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Bitcoin Shopping App Fold Raises $2.5 Million to Bring Lightning to Retailers
25.9.2019
Competition among bitcoin retail apps is heating up, with the newly funded Fold App doubling down on lightning network experiments
Daimler Carries Out First Transaction on Marco Polo Blockchain Trade Network
25.9.2019
Automaker Daimler has carried out its first commercial transaction on the blockchain-based Marco Polo trade finance network
Bitcoin Network Hash Rate Mysteriously Flash Crashes by 40%
24.9.2019
An unexplained plummet in Bitcoin’s hash rate occurred yesterday, with a stark, if fleeting, 40% drop in mining on the network
JP Morgan’s Interbank Information Network Gets Five New SK Members
23.9.2019
Five South Korean banking giants have joined JP Morgan for their blockchain-based payments initiative, the Interbank Information Network (IIN). The cross-border payments initiative operates on a ‘permissioned-variant’ of the Ethereum blockchain, dubbed, Quorum, and allows IIN members...
Ownera Joins Amazon on Hackathon to Launch Digital Securities API
23.9.2019
An emerging digital securities network, Ownera combined with Amazon. It will release digital securities API with the help of HyperLedger Fabric blockchain service managed by Amazon. According to recent research, Hyperledger Fabric is a winner for enterprise blockchain projects. Ownera stated that...
The Specs Behind Bitcoin’s Lightning Pass Their First ‘Formal’ Security Test
22.9.2019
A pair of researchers have released the results of a formal verification of the lightning network, saying it's "as secure as bitcoin."
6 Noncustodial Crypto Payment Solutions for Merchants
22.9.2019
You don’t have to be a bitcoin purist or tech tinkerer to want to accept cryptocurrency without using a third party. With lower merchant fees, greater network uptime, and no chargebacks, noncustodial crypto payments have several advantages over traditional fiat payment systems. Here are...
How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model
21.9.2019
Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last nine years have found value in anchoring some sort of feature set to BTC in order to bolster the satellite’s underlying...
Litecoin Foundation Taps Celsius Network as Preferred Wallet
21.9.2019
The Litecoin Foundation will make Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network its preferred wallet. Litecoin is the first Cryptocurrency to partner with Celsius Network. If their partnership is successful, it may attract more Cryptocurrencies to reach similar deals with Celsius Network. It will also...
Ethereum Announces Launch Dates for Testing its Hard Fork, Istanbul
20.9.2019
A recent update on Ethereum maintenance released a while ago, known as Frozen Pyjack, secures in the dates that Ethereum’s mainnet upgrade, where Istanbul will be utilized on Ethereum testnets. For quite some time, Istanbul is Ethereum’s long-time discussed hard fork that pledges...
Zap Dev: Use Lightning Network to Buy Bitcoin — Avoid Coinbase, BitPay
20.9.2019
Bitcoin wallet unveils instant buying feature linking bank accounts in a direct snub to BitPay
Singapore Bank Giant OCBC Joins JPMorgan’s Blockchain Network
20.9.2019
JPMorgan Chase’s interbank blockchain network IIN reveals Singapore’s OCBC as the latest new member
Bank of America Joins R3’s Marco Polo Blockchain Global Trade Network
20.9.2019
Bank of America follows in the footsteps of Mastercard to join the Marco Polo blockchain network
Extends ICX Giveaway and Modifies Decentralization Plan of ICON Network
19.9.2019
ICON has announced a giveaway of 3 million ICX in the form of rewards for participation in P-Rep pre-voting. This giveaway will be executed for 30 days from August 26, 2019 to September 24, 2019, during the pre-voting period. Now, according to the recent news, this giveaway period has extended...
Loom Network Is Bringing DeFi to Tron, Binance Chains
19.9.2019
Dai will first join tron and then binance chain, the blockchain hosted by crypto exchange Binance
Lightning Wallet Zap Launches in-App OTC Desk for Bitcoin Buyers
19.9.2019
With new features from Zap, people can now buy bitcoin using the Lightning Network and reduce their reliance on centralized crypto exchanges
Cryptocurrency Market Data would be available for Chainlink Decentralized Oracle network, says CoinGecko
19.9.2019
Recently, CoinGecko has declared that its cryptocurrency market information which is presently accessible utilizing API (Application Program Interface) will be sooner made available on Chainlink’s decentralized oracle framework. Further, this is a significant improvement since smart contracts...
Bank of America Joins Marco Polo Blockchain Trade Network
19.9.2019
The sixth-largest U.S. company has joined Marco Polo, a consortium working to bring efficiencies to international trade using blockchain tech
Ethereum Tests 25% Capacity Increase as Network Fees Hit Bitcoin Level
19.9.2019
Ethereum tackles congestion with a gas limit increase
Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits 102 Quintillion in Historic Network Milestone
19.9.2019
New Bitcoin hash rate highs fuel bullish price speculation