Étiquette : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG

In the wake of Paypal’s very public exit from the Libra project, U.S. lawmakers are now pressuring Stripe, Visa and Mastercard to rethink their membership of the Libra Association as well. On October 8, three letters from two U.S. senators urged the tech and finance giants to “carefully consider” risks…

Whether buying, selling or tokenizing real estate, the property market and blockchain are deeply intertwined. As the purchase of property has become possible with bitcoin, so has the wider potential of blockchain technology to transform the industry. The convergence of real estate and cryptocurrency is no longer the stuff of…

Mutual fund giant Vanguard has partnered with Nasdaq Ventures-backed blockchain startup Symbiont to develop a trading platform for the $6 trillion currency market, the companies said. Source : https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/vanguard-developing-blockchain-platform-for-%246-trillion-forex-market-2019-10-09 Date : October 9, 2019 at 04:21PM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

Universities and Colleges Community of Interest leader Dr. Peter McAliney has recently co-authored an article in the academic “International Journal of Disclosure and Governance.”   The article compares the two more traditional technologies – relational databases and Google Sheets – with blockchain along a set of criteria that are essential to…

Non-profit research institution focusing on blockchain technology Wanxiang Blockchain, and PlatON, the pioneering global privacy-preserving computing network announced the launch of an open-source consortium blockchain infrastructure, PlatONE. Yu Cheng, General Manager for Digital Insurance Innovation at Minsheng Life Insurance said: “For years, Minsheng Life Insurance has invested in blockchain and…

The multibillion-dollar fisheries industry in India is going Blockchain with Walmart launching an end-to-end traceability of transportation and food safety procedures for shrimp sourced from the world’s second-largest country. In addition, Walmart will also be funding smallholder farmers in Andhra Pradesh to gain BAP certification training. It will also support…

A deeper look at a leading enterprise blockchain project A few months ago, we published the details of ten enterprise blockchain networks which are built on MultiChain and running in live production. One of these solutions, made for the pharmaceutical industry, is of particular interest – not only because of…

The Supreme Court of India has confirmed a new date to hear the crypto case after multiple delays. During the last hearing, the court directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to reply to crypto exchanges’ representation within two weeks, which the central bank has done. Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/indian-supreme-court-sets-date-to-hear-crypto-case-next-week/ Date…

FOIN, a cryptocurrency company and a developer of the transparent payment system FoPay, announced the strategic partnership with Cyclebit, a crypto payment solutions provider. Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/foin-allows-merchants-to-accept-crypto-payments-in-store/ Date : October 7, 2019 at 11:58AM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

A team of experts has come up with a plan to use blockchain tracking for trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to avoid the re-imposition of a hard border after Britain leaves the European Union. Source : https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/can-blockchain-solve-brexits-border-puzzle-experts-are-sceptical-2019-10-07 Date : October 7, 2019 at 09:15PM Tag(s) :…

On the heels of launching his crypto platform, McAfee Magic, the former antivirus software tycoon John McAfee plans to launch a distributed exchange on Monday, October 7. ‘McAfeedex’ will run on the Ethereum blockchain and McAfee insists the exchange will have no restrictions. Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/mcafee-to-launch-decentralized-token-exchange-with-no-restrictions/ Date : October 6,…

Facebook’s ambitious financial inclusion project, Libra, continues marching forward in spite of mountainous regulatory obstacles, but key members of the Libra Association are having doubts and dropping out. Paypal has now reportedly left the group due to regulatory concerns. Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/paypal-exits-libra-mastercard-and-visa-may-follow/ Date : October 6, 2019 at 12:19PM Tag(s)…

The operators of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the stablecoin Tether are again engaged in public relations crisis management. They have notified users of an imminent lawsuit over market manipulation allegations and are trying to frame it as just a shameless money grab attempt. Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/bitfinex-braces-for-imminent-lawsuit-alleging-tether-manipulates-crypto-market/ Date : October…

A major Japanese news publication has reported that crypto donations to individual politicians are legal and do not need to be reported publicly as donations. Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/crypto-outpaces-political-donation-laws-in-japan/ Date : October 7, 2019 at 04:32AM Tag(s) : #BLOCKCHAIN ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

One of Europe’s smallest but richest nations, Liechtenstein, has made a significant step towards clarifying the regulatory environment in its already crypto-friendly jurisdiction. The parliament of the German-speaking principality in the heart of Europe has just passed a law that is likely to entice even more crypto companies to its…

The current Blockchain solutions have been invaluable as it relates to the technical understanding of distributed ledgers. However, the solutions’ successes, which creates more adoption, makes them slower and more unwieldy. Beyond that, the solutions do not have critical functionality for working markets and ease of adoption. The first article…

China has had a strange relationship with Bitcoin and blockchain. For many years, the threat of a government ban on Bitcoin has affected the price. There is no doubt that there is an interest in the technology however, with many entrepreneurs in the industry hailing from China. Blockchain in China…

Last spring and the beginning of summer 2019 saw digital asset markets spike considerably in value, and many speculators assumed the rise was due to institutional investors. However, BTC and a variety of other popular digital asset prices started plummeting in August. Source : https://news.bitcoin.com/data-shows-institutional-interest-in-bitcoin-has-diminished/ Date : October 5, 2019…

After much deliberation in the past months and years, Moscow has recently taken important steps toward regulating the crypto space. These are part of the efforts to open the way for the development of the Russian digital economy. The country, heavily dependent on energy exports and hurt by Western sanctions,…

The next-generation, open-source blockchain for building decentralized applications- Æternity is collaborating with the Uruguay Digital Party to optimize the participation processes of the party members through the use of blockchain technology in internal voting. In an exclusive interview, CEO of Æternity Americas Pablo Coirolo told Blockchain News that Æternity protocol…