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Insight into China’s CBDC after Digital Yuan Wallet Briefly Went Live
7.9.2020
Experts have been looking into a soft-launched digital yuan wallet that went live briefly late last month – and said they have uncovered important technical details, and possible usage scenarios.
The state-owned China Construction Bank (CCB), one of the biggest commercial banks in the world...
Sorry, Governments, We’re Entering the Era of Private Money
7.9.2020
Whether the U.S. government likes it or not, the world is demanding crypto-dollars and the private market is ready to supply them
Blockchain platform commercializes digital bank guarantees in Australia
7.9.2020
Australia gets more blockchain projects
Microsoft warns digital currency owners to be aware of new malware
6.9.2020
Windows users must be wary
Defi’s Raw Deal: Sushiswap Creator Transfers Multi-Sig Control to FTX CEO
6.9.2020
After a number of individuals from the crypto community accused the anonymous developer Chef Nomi of exit scamming, the developer transferred the project over to Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of the trading platform FTX. On Saturday, September 5, the decentralized finance (defi) community got upset...
Market Update: Blood in the Crypto Streets, Bitcoin Miner Dumps, CME Gap, Defi Doldrums
4.9.2020
The cryptocurrency economy slid significantly on Thursday afternoon (ET), as the aggregate market cap of all the crypto coins shaved more than 10% during yesterday’s trading sessions. More than 12 hours later, a number of the top crypto assets are still down in value between 4-12%, and some...
‘Decentralized Reddit’ enables users to secure Twitter on the blockchain
4.9.2020
Discussions.app and Telos will collaborate on tools to record Twitter and other social media accounts and contacts to the blockchain enabling migration between platforms
Research: New Malware Employs Tor and Bittorrent To Steal Bitcoin and Ether
4.9.2020
A new trojan called Krypto Cibule uses infested computers’ power to mine cryptocurrency, steal crypto wallet files, and redirect incoming digital assets to a hacker address. The malware rides on the Tor network and the Bittorrent protocol to perform attacks, according to an extensive report...
SBI Holdings to set up blockchain-based digital stock exchange in Osaka
4.9.2020
Ripple’s Japanese partner wants to lead financial innovation in the country
Singapore Exchange uses blockchain to issue $300m digital bond
4.9.2020
DAML smart contract language is now used for digital bonds
SBI Plans Blockchain-based Digital Securities Exchange Launch
4.9.2020
Yoshitaka Kitao. Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has announced plans to launch blockchain technology-powered digital securities exchanges.
Per Nikkei, the plan is the brainchild of SBI’s chief executive Yoshitaka Kitao. The CEO is also the head of Japan’s largest and fastest-growing...
Brazil’s Central Bank Says Nation Might Be Ready for a Digital Currency by 2022
3.9.2020
Brazil's fast-digitizing financial infrastructure could set the stage for CBDC in the next two years, said Campos Neto
Digital cold war? United States and China vie for blockchain supremacy
3.9.2020
As the tech standoff heats up, China launching a CBDC before the U.S. “absolutely does not guarantee global financial preeminence.”
Digital Bank Revolut Expands Crypto Buying and Selling Service to Australia
3.9.2020
The U.K.-based fintech firm has opened up its cryptocurrency services to Australian residents for the first time
Digital Rights Advocacy Group Calls on Coinbase for Greater Transparency
3.9.2020
The EFF wants Coinbase to be more transparent in how it handles authorities' requests for users' private financial data
Digital rights non-profit is tired of the shadowy practices used by many centralized exchanges
3.9.2020
When it comes to transparency, the Electric Frontier Foundation minces no words — Kraken good, Coinbase bad
CFTC Greenlights LedgerX Request to Move Beyond Digital Currency Products
2.9.2020
The federal regulator has approved LedgerX’s amended registration to offer fully collateralized futures and options products
Blockchain technology, financial and self-sovereign digital identities
2.9.2020
Discussing a use case that the Brazilian government started developing last year: a digital identity solution called FinID
Swiss crypto bank Sygnum scores approval for digital asset trading
2.9.2020
The digital Swiss franc issuer is now licensed as a "digital asset trading facility."
Beijing Telecoms Provider Latest Company to Join Digital Yuan Pilot
2.9.2020
Another private sector firm has stated that it is working with the Chinese central bank on its fast-expanding digital yuan pilots.
Per Shanghai Securities News, a Beijing-based telecom provider named Shenzhen Techo Telecom admitted that it was working on the project, known in China as the Digital...