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Korea’s Shinhan to Offer Blockchain-Based Securities Lending
3.8.2019
A new brokerage account in South Korea will let investors lend securities on a blockchain
More Signs the Next Big Financial Crisis May Begin in Germany
3.8.2019
Germany, the locomotive of Europe’s huge economy, is entering a difficult period, various indicators suggest. And when the Federal Republic sneezes, the Old Continent usually catches cold. This time, Germany may infect the rest of the world as well. An economic and financial crisis there...
The Modern Era of Free Range Slaves: How Bitcoin Breaks the Mold
3.8.2019
In a string of recent Tweets, 2020 Libertarian presidential candidate and fugitive from the law John McAfee has been talking about slavery. Urging people to “wake up” and assuring them that neither compliance with the status quo, nor stacks of riches, can set them free. Indeed, when...
Bitcoin.com to Launch an Exchange
2.8.2019
The exchange will list the major cryptocurrencies, simple ledger protocol tokens, and support BCH trading pairs
Banks Stopped Walmart Bank – Now the Retail Giant Hits Back With Crypto
2.8.2019
On August 1, it was discovered that the giant retail corporation Walmart has patented plans for a stablecoin that’s backed by U.S. dollars. If released into the wild, the USD-based cryptocurrency would be issued to select Walmart retailers and partners while the patent’s description...
The CFTC Fintech Chief Who Oversaw Early Blockchain Trials Is Leaving
2.8.2019
The director of the CFTC's experimental fintech initiative will step down in mid-August to pursue work in the private sector
Nexo Launches a Debit Card That Lets You Not Spend Your Crypto
2.8.2019
Arrington XRP Capital-backed financial startup Nexo unveiled a crypto card that lets users “spend the value of their crypto without actually spending it."
Roger Ver Steps Into Chairman Role as Bitcoin.com Adds New CEO
2.8.2019
Roger Ver is now Executive Chairman of Bitcoin.com as Stefan Rust joins as CEO
From Halving to Halving: Litecoin Has Seen Massive Rise
2.8.2019
Source: iStock/da-kuk
The fourth cryptocurrency network by market capitalization, Litecoin (LTC), is nearing its second halving. And while the Litecoin block mining reward will decrease by half again, other numbers show that the network metrics have significantly increased in four years since...
9 Walmart's Blockchain/Crypto Patents Revealed in One Day
2.8.2019
Source: Instagram, Walmart
It's no wonder that the U.S. companies are among the world’s top 10 blockchain patent acquirers when even non-blockchain businessess are seeking for patents in droves. And no one knows how serious those companies are.
After Nike filed for a trademark for the term...
Stefan Rust Appointed New Chief Executive Officer of Bitcoin.com
2.8.2019
Stefan Rust has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Bitcoin.com. As CEO he will work alongside Roger Ver as the company continues to develop new products and services that promote peer to peer electronic cash and increased economic freedom around the world. Also Read: Pre-Register...
Bitcoin Loses its First "A" Rating But Price Keeps Positive Momentum
2.8.2019
Weiss Ratings, the first financial ratings agency that started covering bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in January of 2018, is once again out with an updated rating for the number one cryptocurrency.
Following a period of price consolidation for bitcoin, the Weiss crypto ratings team has...
PR: Uruguayan President Meets With the Founder of SCRY
2.8.2019
Uruguay, nicknamed South America’s Switzerland, has always taken a positive attitude towards the development of science and technology and information economy as well as science and technology services, thus becoming the first Latin American country to step into 5G information this year. Miss...
Coders Are Trying to Connect Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to Ethereum
2.8.2019
Blockade Games says it has successfully bridged the two networks by sending a bitcoin lightning transaction to trigger an ethereum smart contract
German Crypto Firms May Face New Regulatory Hurdles, BitPay Leaves
2.8.2019
Forthcoming regulations are causing cryptocurrency companies to halt services in countries like Germany – with BitPay announcing that it has ceased operating in the nation.
BitPay is a cryptocurrency payment service provider based in Atlanta, in the United States. In response to a user who asked...
Everton Becomes the Latest eToro's Attempt to Reach New Crypto Users
2.8.2019
Thomas Davies, a central midfielder for Everton. In an attempt to bring masses into the cryptoverse and then convert them into their clients, cryptocurrency companies are working hard on their marketing campaigns and targeting top names in the non-crypto world.
This time, cryptocurrency and stock...
US Regulator Plans to Outsource Running Cryptocurrency Nodes
2.8.2019
A recently published document reveals that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has plans to hire contractors to run specific cryptocurrency full nodes for the government agency. According to the SEC documentation, the regulator wants third-party contractors to run nodes for Bitcoin...
Coinbase CEO Armstrong Thinks Crypto Is the Path to Financial Inclusion
2.8.2019
“Coinbase can’t do it alone, there needs to be thousands of companies out there," said Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
R3 Doubles London Office Space for Blockchain Hiring Spree
1.8.2019
Enterprise blockchain firm R3 is doubling its office space in London to accommodate a hiring spree
Weekly Platform News: Preventing Image Loads with the Picture Element, the Web We Want, Svg Styles Are Not Scoped
1.8.2019
In this week's week roundup of browser news, a trick for loading images conditionally using the picture element, your chance to tell bowser vendors about the web you want, and the styles applied to inline SVG elements are, well, not scoped only to that SVG.
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