# DeFi’s critical missing piece: Credit scores

# DeFi’s critical missing piece: Credit scores

“# DeFi’s critical missing piece: Credit scores ” Over the last 12 months, the remarkable growth in decentralized finance has been driven by one thing: the ability of users to earn strong yields on their crypto assets by lending, staking and providing liquidity. Depending on your risk appetite, gains from DeFi investments can run tens…

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# Paxful denies reports of customer data leak

# Paxful denies reports of customer data leak

“# Paxful denies reports of customer data leak ” An anonymous online source was recently spotted trying to sell private customer and employee data allegedly obtained from crypto exchange Paxful. A spokesperson from the company told Cointelegraph that no customer data has been jeopardized, however. “Our customers’ data has not been compromised in any way,”…

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#Big Tech’s ‘trust’ problem will soon cost lives

#Big Tech’s ‘trust’ problem will soon cost lives

“#Big Tech’s ‘trust’ problem will soon cost lives” Science and medicine can do a lot to make our lives better. But for that to happen, we have to be able to trust the public authorities, companies and institutions that produce and oversee the innovations. We’re already seeing the sad fruits of distrust in the unwillingness…

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#Holocaust survivors use social media to fight anti-Semitism

#Holocaust survivors use social media to fight anti-Semitism

“#Holocaust survivors use social media to fight anti-Semitism” BERLIN — Alarmed by a rise in online anti-Semitism during the pandemic, coupled with studies indicating younger generations lack even basic knowledge of the Nazi genocide, Holocaust survivors are taking to social media to share their experiences of how hate speech paved the way for mass murder….

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# Equilibrium raises .5M to secure support for Polkadot parachain bid

# Equilibrium raises $2.5M to secure support for Polkadot parachain bid

“# Equilibrium raises $2.5M to secure support for Polkadot parachain bid ” Equilibrium, a Polkadot-based decentralized finance project and parachain candidate, has raised $2.5 million from a number of venture funds primarily involved in the Polkadot ecosystem. Heavy Polkadot backers like KR1, Signum Capital and Hypersphere Ventures joined Equilibrium’s round. Other participants from the general…

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# Citi and IADB complete cross-border payment pilot with blockchain tech

# Citi and IADB complete cross-border payment pilot with blockchain tech

“# Citi and IADB complete cross-border payment pilot with blockchain tech ” Banking giant Citigroup has successfully completed a proof-of-concept for blockchain-based cross-border payments in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank, or IADB. According to a Thursday announcement, Citigroup’s Citi Innovation Labs and the IADB enabled several disbursements from the United States to a recipient…

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