Let’s talk about traditional banks, and the predatory fees that come with not being in control of your own assets.
Banks celebrate expanding overdraft protection to $50 before the consumer gets hit with massive fees. Bank fees accounted for $8B in revenue in 2021. One bank executive even went on to name his boat "Overdraft"
Consumers are having to decide what bills to pay, hope that they clear and the bank doesn't "bounce the check" before their deposits hit. Big banks should not profit off the shortcomings of consumers.
In the past, other chains have paid AWS to host some nodes, and has pitched this as "AWS partners with SomeChain." In reality, SomeChain was paying AWS -- they were a client of AWS. There was no meaningful partnership.
This announcement is the exact opposite. AWS recognizes how blockchains are evolving, with subnets serving as appchains, and wants to be one of the hosting providers for the many subnets that people are about to launch.
Imagine one day you wake up, and due to some situation out of your control, a new government has taken control of the banks and frozen all your assets.
What would you do?
In 2013, if you had a checking or savings account at Cyprus Bank, then this exact situation happened to you.
Germany was bailing out Cyprus Bank to the tune of $13B, with some conditions. One of the conditions was that Cyprus would pay a “one-time” levy tax on bank deposits to raise an additional $7.5B.
The integrated smart device equips vehicles with a secure digital wallet seamlessly connected to @avalancheavax. This is the first of its kind in the world.
This platform enables people to easily rent various modes of transportation – such as cars, scooters and parking spots – via one platform with payments for each step of the users’ journey, securely automated through smart contracts.
This opens the floodgates to a massive audience, benefitting both buyers and sellers, and expanding access to NFTs on chain.
There’s two important factors that make Avalanche the best network to support NFTs on Shopify: fast transaction finality and the ease-of-implementation.
For consumers, buying NFTs through an ecommerce shop needs to mirror the ease of Web2 platforms.
The purchasing process on Shopify is designed to be fast, getting you from cart to check-out confirmation as quickly as possible.
At times like these, when the news is ironically dominated by the failure of a centralized custodian but served as if it's a crypto failure, it’s important to remember why we are here.
Over the next few days and weeks, I'm going to be talking about innovations in blockchain that I believe are solving real world challenges. #ThisisWhyWeCrypto
In 2013, David Murdock, the chairman, CEO and biggest shareholder of Dole Food Co (yes, connected to one time presidential candidate Bob Dole), took it private for $13.50 a share.
Avalanche just released a universal, trustless interchain messaging feature that marks the beginning of a new era for scalable blockchain applications.