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Mainstream Investment Vehicles Tied to Cryptocurrencies Grow Exponentially
13.12.2019
These days bitcoin and a variety of other digital assets are now being traded as funds and traditional equity holdings. The landscape of crypto investment vehicles has changed significantly as institutional and retail investors don’t need direct exposure to cryptocurrencies in order to invest...
Reuters: Dutch Bank ING Working on Digital Asset Custody Technology
12.12.2019
ING is reportedly developing digital asset custody technology, becoming the latest mainstream financial institution to enter the crypto custody business
China: Former Central Bank Exec to Reportedly Head New Tech Regulation Division
11.12.2019
China’s securities regulator reportedly plans to set up a tech division that will be headed by the former chief of the central bank’s digital currency initiative
Oranco to Use Blockchain-powered Laser Technology to Fight Counterfeit Products
10.12.2019
Use cases of blockchain technology are growing by the day as companies across the globe are coming up with newer solutions regularly. This time it’s Oranco, the Chinese self-branded liquor marketer, that has come up with a unique blockchain usage. The giant wholesaler will use...
A List of Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventors and Satoshi Clues Debunked in 2019
8.12.2019
Since the inception of Bitcoin, a variety of unique individuals have come forward saying they invented blockchain technology. In 2019, a few more self-proclaimed Satoshis came out of the woodwork, alongside evidence pointing toward other individuals who could have used the moniker. So far, clues...
Crypto 2020: Technology Trends Next Year and Beyond
8.12.2019
Crypto is ten years old now, but how significantly has its underlying technology changed since its birth? At the most basic and abstract level, things are still fundamentally the same, in that (real) cryptocurrencies still rely on distributed and cryptographically secured consensus networks...
The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto
8.12.2019
A specter is haunting the modern world, the specter of crypto anarchy. Computer technology is on the verge of providing the ability for individuals and groups to communicate and interact with each other in a totally anonymous manner. Two persons may exchange messages, conduct business,...
Report: ‘Blockchain Is A Rapidly Maturing Technology in China’
7.12.2019
A report by Forkast Insights calls blockchain in China a rapidly maturing technology “far beyond the experimental stage”
State Street: 38% of Clients Will Put More Money into Digital Assets in 2020
6.12.2019
The majority of asset managers that bank with State Street are interested in digital assets, but none have asked the global custodian to store them yet
SpaceChain Launches Blockchain Hardware Wallet Technology for International Space Station
6.12.2019
Community-based space platform, SpaceChain has declared that its blockchain hardware wallet technology is headed towards the International Space Station (ISS), onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as a feature of the present CRS-19 commercial resupply service mission. SpaceChain combines space...
Weekly Platform News: Upgrading Navigations to HTTPS, Sale of .org Domains, New Browser Engine
5.12.2019
In this week's roundup: DuckDuckGo gets smarter encryption, a fight over the sale of dot org domains, and a new browser engine is in the works.
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DuckDuckGo upgrades and open-sources its encryption
DuckDuckGo has open-sourced its “Smarter Encryption” technology that enables...
Bloom Technology Claims to Speed Up Blockchain Transactions via Locus Chain Technology
5.12.2019
South Korean startup Bloom Technology has tested a blockchain solution, which claims to process blockchain transactions faster than ever. The transactions will take place within 23 seconds as per the initial assessments. The new Locus Chain technology has been examined by taking a public test...
Dcoin Signs Blockchain Education Cooperation MOU with CryptoMBA
30.11.2019
Having established itself as a Top 30 cryptocurrency trading exchange, Dcoin has announced that it has signed a Blockchain Education Cooperation MOU with CryptoMBA in the globally reputed Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies (aSSIST). In the niche of blockchain technology, aSSIST...
Huobi Hosts First International Blockchain Forum Sanctioned by the Chinese Government
30.11.2019
Hainan Free Trade Port International Cooperation—Forum on Digital group and Blockchain will be held on December 5–6, 2019, in the Hainan Province of China. Huobi Group has arranged the global gathering of business leaders and decision-makers in collaboration with the Department of Industry...
XRP and Ripple Technology Come Together to Power International Payments
30.11.2019
It is very interesting to know the various payment protocols used in blockchain technology, especially when it comes to international, cross-border remittances. Ripple is one of the most trusted names in the domain of cross-border payments, and to strengthen its position, some of the Ripple’s...
PDAX Teams Up With UnionBank for Blockchain-based Technical Reforms
30.11.2019
Philippines Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) has strategically partnered with UnionBank of the Philippines to receive an investment as part of its growth plans based on blockchain technology in the Philippines. The partnership will obtain the investments from UnionBank via its fintech subsidiary...
Crypto Community Erupts Over Ethereum Foundation Member’s Arrest
30.11.2019
On Friday the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) announced the arrest of Ethereum Foundation member Virgil Griffith for allegedly “assisting North Korea in evading sanctions” by teaching “his audience how to use blockchain...
Red Cross Infuses Blockchain Technology to Support Deprived Communities
27.11.2019
On Tuesday, the globally reputed Red Cross societies of Norway, Denmark, and Kenya unveiled a two-year effort to bring into play blockchain-oriented ‘local currencies’ to boost trading activities within the deprived communities, stated a report by Thomson Reuters Foundation. These vulnerable rural...
Devs Discuss Formal Specification Project for Bitcoin Cash
27.11.2019
On Monday, Bitcoin ABC’s lead developer Amaury Séchet explained in a blog post that Bitcoin Cash will be getting its own formal specification from Bitcoin Verde programmer Joshua Green. Séchet noted that although a slew of developers have written documentation, “the existing...
Gemfields Sells Emeralds With Provenance Proof Blockchain Technologies
26.11.2019
Leading mining firm, Gemfields created a buzz in the blockchain technology niche as it spearheads the launch of high-quality emeralds studded with the Emerald Paternity Test along with its placement on the Provenance Proof Blockchain. The firm unveiled the revolutionary emeralds during the latest...