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Fairness and transparency: blockchain technology in lotteries
14.5.2020
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Fairness and transparency: blockchain technology and its application in the concept of lotteries
The concept of lotteries has existed for hundreds of years - with the first reports of lotteries dating back from...
Blockchain Bites: The Government Won’t ‘Kill DeFi’ but FATF Might Compromise Anonymity
14.5.2020
Consensus: Distributed saw discussions over the constitutionality of FATF's Travel Rule and why regulators want DeFi in the U.S
Enterprise Blockchain Market Will Hit $21.07 Billion By 2025, Says Fortune Business Insights
14.5.2020
New research claims that the enterprise blockchain market will continue to rise to $21.07 billion by 2025
China’s Central Bank Wants to Speed Up Blockchain Adoption
13.5.2020
Officials from the People’s Bank of China push to accelerate adoption of the country’s Fintech Development Plan
Binance Freezes Funds Stolen From Upbit in Late 2019
13.5.2020
Binance freezes $27k transaction associated with the $50 million hack of South Korean exchange Upbit
Blockchain-themed Manga Series Hopes to Take Japan by Storm
13.5.2020
The protagonist of the new series explains the concept of blockchain, distributed ledgers and cryptocurrencies to a captivated time-traveling hero.
Japanese manga writers can’t get enough of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. First there was the manga-themed monacoin (MONA) and...
New Stablecoin, Bitcoin Interest Account, Cherry on Blockchain + More News
13.5.2020
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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.
Exchanges news
Japanese crypto exchange GMO Coin is on the verge of releasing a stablecoin, reports...
Fireblocks Boosts Transaction Speed 800% With Free-to-Use Algorithm
13.5.2020
Fireblocks has developed an 800% faster algorithm for secure MPC transactions and made it free-to-use for custodians and vendors
A Closer Look at the Bitcoin Network’s Post-Halving Hash Rate
13.5.2020
Bitcoin network hash rate experienced some decline, but the first difficulty adjustment post-halving will still see a positive adjustment
New Crypto Toolkit Can Measure Speculation in a Token’s Price
13.5.2020
Flipside Crypto and Prysm Group have partnered to release the Economic Suite, which lets blockchain projects measure how speculative and decentralized they are
Blockchain Bites: FATF, Financial Inclusion and Banking Without Banks: A Look Ahead At Consensus, Day 3
13.5.2020
Your guide to Consensus: Distributed, Day 3: FATF, DeFi and why Bitcoin is still king
Blockchain Startup Aims to Help Indian Farmers Get Fair Crop Prices
13.5.2020
A blockchain-based agtech startup has partnered with the Indian government to help 3 million farmers earn a more fair income
The Number of Women in Crypto and Blockchain Is Skyrocketing in 2020
13.5.2020
In 2020 women are increasingly coming to the cryptocurrency market, create their own companies and make a record number of purchases using digital money
Standard Chartered Claims First Yuan-Based Letter of Credit Issued on a Blockchain
13.5.2020
The bank said the blockchain letter-of-credit transaction – between mining giant Rio Tinto and Chinese firm Baosteel – was the first to be denominated in yuan
Simba Chain Wins Another Contract From US Department of Defense
13.5.2020
Simba Chain, a cloud-based smart contract startup, is building a blockchain data management system for the U.S. Department of Defense
Telegram Drops TON Cryptocurrency Project After US Prohibits Global Distribution
13.5.2020
Popular messaging app Telegram has shut down its TON cryptocurrency project. Telegram founder Pavel Durov explains that a US court has stopped his TON project and prevented the gram cryptocurrency from being distributed to investors, not just in the US but globally. Telegram Discontinues...
Chinese Central Bank Calls for Yet More Blockchain Adoption
13.5.2020
The Chinese central bank’s technology leads have called for more blockchain adoption in the bank’s own operations and the wider, government-owned financial sector.
Per Sina, the People's Bank of China (PBoC)’s Financial Technology Committee held its first meeting of the year this week, with...
If Blockchain Is the Door to the Future of Finance, Liquidity Is the Key
13.5.2020
Liquidity should be seen as the primary indicator of the overall health of markets and exchanges — and also as a crucial factor for economic trading
Investors Say Lawsuits May Follow as Telegram Boss Concedes TON Defeat
13.5.2020
Telegram and its owner Pavel Durov have officially sounded the death knell for the company’s Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform and its Gram token. But investors and other experts claim that a slew of lawsuits may follow as the company attempts to appease investors who stumped up...
Ripple Seems to Be Developing a Blockchain-Based Working Capital Loans Product
13.5.2020
A recent job listing at blockchain-based payments firm Ripple indicates that it is working on a working capital loan product