Tag: Blockchain

Chicago-based rating firm Morningstar moves into the cryptospace by offering blockchain-based solutions for the global debt Blockchain securities market. Chicago based securities rating firm Morningstar has moved ahead of the rest of the securities ratings agencies to begin rating blockchain-based debt securities which are backed by debt assets in the real-world. Being the first time, […]

In the infancy stages of cryptocurrency development, Banking Crypto were outwardly hostile towards digital currency. However, the widespread adoption of blockchain-based technology for processing financial transactions quicker, safer, and more efficiently has led to a rethinking of traditional thought processes among notable banking giants. A caveat is in order, however many banks remain opposed to […]

The Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) has collected the evidence for a long-running suggestion – that Tether (USDT) is used deliberately to sway fake trading crypto markets. Wash trading was noted in 64% of all trading activity. 34% of Tether Trading is Genuine and not Fake Trading Recent research conducted by the Blockchain Transparency Institute has […]

Earlier in September, both traditional and alternative investors reacted positively to the news that Nasdaq will launch a new index tracking a select group of DeFi crypto innovators. Is Blockchain Too ‘Bleeding Edge’ for ETF? Not only did this represent another milestone passed in terms of blockchain tech gaining mainstream acceptance as a potent and […]

Blockchain Scalability is one of the biggest challenges facing blockchain and crypto — a hurdle only the industry can solve. Without a solution, even CEOs from major global exchanges fear that mass adoption will never be achievable. Scalability is the long-running thorn in the side of this fledgling technology, which is still relatively young and […]

Loom Network, a blockchain-based platform designed with large-scale social apps and games in mind, launched a new bounties and rewards program. In the announcement published on Sept. 24, Loom said that it kicked off a new campaign to recruit decentralized applications (DApps) developers, which involves several large bonuses of Loom tokens to grow the ecosystem. […]

The blockchain-powered internet protocol is aiming to provide users with increased speeds, reliability and enhanced security that the already existing network has failed to meet with time. V SYSTEMS, the blockchain database created by the founder of the proof of stake (PoS) protocol, Sunny King, and the VPN service that has users around the world, […]

Global messaging app Telegram TON Blockchain announced a coding competition for building smart contracts for the Telegram Open Network (TON) Blockchain. The contest includes three parts with a prize fund for all included tasks ranging from $200,000 to $400,000, according to an announcement posted on the Telegram Contests channel on Sept. 24. The contest will […]

Blockchain technology and Blockchain Developer Demand has made a huge breakthrough since its introduction, and more and more companies are moving towards the adoption of this technology. The market cap for services and products that use blockchain or are related to a blockchain is expected to reach $8 billion by the year 2022. India has […]

Telegram Blockchain TON will be the largest blockchain ever when it launches last month, but it’s not on regulators’ radars. Regulators are furious with Facebook’s Libra. Congress has drafted bills to ban it, the French Finance Minister blocked the “development of Libra on European soil”, and Yves Mersch, an executive of the European Central Bank, […]

VeChain CEO and co-founder Sunny Lu says VeChainThor VeChain Blockchain is enabling real business value that can radically shift the current ecosystem and reshape how companies collaborate and transact. Speaking last week at the Shanghai International Blockchain Week 2019 with partners DNV GL and Deloitte, Lu says that VeChain Blockchain, a public blockchain platform that […]

The power of Crypto payment service providers is under the spotlight after a $100,000 donation to an Amazon rainforest charity was blocked last month. American cryptocurrency payment service provider BitPay reportedly blocked a Bitcoin payment from charity organization Amazon Watch because it had failed the internal processes of the payment platform. It is understood that […]

According to a recent company statement, Facebook Libra has acquired Servicefriend, an artificial intelligence (AI) specialist, to boost the user experience and make Libra user-friendly. Servicefriend is an Israel-based AI bot developer, and the company has gained some traction with clients with its Hybrid Bot Architecture. What this architecture brings to the table is an […]

The study conducted by the Cambridge Center of Alternative Finance (CCAF) indicates that individual firms created over seventy percent of Live blockchains. The research also indicated that the blockchain hype that started after the 2017 Bitcoin bulls had ended as well. Now blockchain companies are moving towards more realistic avenues for adoption. Live blockchains: Who […]

OCBC has become the first Singapore-based bank to join interbank JPMorgan Blockchain Network. According to a Business Times Singapore report on Sept. 20, a total of 134 banks from the Asia-Pacific region are now participants in JPMorgan’s blockchain-powered interbank information network (IIN). OCBC is the second-largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets and among the […]

One of the largest banking establishments in North America, Bank of America, has joined the international trade finance blockchain consortium, Marco Polo Blockchain, with the aim of creating an efficient global trading network. Bank of America ranks among the top banking and financial services institutions in North America with over 5500 branch offices in the […]

The Joint Research Center, the science and knowledge service for the European Commission, recently released a report which assessed the multidimensional impacts of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies. The paper asserts that: European Commission bullish on Blockchain, not Bitcoin The report, Blockchain Now And Tomorrow, is remarkably bullish on the technology’s transformative potential. “…blockchain […]

Ripple fans adamantly preach that the cryptocurrency runs on a decentralized network. A quick search of the term “Ripple Decentralized” on Twitter reveals hordes of accounts claiming that “The Standard” is decentralized in nature. Many are even ganging up in an attempt to prove their point. In addition, the Chief Technology Officer of Ripple Labs, […]