The following is a guest post from Annette Evans, VP of People and Culture, Global Processing Services This month we at GPS are joining the #BreakTheBias campaign for International Women’s Day 2022 and adding our voice to encourage the fintech community to actively speak up about gender bias in the workplace and outside of it. Read more...

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Part three of the “Bitcoin Is Not Democratic” series explores the building blocks necessary to construct a civilization that transcends politics.

One-third of Americans could own bitcoin by the end of 2022. The U.S. government will want to appease this voting bloc with favorable policies toward bitcoin.

With its special qualities that can turn users into owners and owners into users, crypto aligns with historic Black aspirations.

One of Ethereum’s most popular data visualization and analytics platform is gearing up for expansion with a massive fundraising round. On Wednesday, Dune Analytics announced the close of a $69,420,000 round at a $1 billion valuation. (The meme-flavored sum follows crypto exchange FTX raising $420,690,000 last October.) The round was led by Coatue, a venture…

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Crypto mining has been an environmental  issue that cant be over looked; World governments have tried to put a lid on it but still have an uphill battle as the popularity of crypto grows. Will crypto be mining be able to last if the technology still impacts the earth on high levels ? Or will it mold with the time and adapt with the land before governments continue to attack Crypto currency. Related Reading |Elevate Brands Offering Bitcoin Payouts on Coinbase Prime Crypto War With  Mining …   China has been in the for front of crypto bans and the war between the two parties only grows and gets more harsh. China slapped a ban on Bitcoin (BTC) mining, trading and crypto services,The Chinese government’s given reason for the Bitcoin crackdown is to reduce its well-documented climate impact. A-lot speculation on other to follow such as turkey and India but one thing we know is china is a huge influencer impact on the way some countries operate to have them ban this is only going to inspire more to follow. The problem with crypto mining is the carbon footprint it leaves on this planet and how it impacting the natural resources we have left.Currently, less than one-third of global electric power is sourced from renewables. If this share went fully toward cryptocurrency mining, perhaps it could lend it a semblance of sustainability, but it would be little more than a fig leaf.   BTC: BTC is currently the largest crypto BTC-USD on TradingView.com Grabbing At The Gold… After chinas ban it didn’t take long for the US to become one of the leaders in crypto mining with Russia and many to follow, This could stem from each countries hunger to become the world leader and first on the crypto train. The United States sprung at the opportunity created by the Chinese ban to become the world’s new mining hub. In Asia, Kazakhstan and Malaysia are ramping up mining operations, as are Germany and Ireland in Europe and Iran in the Middle East, according to recent stats. The effort to keep crypto mining chugging along is making for some very strange geopolitical bedfellows. Bitcoin was revolutionary when it came out in 2008. It paved the way to a new digital economy. Proof-of-work was a revelation in terms of decentralization and security, but its lack of efficiency presented us with a ticking time bomb. This bomb is going off now.   Finding a way to switch out the source and technology used to mine will help it stay alive we are watching and prolonging a demise that has been heaping for a while due to how aware and bug climate change is and the popularity and growth of crypto. Yes the United States is going hard but how long and when will they stop using coins like Bitcoin and look into more energy friendly  projects; we cant assure anything but only look at what’s happening around us as crypto gets big so will the demand and need that will keep mining going but also at war until a new solution is brought up. Related Reading |Cardano Whales Double Holdings In 10 Days. Will This Stop The Onslaught?  

What are the core data security challenges in Fintech and financial services? In this Data Hunters discussion with Paras Shah, founder and CEO of LAMR Group, we discover that it's about matching...

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As the concept of “democracy” regresses before our eyes, Bitcoin presents a new way of ordering society and incentivizing progress.

Bogged Finance — the most actively used Decentralized Finance (DeFi) trading tools suite on Binance Smart Chain has announced the start of their cross-chain expansion today.

BogCharts and BogSwap, the core DeFi products of Bogged Finance, are now available for millions of Polygon blockchain traders and crypto enthusiasts.

Bogged Finance, which according to DappRadar has processed $249.5M of transactions in the past month, stated in their Medium post: 

“In true DeFi spirit, we wish to provide our tools on as many different chains as possible, to give cryptocurrency traders the ultimate freedom from centralized exchanges.” 

They then announced that to begin this process, they would be making BogSwap, and BogCharts available on Polygon.

BogSwap tool enables DeFi traders to exchange (swap) various tokens, similar to how one would trade cryptocurrencies on a traditional centralized exchange (CEX). However, BogSwap takes advantage of decentralized exchange platforms (DEX) to put the process in the trader's hands. For example, one could exchange BUSD, a pegged US Dollar token, for wrapped Ethereum, exactly the same as one could spend Dollars to buy Ethereum on a CEX, except the trade happens in a completely decentralized manner, ensuring that trader gets exactly what they pay for, without any trading fees. 

Drawn by the security and transparency, cryptocurrency traders have been flocking to DeFi trading, as shown by the explosion in usage of popular chains like the BSC and Polygon. However a common complaint, according to Bogged Finance, is the lack of availability of trading tools popularised by CEXes, like accurate price charting, limit orders, and stop-losses.

Bogged Finance have endeavored to bring these tools to traders, and successfully done so on the Binance Smart Chain. Today marks the start of their efforts to expand to other DeFi communities. Polygon blockchain users will now be able to use BogSwap to exchange their digital assets. The BogCharts, which currently attracts over 2 million monthly BSC visitors, will allow them to monitor and analyze the real-time price data of Polygon tokens.

According to their website, they forgo traditional methods of charging for services. While basic functionality, such as charting and trading, is free, users can hold the platform's native cryptocurrency token (BOG) to access more advanced features, such as portfolio tracking and trailing stop-losses. This unusual method of payment is being adapted by many DeFi platforms as native tokens can be used to give holders more control over a platform, through a Decentralised Autonomous Organization (DAO). 

For example, if Bogged Finance wanted to enact changes to how their platform worked, they could put this to a community governance vote. This makes the platform more suited to the needs of its users. Another benefit of the “hold to pay” model is that long-term the BOG holders can get compensated through a process called Staking.

Models such as these are a reason DeFi is truly breaking the mold on old notions of how a financial institution could operate. Whether this will revolutionize the financial world or not is for time to tell, but Bogged Finance certainly does their best to shake things up.