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Bitcoin Daily: Hong Kong’s OSL Gets Preliminary OK To Trade Virtual Assets; VeChain Launches Eco-friendly Blockchain Solution

Bitcoin Daily: Hong Kong’s OSL Gets Preliminary OK To Trade Virtual Assets; VeChain Launches Eco-friendly Blockchain Solution
Bitcoin Daily: Hong Kong’s OSL Gets Preliminary OK To Trade Virtual Assets; VeChain Launches Eco-friendly...
August 23, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Asian digital asset platform OSL was given initial approval Friday (Aug. 21) to operate a virtual asset trading platform, according to a press release. Get...

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Zuckerberg Warned Of Facebook Rival TikTok In Speech Last Fall
Zuckerberg Warned Of Facebook Rival TikTok In Speech Last Fall
August 23, 2020  |  Facebook / Meta

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg played a role in stoking fears about video-sharing app TikTok, a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) says. Get the...

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DoorDash Moves Ahead With Q4 IPO Plans
DoorDash Moves Ahead With Q4 IPO Plans
August 23, 2020  |  IPO

DoorDash, the San Francisco-based prepared food delivery service, is planning to go public by year’s end, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Apple Caves On In-App Payments Mandate For WordPress
Apple Caves On In-App Payments Mandate For WordPress
August 23, 2020  |  Apple

Apple has backed down and apologized after it found itself in yet another controversy this weekend over its App Store, Bloomberg News reported. Get the...

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Uber Health’s Push To Close Prescription Deliveries Last Mile
Uber Health’s Push To Close Prescription Deliveries Last Mile
August 23, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Uber Health made big news this past week with the announcement that it was scaling up its delivery services to include pharmaceutical products in some...

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TikTok Plans To Fight US Ban
TikTok Plans To Fight US Ban
August 23, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

Video-sharing app TikTok plans to fight back against the Trump administration’s attempt at a ban with a lawsuit, CNBC reports. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Apple’s Fortnite Fight Hurts All Gaming Business, Microsoft Says
Apple’s Fortnite Fight Hurts All Gaming Business, Microsoft Says
August 23, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

Microsoft is stepping into the fray of the legal battle between Apple and Epic Games over the banning of the Fortnite app from the App...

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WeChat Users Sue Trump Administration Over Ban
WeChat Users Sue Trump Administration Over Ban
August 23, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

A group of WeChat users filed a lawsuit against the President Donald Trump administration in a bid to block the president’s executive order that would...

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