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JAJNULAYRY20210818
 DIGITAL CURRENCIES
AI TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Digital tulips? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . POST-LISTING CUMULATIVE RETURNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recent buzz on the creation of digital currencies by central banks . BUILDING A NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM WITH BLOCKCHAIN PROS AND CONS OF A CENTRAL BANK CURRENCY . . . . . How will the crypto-dollar “stable coin” work? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mastercard receives a patent for software that links cryptocurrency with fiat accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tokenizing securities on the blockchain ......................
Blockchain beyond the hype . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIX DISTINCT CATEGORIES OF BLOCKCHAIN USE CASES FIVE COMMON BLOCKCHAIN MYTHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Federal and state governments are in the early stages of adopting
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 BLOCKCHAIN
 blockchain technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection launches a “regulatory sandbox” for fintech firms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Saudi’s Riyadh Municipality partners with IBM to streamline government services on the blockchain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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AMAZON EATS EVERYTHING
How Amazon rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amazon has built an array of banking products to service
the company’s ecosystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AMAZON UNBUNDLES BANKING SERVICES. . . . . . . . . . . THE FUTURE OF PAYMENTS ACCORDING TO AMAZON AMAZON CASH IS A DEPOSITORY FOR CASH . . . . . . . . .
Amazon is expanding its presence in healthcare sector . . . . . . . Is Amazon too big? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 CAN AMAZON SHIFT THE PHARMACHEUTICAL INDUSTRY’S MODEL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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