Travelport, IBM Collaborate on Blockchain for Hotel Commissions
21.8.2019
Blockchain will reduce the amount of discrepancies in booking data caused by hotel no-shows, overstays, and room modifications
US Treasury Blacklists Bitcoin, Litecoin Addresses of Chinese ‘Drug Kingpins’
21.8.2019
The U.S. Treasury's OFAC has put bitcoin and litecoin addresses of three Chinese nationals on its sanctions list, the second time the agency has blacklisted crypto wallets
The World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Is Just a Fancy Way of Selling Debt
21.8.2019
Last year the World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a permissioned Ethereum-based blockchain to facilitate the end-to-end issuance of bonds between financial partners. The Bretton Woods-created financial institution hopes to make debt capital markets far more efficient with...
Tether to Issue Stablecoin Backed by Chinese Yuan in Belgian Bank: Insider
21.8.2019
Tether is planning to issue a new stablecoin backed by Chiense yuan held in a bank in Belgium, says Bitfinex shareholder Zhao Dong
CoinFlex Bags $10m Crypto Funding, Investors Look Up to Bright Future
21.8.2019
CoinFlex, world’s first practically implemented crypto futures exchange bags over $10 million USD in funding this year. Incorporated in Seychelles, CoinFLEX endeavors to address the issues with cash-settled crypto futures contracts along with enabling ways to hedge crypto exposure an index...
You Can Now Earn Bitcoin Rewards for Postmates Purchases
21.8.2019
Postmates has become the latest partner for Lolli's bitcoin rewards service
US SEC Registers Digital Securities Platform Securitize as Transfer Agent
21.8.2019
Securitize has registered as a transfer agent with the U.S. SEC to boost token adoption
South Korea’s Woori Financial Teams up with Kakao’s Crypto Payments Group
21.8.2019
The banking company is latest major organization in the country to join the blockchain rush
Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), and Binance Coin (BNB) Register a Steep Fall
21.8.2019
Bitcoin Cash Price Analysis: Bitcoin Cash is the fourth largest coin in the market. The coin is currently dealing at $297.337. The market cap is noted as $5,392,510,967. The five-day BCH price chart is reflecting a steep drop. Let’s have a detailed look. Starting from 17th August, Bitcoin Cash...
Watch How Bitcoin Miners in Sichuan Are Being Flooded
21.8.2019
Source: Twitter, @redtheminer
A life-threatening disaster hit Aba prefecture in Sichuan, China, causing enormous damages. The four-days-long heavy rainfall produced raging floods and massive mudslides which directly impacted miners in the “Bitcoin mining capital”, as Sichuan is called.
Two videos...
Cryptopia Liquidator Determining Pooled Wallet Crypto Ownership
21.8.2019
The liquidator of hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia claims to have made significant progress in securing and preserving funds
PwC Says Diaspora Remittances to Nigeria Could Hit $34.89 Billion
21.8.2019
As everyone knows, there are many nations which have a huge diaspora spread across the world and most of the people who live abroad send money back to their native country. One such country is Nigeria. Hundreds of thousands of professionals from the African nation now work in different countries...