its widespread use. Given the mutual moment here, we are more than ready to reward developers for the effort they flee in implementing their projects within Waves ecosystem.”
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AMD’s Stock Sinks on ‘Negligible’ Cryptocurrency-Related GPU Sales
Recently, the multinational computer sliver manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) revealed in its Q3 financial report that the have prices have recently sunk as its revenue was of $1.65 billion, lower down the estimated $1.7 billion. GPU sales to cryptocurrency miners, it reads, were “inappreciable”. The company’s CEO Lisa Su had stated she believes blockchain technology is important, but also a “bit of a diversion in the short term,” as while it may be a part of the future the company needed to sharply defined unclear on other things. She stated:
“It’s a very important technology. The idea you can do all these peer-to-peer goings-on and a decentralized market, but it’s a bit of a distraction at this point. We want to focus on the substance markets.”
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