When the Digital Dollar Project produced its white paper, which aims to advocate a central bank digital currency, it very, very briefly referenced un-hosted wallets in a footnote. It touches upon privacy preserving methods and whether they should be permitted as if an afterthought, yet, it should be at the forefront of conversations. Perhaps the oversight is due to a perceived glaring gap in the un-hosted wallet arena, which suggests, we’re not shouting loud enough. Here Tangem’s CEO, Sergio Mello and CTO and co-founder, Andrey Kurennykh elaborate on the essential nature of “un-hosted wallets” to springboard CBDCs into reality with GBBC Virtual Members Forum.

We linked up with the iconic and much-loved Boston-based sneaker brand, New Balance, to help fight against counterfeit sneakers. The launch of their new basketball sneaker, OMN1S, saw New Balance implement our chip-to-chain technology and leverage Cardano’s blockchain so that their sneakers can always be authenticated by their loyal customer base. Discover how our solution helped the footwear giant innovate ahead of the curve by recording ownership, provenance and validate authenticity.

What has happened to Trust? In the wake of stolen identities, fake news and algorithmic manipulation, it’s mutated like some incongruous beast into something ephemeral, like a glitch awaiting repair. Trust, in short, is broken and governments and banks need to earn it back. At Tangem we make it our mission to set the right technical conditions to bring about a new era of trust; a socio technical solution that aims to impact both society and business.