All Cryptocurrency articles
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Strategy & ChangeElsewhere in Telefónica Group: Álvarez-Pallete weighs in on ePrivacy
Group calls for privacy norms rethink; cryptocurrency payments option mooted; Telefónica lauded for sustainability credentials.
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Venturing & Investments
DT invests in Helium’s distributed network
Telekom Innovation Pool joins $200m funding round in decentralised IoT network operator. Crypto token incentive model sees growth in recent years. Liberty Global among fellow participants.
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Products & Services
Telefónica ponders crypto payment integration
Spanish operator will not be a “mere spectator” on Web 3 and cryptocurrencies, with possibility of accepting token‑based payments considered. Chief Digital Officer Chema Alonso describes Group “reflections” on potential role of the operator in decentralised technology developments.
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Products & Services
DT to join NFT craze
Operator will open up its own platform in the coming months. Claims clients will not require specialist NFT and crypto knowledge to get started.
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Venturing & Investments
T-Systems MMS continues blockchain drive with Polkadot support
Interoperable framework of public blockchains becomes T‑Sys MMS’s fourth investment in the sector.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T‑Systems joins crypto party with Celo
T‑Sys MMS to provide infrastructure and validation services for blockchain ecosystem provider Celo as DT ups its interest in the technology. Strategic investment fund TIP tapped for “significant” purchase of CELO crypto‑assets.
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Partnerships & Alliances
T-Systems taps Finoa for crypto-banking bet
Crypto-assets secured, housed, and traded by T‑Sys MMS via tie‑up with Berlin‑based Finoa. Another string to DT’s blockchain bow. Dittrich: partnership an answer to “ structural challenges ”.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone pulls support from Facebook’s Libra
Vodafone backtracked on its support for the Libra Association, the Facebook-led crypto currency initiative
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Innovation (R&D)
Telekom Innovation Laboratories hails progress towards Hedera Hashgraph commercial services launch
Telekom Innovation Laboratories hails progress towards Hedera Hashgraph cryptocurrency commercial services launch.
