Google mulls penalizing IAC for ‘deceptive’ marketing

Laveta Brigham

Google is weighing whether to clamp down on billionaire Barry Diller’s IAC/Interactive over allegedly deceptive marketing practices that make use of the Chrome web browser. IAC has had a number of its browser extensions taken down by the search giant due to “policy violations,” with Google reportedly reviewing “enforcement options” […]

Russia’s Sberbank Launches Blockchain on Hyperledger, Mulls Stablecoin in 2021

Laveta Brigham

Sberbank, Russia’s biggest consumer bank, is launching a blockchain platform built on Hyperledger Fabric, potentially with its own stablecoin.  The blockchain system is designed for trade finance transactions, including exchanging letters of credit, the bank’s press representative told CoinDesk Thursday.  Anatoly Popov, Sberbank’s deputy chair, told the Russian newspaper Vedomosti […]