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Hallfieldon Aug 23, 2019 2:50pm
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Weekly update
Weekly update Hi Brent, Did I get your attention!?
If so, don’t feel bad. We’ve all fallen for some form of clickbait – from the flashing “win a million dollars if you click here” banners to the strange stories at the bottom of a web page about a rare foot disease. Even though we know better, sometimes it’s hard to ignore bad advertisements (or to remove the image of that foot from your brain). And today, there's no shortage of shady advertising. Thanks to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we’re now more aware than ever of advertisers ability to target us based on our personal biases and data. It's safe to say, advertising can be a pretty unpleasant experience. But does it have to be that way? Not according to Basic Attention Token (BAT), a recently listed project on Voyager. Meet the Basic Attention Token (BAT) BAT is an Ethereum-based reward token from Brave Software, a digital advertising platform and web browser. Brave was founded by the creator of Javascript and co-founder of Mozilla & Firefox, Brendan Eich in 2017 to fix the “broken” digital advertising industry.
The Brave Browser is an open-source, privacy-focused, performant web browser, that lets users block advertising and data tracking. With its “Ad Revenue Sharing” feature, you also have the option to turn on highly targeted advertisements in return for small payments of BAT.
BAT can also be used on the browser to tip more than 60,000 content creators including Twitter, Reddit, and Vimeo users, so media outlets can be less reliant on advertisements. Following the addition of Twitter, Vimeo and Reddit tipping to the Brave Browser this month, BAT’s price spiked more than 10%. With the help of blockchain technology, Brave is making strides in a struggling industry. By giving people the power to reward content creators and chose the ads they view, BAT is working to make the internet a better place for everyone. A Microsoft-backed NYSE Operator is Gearing up to roll out Bitcoin Futures The company has announced that it will launch Bitcoin futures on September 23, bringing to end months of delays, per The Block Crypto. World Bank Sells $33.8 Million More of Its Private Ethereum Blockchain Bonds The international financial institution raised another $50 million AUD ($33.8 million U.S.) by selling the “blockchain-operated debt instrument” (bond-i), according to Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank), which managed the sale jointly with RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities. SEC Approves Blockchain Tech Startup Securitize to Record Stock Transfers Securitize, a provider of technology for issuing blockchain tokens, has registered as a transfer agent with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Administration (SEC), a move it says will boost adoption. Swiss Private Bank Says 400 New Clients Demanding Crypto Products Swiss private bank Maerki Baumann has had a deluge of 400 new clients wanting to tap its future blockchain offerings since it revealed its interest in the sector. |