フェイスブックの仮想通貨リブラ（現ディエム）に対抗して誕生したデジタル人民元。中国政府が仮想通貨やフィンテック企業を次々と規制する最近の動きは、自国の「通貨主権」を守り一元化された決済システムやファイナンシャル・インクルージョン（金融包摂）に資するとされる一方で、監視強化のツールとなり、ドルによる金融支配を打破しようという野望も見えてくる。
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Square is changing its name to Block
The fintech giant Square is changing its name to Block, effective December 10. The name change, which has been in the works for over a year, is intended to house the company’s various products — including music streaming service Tidal, Cash App, TBD, and of course, Square — under one brand. This announcement comes just […]
Twitch Is Now Using Machine Learning To Target Ban Evaders
Twitch is about to roll out a new tool called Suspicious User Detection, which aims to do exactly what it says on the box: try and detect users who are being suspicious. More specifically, those trying to evade existing bans. Read more…
Twitter tests a safety feature on web to remove followers without blocking them
Twitter announced yesterday that it’s testing a feature on the web that makes it possible to remove followers without blocking them. Sometimes, users want to stop a follower from seeing their tweets without outright blocking them — if that follower were to navigate directly to their page, it’d be clear that they had been blocked, […]