# Decentralized finance needs alternatives to blockchain

# Decentralized finance needs alternatives to blockchain

Critics often overlook the inconvenient fact that “decentralized” blockchains in fact depend on centralized points of failure that have the potential to corrupt entire ecosystems. One of the laziest and most frustrating criticisms of digital currencies — particularly Bitcoin (BTC) — is when pundits liken it to a pyramid scheme dependent on the “greater fool”…

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# Chinese blockchain firm launches the ‘SWIFT’ of stablecoins and CBDCs at Davos

# Chinese blockchain firm launches the ‘SWIFT’ of stablecoins and CBDCs at Davos

” Chinese blockchain firm launches the ‘SWIFT’ of stablecoins and CBDCs at Davos “ A Hong Kong-based blockchain company has launched a digital payments system aimed at bridging the gap between stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Red Date Technology, the blockchain infrastructure firm which is also leading one of China’s blockchain efforts, launched the…

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# Algorand to support bank and insurance guarantees platform in Italy

# Algorand to support bank and insurance guarantees platform in Italy

” Algorand to support bank and insurance guarantees platform in Italy “ Layer-1 blockchain platform Algorand has been chosen as the public blockchain to support an “innovative digital guarantees platform” to be used in Italy’s banking and insurance markets. The Algorand-supported platform is expected to be launched in early 2023. According to Algorand’s Dec. 13 announcement,…

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# New Cosmos whitepaper repurposes ATOM token and refines vision

# New Cosmos whitepaper repurposes ATOM token and refines vision

” New Cosmos whitepaper repurposes ATOM token and refines vision “ Interoperability-focused blockchain network Cosmos has dropped a new whitepaper proposing a revamped Cosmos Hub aimed at strengthening interoperability and security, along with key changes to its native ATOM token.  The new Cosmos whitepaper was released on Monday at the Cosmoverse conference in Medellin, Colombia….

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