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Russian Smelting Giant Nornickel to Launch Digital Trading Platform by End of 2019
10.7.2019
Nornickel will roll out its digital trading platform for metals by the end of 2019
Binance-Backed Firm Working to Boost Blockchain Speeds Raises $3 Million
10.7.2019
Marlin Protocol, which offers relayer networks to make blockchains faster, has raised $3 million from Binance Labs, Arrington XRP Capital and others
Money and Democracy: Why You Never Get to Vote on the Most Important Part of Society
10.7.2019
It’s very odd that citizens never get to vote or have any say in regard to society’s money, even though it’s one of the most important aspects of everyday life. In fact, in developed countries, most central banks are institutions that are privatized from political interference...
Official: Russia to Postpone Adoption of Bill on Digital Currencies
9.7.2019
Russia’s parliament is considering shifting the adoption of the DFA bill to the autumn session
Money Laundering Scandals Bring Court Charges and Record Job Cuts to Euro Banks
9.7.2019
The international financial establishment is known to express concern about the risks of money laundering when the crypto space is mentioned. A string of scandals indicates, however, that traditional banks are not only susceptible to the phenomenon but sometimes complicit, whether knowingly...
Open-Source Platform Lets Users Build Their Own Blockchain in Under 10 Min
8.7.2019
An open-source blockchain platform says the industry is going the same way as the internet: Just like websites, every business now wants their own chain. #SPONSORED
ShapeShift’s New Platform Aims to Make Crypto Self-Custody as Easy as Coinbase
8.7.2019
ShapeShift’s new one-stop shop for non-custodial crypto management is launching out of private beta today
India to Educate High-Ranking Police Officers on Cryptocurrency
8.7.2019
India’s national police academy has launched a cryptocurrency course for high-ranking officers of the Indian Police Service. Among the objectives of the course are the functioning and legal aspects of cryptocurrencies, as well as investigations of cases involving digital coins. The Indian...
Three Bank Failures Open New Chapter in Never-Ending Financial Crisis
5.7.2019
The collapse of three banks on three different continents indicates a new global crisis is brewing. But it may also show that the last one never really ended and the tools used to manage the global economy simply don’t work. Also read: Side Effects of Economic Growth: Is Snowden Right to...
Techloop spouští novou verzi, slibuje efektivnější nábor IT specialistů
4.7.2019
Startup Techloop, jenž se zaměřuje na propojování firem s IT profesionály, čímž zefektivňuje nábor nových zaměstnanců, spustil novou verzi své platformy. Vylepšená služba přichází s inovacemi, díky kterým si mohou firmy vybírat z databáze 15 tisíc IT pracovníků, napřímo nabízet své volné pozice...
Deutsche Bank’s Restructuring Costs Could Set It Back By $5.7 Billion
4.7.2019
Deutsche Bank used to be one of the biggest banks in the world, and after a while, it decided to enter the world of high finance by expanding aggressively into new markets in the United States, United Kingdom, and Asia. It seemed like a sound strategy for Germany’s biggest bank, but then the 2008...
Menus with “Dynamic Hit Areas”
3.7.2019
Flyout menus! The second you need to implement a menu that uses a hover event to display more menu items, you're in tricky territory. For one, they should work with clicks and taps, too. Without that, you've broken the menu for anyone without a mouse. That doesn't mean you can't also use :hover....
Casa Launches Lightning Node Mobile App for Bitcoin Newbies
3.7.2019
Casa's new wallet aims to help aspiring cypherpunks graduate from getting their first bitcoin to running their own lightning node
City of Dublin Ohio Plans to Launch Bitcoin Cash-Based SLP Token
3.7.2019
On July 1, Joshua Green, CEO of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) implementation Bitcoin Verde, told the BCH community that the local government from Dublin, Ohio plans to mint a token using the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP). The unnamed SLP token will be used for city events, redeemed for city-branded swag...
$515 Million in Bitcoin Spent on Illicit Activity This Year Representing 1% of Total BTC Activity
3.7.2019
Half a billion dollars in BTC spent on illegal transactions so far this year, research says; however, 99% of BTC transactions in 2019 have been legitimate
Russia’s Largest Bank Is Quitting Central Bank’s Blockchain Project
2.7.2019
Enterprise blockchain project Masterchain is falling short of expectations – and Russia's largest bank is quitting in frustration
Official: Russia Will Not Introduce Separate Regulation for Facebook’s Libra
1.7.2019
Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev said Russia will not introduce separate legislation regarding Facebook’s Libra
Side Effects of Economic Growth: Is Snowden Right to Say Bitcoiners Shouldn’t Be Bankers?
1.7.2019
Growth is a goal that’s worth achieving, in most cases, and the current economic paradigm favors it. But when central banks start undermining their fiat economies and crypto companies begin to mimic financial institutions in its name, growth becomes an end in itself with self-destructive...
Confronting Bitcoin Network Issues Using Nakamoto Consensus and a Mining Parliament
1.7.2019
On June 28, Bitcoin Cash proponent Javier Gonzalez announced the launch of an interesting protocol called the Bitcoin Mining Parliament (BMP). The theory behind BMP is backed by the concept of Nakamoto Consensus where “miners are the executive power of Bitcoin” and “any needed...
Russia Won’t Ban Facebook’s Libra Currency, Deputy Finance Minister Says
1.7.2019
The Russian Ministry of Finance will not issue special regulations for Facebook's upcoming cryptocurrency, an official said