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JPMorgan Might Merge Quorum With ConsenSys - Report
11.2.2020
Within the next six months, U.S.-based investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase is likely to announce that its blockchain unit Quorum is merging with major bockchain company ConsenSys, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the plans.
Both companies are already in talks over this potential...
Beijing Launches Blockchain Loans Platform for Coronavirus-hit SMEs
10.2.2020
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Authorities in Beijing say they have launched a blockchain-powered loans platform that will help small and medium-sized companies affected by the coronavirus to borrow money and potentially stay afloat – as the disease threatens to batter the city’s...
Samsung Might Have New Crypto Surprise as Galaxy S20 Debuts Tomorrow
10.2.2020
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+. South Korean observers believe Samsung’s newest smartphones could feature a blockchain wallet with “enhanced security features.”
The South Korean electronics giant is set to unveil its newest smartphones, the Galaxy S20 and the Z Flip, as well as other devices...
Citigroup and Goldman Sachs Swap Equity On Blockchain + More News
7.2.2020
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U.S.-based banking giants Citigroup and Goldman Sachs conducted the first equity swap on a new blockchain built using...
Bitcoin Blockchain Daily Confirmed Transactions Hit 5-Month High
7.2.2020
Fresh data reveals a weekly high of 368,604 transactions confirmed per day on the Bitcoin blockchain
Public Blockchain Is a 'Natural Choice for Survival,' Says Banker
6.2.2020
South Korean banks and financial services providers will increasingly look to use public blockchain solutions, say experts in the country.
Seoul has been supportive of a range of private-only blockchain projects, and has even provided such ventures with multi-million dollar funding.
But South...
Blockchain Group Asks IRS to Exempt Small Crypto Payments + More News
5.2.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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A blockchain trade group, the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, asked the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to exempt...
Handshake Introduces a New Way to Send Your Crypto
4.2.2020
Namebase and its blockchain Handshake have officially gone live, allowing their users to send funds to a simple name, instead of a complicated address.
Handshake is a decentralized, permissionless naming protocol compatible with DNS (Domain Name System, a hierarchical and decentralized naming...
Sony Just Proved That It Is Interested in Security Tokens
4.2.2020
Sony looks set to get on the security token bandwagon and has made an undisclosed investment in Securitize, a San Francisco-based platform that issues and managing digital securities. The investment arm of the music and electronics giant joined a funding round that raised USD 14 million.
Per...
Bitspark Shuts Down Amid Restructuring, Coronavirus and Protests
4.2.2020
Hong Kong-based blockchain startup Bitspark closes down, citing internal restructuring issues exacerbated by a coronavirus outbreak and local protests
Bitcoin SV Genesis Upgrade Results in Chain Split
4.2.2020
A Bitcoin SV network upgrade has not gone flawlessly, with a minor chain split being observed
14 Major Japanese Finance Firms to Begin Blockchain Inheritance Pilot
4.2.2020
Fourteen of Japan’s biggest banks and securities companies will begin running a pilot for a blockchain-powered inheritance platform. The pilot, which is being spearheaded by the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, will begin in mid-February. If successful, financial institutions in the country could aim...
Politician to Form Blockchain-powered Party + More News
3.2.2020
National Assembly Building in Seoul. Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Former presidential candidate, tech entrepreneur and leading South Korean...
New Blockchain Scalability Ideas: Packets and Zones
31.1.2020
Scalability is a long-standing and oft-discussed blockchain issue, for which many Cryptoverse residents have been searching a solution. Today we look into two of the latest ideas that aim to solve the problem and make transactions faster and more efficient.
Independent Zones
Asensys, a blockchain...
Cambodia Launches Blockchain-Based National Payment Gateway
31.1.2020
In a few months, Cambodians might be able to start using a blockchain-based "national payment gateway."
Chea Serey, the director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia, told The Phnom Penh Post that peer-to-peer payment and money transfer platform dubbed ‘Project Bakong’ was launched on a trial...
DeFi Challenge: Organic User Adoption
30.1.2020
DeFi (decentralized finance) protocols to face the same challenge as all cryptos on their path in 2020, and it’s organic user adoption.
The growing trend of DeFi, which marked 2019, has in fact been highlighted by a large increase in the number of assets being locked up in different DeFi protocols....
Blockchain Spending Plummets at Russian Giant Rostec as Hype Wanes
28.1.2020
The state-sponsored Russian technology firm Rostec aims to halve its blockchain research and development fund and now estimates smaller effects on the economy.
The company stated that it plans to spend RUB 28.4 billion (USD 453.2 million) on blockchain technology by 2024, Kommersant reported...
Dfinty Launches Open Version of LinkedIn + More News
23.1.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Dfinity, a blockchain-based cloud computing company, unveiled an open version of LinkedIn, dubbed LinkedUp....
Davos Experts Say Regulation Is the Key to Unlocking Tokenization
22.1.2020
Blockchain industry participants in Davos believe that digital tokens could transform the world of business and art – providing the capacity to “break down an Andy Warhol painting into a million different tokens.”
The industry professionals were speaking at a session entitled “From Token Assets...
South Korean Army to Use Blockchain-powered ID Solution + More News
22.1.2020
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A South Korean blockchain authentication solution developed by a private company will be adopted by...