Japan’s Number Two Bank by Assets Completes R3 Blockchain-Based Trade Finance...
Japan’s second-largest bank by assets, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), has completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) using blockchain consortium R3’s Marco Polo trade finance...
Bitmain IPO Document Reportedly Reveals $500 Million Q3 Losses
Bitcoin (BTC) mining giant Bitmain could have made losses of around $500 million in Q3 last year, industry magazine CoinDesk reported on Feb....
Owner of Indeed and Glassdoor Job Search Engines Invests In Privacy...
Japanese employment information services company Recruit Co., Ltd. has invested in a blockchain-focused company Beam Development Limited, according to an announcement published on...
DAM awarded as a Distributed Ledger Technology Provider by GFSC
The board of Digital Asset Management (www.dam.gi) are proud to announce that DAM has been awarded authorisation as a Distributed Ledger Technology Provider by...
Blockchain Startup Takes on Mainstream Crowdfunding Sites to Cut Number of...
A new blockchain platform is vowing to take on established crowdfunding sites — and argues that their lack of accountability means greater numbers...
How the Marshall Islands Envisions Its National Digital Currency Dubbed ‘Sovereign’
On Jan. 10, 2019, the team behind a national cryptocurrency for the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) — dubbed the Sovereign (SOV)...
Blockstream Publishes Schnorr-Based Test Code for Bitcoin Blockchain Upgrade
The Schnorr-based multi-signature scheme MuSig, a test code for a potential upgrade to the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain, has been released by blockchain tech...
Major Chinese University Launches Blockchain Research Center
One of the most selective universities in China, Fudan University, has opened a blockchain research center, according to an announcement published on Feb....
Bitcoin Unable to Solve Problems of Traditional Payment Systems
An official from Spain’s central bank, the Bank of Spain (BDE) believes that Bitcoin (BTC) is unable to resolve the problems faced by...
Coinbase Wallet Users Can Now Back Up Their Private Keys on...
On Feb. 12, San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that users of its Coinbase Wallet can now back up their private keys on...
