Tech

eToro is Giving a Platform to Retailers to Invest in Facebook Libra Project

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4 years ago

July 13, 2019

Social trading and multi-asset brokerage company, eToro becomes the first company to give retail investors a financial exposure to Facebook’s libra project. This is the first time a tech giant is making a move by using crypto and the Facebook libra project to shift into global finance. Earlier, private companies and individuals involved in such developments have taken the advantage from such projects. But this time, the project will change it, and the people will get the opportunity to take a stake.

The project united 13 publicly traded companies which are involved in Libra association and many more are yet to join it. eToro can rebalance the project if more companies join it. The minimum limit of investment is set to $2,000. The list of companies which are currently involved in project are, Mastercard (MA), Paypal (PYPL), VISA (V), Booking Holdings INC (BKNG), eBay (EBAY), Lyft (LYFT), MercadoLibre (MELI), Spotify (SPOT), Uber (UBER), Facebook (FB), Iliad (ILD.PA), Vodafone (VOD) and Farfetch (FTCH).

Yonni Assia, the CEO and Co-founder of eToro, said, “eToro’s mission is to open up global markets for everyone and is the only place retail investors can get exposure to developing technologies such as the Libra Coin, via a managed and regulated investment product for free.”

He also added, “Our range of portfolios is about making it as easy as possible for investors to access the assets they want across a range of themes and ideas that they’re passionate about. That could be anything from renewable energy to big tech, from cyber security to the medical cannabis industry. Given the importance of the Libra project, this portfolio was devised just two weeks after the project’s whitepaper was made public.”

Tech

CDN Security: Protecting Your Content and Users

Published

22 hours ago

June 7, 2023

Jonathan Grilli

Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated and can cause companies severe disruption and financial loss. On average, IT outages cost companies $5,600 per minute. That’s why providing layered cloud protection is essential to improve organizations’ security. The CDN service guarantees such protection, so today, we will delve into what it is and what advantages it provides to users and organizations.

What is CDN security?

The main task of a CDN is to speed up page loading and improve website performance. Along with that, CDN also helps improve security. CDNs are content delivery networks comprising geographically distributed servers connected and optimized through private global networks. This allows the CDN to avoid overloading ISPs and public networks.

The technology is based on caching, where copies of the content are stored on different data processing servers and local caching servers worldwide. Content is served from edge servers closer to users than from the origin server. This is how technology ensures fast, reliable, and secure content delivery. Almost every popular service you use currently uses such solutions: from Netflix and YouTube to online game providers, large e-commerce companies, and government and public institutions.

How does a CDN improve the security of a website and its users?

A content delivery network uses reverse proxy technology to place its servers in front of websites at the network’s edge. This allows CDNs to prevent threats such as DDoS attacks before they even reach a website. In addition, a CDN can balance the load by efficiently distributing traffic between servers, which helps avoid congestion. It also sits at the network’s edge, filtering threats before they reach a website.

How to choose reliable CDN protection?

It’s worth using an integrated, intelligent CDN security solution, and this is precisely what GCore offers its customers. In addition, it is important to pay attention to the following points:

The service must include advanced threat detection capabilities, such as sophisticated bot attacks, malware, and layer 7 DDoS attacks.
A CDN must provide encryption to protect against network failures and other threats.
Evaluate your network size and security infrastructure to select the optimal service package.
Give preference to solutions compatible with the SSL certificates used.

Integrated, intelligent CDN security solutions with analytics and reporting are among the services the GCore team offers. Take care of your online security with GCore before cyber threats become a real problem rather than a potential one.