Blockchain Daily Digest – December 11th, 2019
1. Dr. Ben Goertzel—Creating an AI Marketplace for Paypal’s 286 Million Users
Dr. Ben Goertzel is the founder and CEO of SingularityNET , a decentralized blockchain-based AI marketplace project. He is one of the world’s foremost experts in Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and has decades of experience leveraging AI to create solutions in natural language processing, robotics and even national security.
2. Alternatives of USDT Gained Wider Merchant Access including Microsoft
BitPay, the blockchain payments processor, now supports three stablecoins, namely, Circle’s USD, the Gemini Dollar, and Paxos Standard Token.
3. ConsenSys Proposes Tokenization to Leverage Impure Public Goods
Naturally occurring public goods (e.g., water, forests, beaches) are often thought of as “free” public utilities—we do not expect to be “charged” for their use.
4. Nike Patents A System For Tokenizing Its Shoes
American sportswear conglomerate Nike patents a system for providing cryptographically digital assets on Dec. 10. The patent states that shoes can be tokenized as a non-fungible token (NFT) on the Ethereum blockchain.
The Top 5 Cryptos At a Glance
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# |
Crypto |
Symbol |
Market Cap. |
Price (US$) |
Change % (24h) |
Trading Vol. (24h) |
|
1 |
Bitcoin |
BTC |
$131.846B |
$7,286.19 |
-0.81% |
$17.195B |
|
2 |
Ethereum |
ETH |
$15.97B |
$146.68 |
-0.45% |
$7.005B |
|
3 |
XRP |
XRP |
$9.63B |
$0.22 |
-0.21% |
$1.145B |
|
4 |
Tether |
USDT |
$4.13B |
$1.01 |
0.55% |
$17.976B |
|
5 |
Bitcoin Cash |
BCH |
$3.79B |
$208.86 |
0.23% |
$1.154B |