Bitcoin is in the red today, following yesterday evening’s announcement of President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan. Top shelf Stakeholders stakeThe bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) from ETC Group (recently…
Continue Reading“Mining” may be most frequently used in the crypto industry to refer to the process by which digital currencies are collectively generated — but there are contexts in which firms…
Continue ReadingThe Chinese national blockchain project, the Blockchain Service Network, is planning to pilot integration with global central bank digital currencies. According to a Jan. 15 blog post, the BSN is…
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Continue ReadingBitcoin is booming again as crypto-bull Brian Brooks pushes through his “open access” banking rules before stepping down as the top U.S. banking regulator. Top shelf Going public?The Winklevoss twins…
Continue ReadingGrammy Award-winning American pop-rock band “Portugal. The Man” has launched a fan-focused cryptocurrency on the Ethereum-based Rally Network. Known as PTM Coin, the new token will reportedly grant fans exclusive…
Continue ReadingThe recent alliance of pirate academic library Sci-Hub and a blockchain-based domain name system (DNS) was celebrated by the blockchain community. Now, it’s already over. Less than two days after…
Continue ReadingVonovia, a major European real estate group, has issued a 20 million euro ($24 million) bond using the Stellar blockchain. According to a Jan. 13 announcement, Vonovia has deployed the…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Gary Gensler as the new chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to replace Elad Roisman. During Obama’s administration,…
Continue ReadingPRESS RELEASE. January 13, 2021 – T-Systems MMS, a subsidiary of the largest telecommunications provider in Europe, Deutsche Telekom, announces today a partnership with Flow blockchain developed by Dapper Labs,…
Continue ReadingHello. Analysts are reporting gloomy short-term projections for bitcoin as the U.S. Labor Department reports muted inflation over 2020. Here’s the story: Top shelf Institutional productsA new, physically backed bitcoin…
Continue ReadingA hospital in China sent the first electronic bill to a patient on its blockchain-based invoice management platform on Monday. The People’s Hospital of Chengmai County, a public hospital in…
Continue ReadingPRESS RELEASE. IOST, an enterprise-grade, decentralized, and ultra-fast network oiled with the Proof-of Believability consensus algorithm, is integrating the HUSD stablecoin, according to an announcement on 13 Jan 2021. HUSD…
Continue ReadingSIMBA Chain, a cloud-based smart contract platform, has been tasked with revamping the supply chain of the United States military after it received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S.…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Biden has finally decided on his nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. At least according to Reuters’ anonymous sourcing in a Tuesday report, Gary Gensler will be…
Continue ReadingBitcoin’s price is bouncing back, having found a floor of around $30,000 to stand on. Meanwhile, the number of active bitcoin addresses and transaction volumes has climbed above peaks set…
Continue ReadingIMVU’s new fiat-convertible VCOIN goes live on the social network. Per a Jan. 12 company announcement shared with Cointelegraph, VCOIN is available for users of IMVU, starting today. IMVU already…
Continue ReadingBlockchain startup Conflux has received over $5 million research grant from the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee and Changning District government, which is part of the city’s municipal government. The…
Continue ReadingBitcoin shaved off a clean 20% in trading early Monday, having failed to establish itself above $40,000. The index of all the crypto assets came down with it, with analysts…
Continue ReadingThe year 2021 has started off on an incredibly good note for the crypto industry as Bitcoin and others hit all-time highs. Carrying that momentum further is the revolutionary Stacks…
Continue ReadingEarly on in the pandemic, the heightened need for various biosurveillance measures sparked interest in the relevance of privacy-enhancing technologies such as blockchain that could protect public health data amid…
Continue ReadingThe leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent…
Continue ReadingDuring the last few days, the world has watched the Big Tech and social media crackdown after the incident that took place at Capitol Hill a few days ago. During…
Continue ReadingRipple tried to settle with the SEC before the watchdog’s XRP-related lawsuit. The “bitcoin rich list” has more names than ever. Grayscale reports an uptick in interest from pension funds…
Continue ReadingOne bitcoin is now worth more than $39,000 as the value of all cryptos passes $1 trillion. Top shelf Institutions are buyingThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is now the largest…
Continue ReadingPRESS RELEASE. 7th January 2021, London, United Kingdom – Stratis was created for a simple purpose – to provide enterprises with blockchain as a service (BaaS) solutions, designed to implement…
Continue Reading2020 was a massive year for blockchain adoption, with some of the largest financial institutions worldwide buying or integrating cryptocurrencies into their business model. It was also a historic year…
Continue ReadingLooking back 12 months, our (Prysm’s) review of 2019 was naive, to say the least. We cited challenges to a successful 2020 for enterprise blockchain. And, while those predictions were…
Continue ReadingUkrainian football team Dynamo Kyiv is launching its own fan token and digital marketplace powered by blockchain technology. According to a Jan. 4 announcement, the team has partnered with Moonwalk,…
Continue ReadingThe leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent…
Continue ReadingPopular wallet provider and crypto trading platform Blockchain.com has announced it will be delisting XRP and suspending its trading next week, following in the steps of Coinbase, Binance.US, OKCoin and…
Continue ReadingMajor Vietnamese bank HDBank has now become the first bank in the country to issue letters of credit, or L/C, using blockchain technology. According to a Jan. 6 report by…
Continue ReadingA new interpretive letter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency paves the way for stablecoins and public blockchains to be fully integrated in the financial infrastructure. This…
Continue ReadingThe top banking regulator in the U.S. has announced that national banks and savings associations in the country can use public blockchains and stablecoins for payment activities. Experts say this…
Continue ReadingThe cryptocurrency and blockchain industry grew by leaps and bounds in 2020. The top two assets, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), gained 303% and 469%, respectively, which can be considered…
Continue ReadingHello. A late night interpretative letter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the U.S.’ federal banking regulator, saying banks can act as stablecoin nodes was the…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency prices jumped Monday evening after the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a letter approving U.S. banks to use public blockchain networks. Ether jumped nearly…
Continue ReadingIt would be fair to admit that after 2020 and all it has put us through, making any predictions for the upcoming year is most likely to be a game…
Continue ReadingBitcoin topped $34,000 for the first time this weekend and has since seen a double-digital correction in price. The cryptocurrency’s most recent rally came as the Bitcoin network celebrated its…
Continue ReadingEnterprise blockchain firm Iconloop has secured approval from South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT to test its decentralized identity, or DID, technology system to manage driver’s license data in…
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