by Sara Whister | May 13, 2020 at 18:13 | Blockchain
Although best known for its use as the underlying code used by Bitcoin, blockchain technology has the potential to transform many industries. The versatile yet secure open-source code is currently revolutionizing areas far beyond just cryptocurrency. Fiat Currency...
by Sara Whister | May 6, 2020 at 06:01 | Blockchain, Featured
According to industry data, large investment banks and financial institutions have already spent over $1 billion to develop and implement blockchain technology for everything from payment systems to credit default swaps. Here are some of the ways blockchain technology...
by Sara Whister | May 2, 2020 at 18:10 | Blockchain
Whether you have been watching the growth of the cryptocurrency market from the sidelines or have already invested or traded in them, you’re likely aware of the excitement surrounding them. What you may be less aware of is the underlying blockchain technology...
by Brian Curran | Feb 15, 2020 at 20:10 | Blockchain
Anthony Pompliano — the founder of Morgan Creek Digital venture fund — recently told Bloomberg that two Virginia pension funds have become anchor investors in the new $40 million blockchain fund by Morgan Creek Digital — in what is likely a first in...
by Brian Curran | Dec 1, 2020 at 11:39 | Cryptocurrencies
TRON — the Chinese-based smart contracts platform led by Justin Sun — announced a $100 million fund to support the blockchain gaming ecosystem. The game fund is called TRON Arcade and will invest up to $100 million in blockchain gaming development over the...
by Brian Curran | Nov 28, 2020 at 22:21 | Blockchain
Amazon has announced a new blockchain product — Amazon Managed Blockchain — as a fully managed service built on the Hyperledger Fabric and Ethereum open-source frameworks. A limited preview is currently available for Amazon Web Services (AWS) account...
by Brian Curran | Nov 19, 2020 at 18:36 | Ethereum
Arcade Distillery — the New York-based game development company for platforms like PS4 and Xbox — is developing a new blockchain turn-based strategy RPG game called Plague Hunters with in-game assets pegged as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to the Ethereum...
by Brian Curran | Nov 15, 2020 at 12:59 | Blockchain
Zcoin — the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency based on the Zerocoin Protocol — revealed their successful completion of a large-scale primary election for Thailand’s Democrat Party Leader yesterday. The news follows weeks of speculation amid a surge in...
by Isabel Contreras | Oct 29, 2020 at 23:40 | Blockchain
Blockchain — the popular Bitcoin wallet service — released a couple of blockchain reports focusing on developments in the cryptocurrency realm. One of the reports, named “The Future is Decentralized” from the company’s research initiative emphasizes how...
by Brian Curran | Oct 25, 2020 at 19:00 | Featured
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) — the multinational semiconductor company — recently released its Q3 financial report that shed light on the falling demand for GPU miners for cryptocurrencies. AMD and NVIDIA maintain a duopoly in the GPU market, and only...
by Brian Curran | Oct 23, 2020 at 20:02 | Blockchain
The Bank of Canada has announced its successful testing of the feasibility of clearing and settling securities using blockchain technology in a 36-page report. The report follows a collaborative research effort between the Bank of Canada, Payments Canada, and TMX...
by Isabel Contreras | Sep 20, 2020 at 12:49
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by Brian Curran | Sep 18, 2020 at 14:13 | Cryptocurrencies
Tezos — the self-amending smart contracts and dapp platform — officially launched its live mainnet today following a roughly 3 month Beta testing phase that began in late June. As one of the largest ICOs ever, Tezos was subsequently the subject of a...
by Brian Curran | Sep 7, 2020 at 19:38 | Blockchain
Facebook has recently been making a push into the blockchain space with the formation of its blockchain unit headed by David Marcus — former Coinbase board member — in May. Recently, Facebook’s careers page posted a job opening for a Head of Business...
by Brian Curran | Aug 28, 2020 at 18:51 | Blockchain
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) — the major UK-based accounting and multinational professional networks company — recently released a revealing blockchain study on the heels of fellow “Big Four” accounting firm Deloitte’s blockchain survey. Titled “Blockchain...
by Brian Curran | Aug 22, 2020 at 16:57 | Blockchain
Deloitte, the UK-based accounting, and professional services network giant, recently released their 2018 global blockchain survey report that contains some interesting insights into the technology’s current momentum in various industries. The report focuses on survey...
by Brian Curran | Aug 8, 2020 at 19:24 | Blockchain
Understanding blockchain technology and its accompanying field of quickly evolving innovations can be a daunting task to try and tackle. A novel field of technology has only become increasingly more complex and nuanced with the rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies...
by Brian Curran | Aug 8, 2020 at 19:16 | Blockchain
The Republic of Malta, the idyllic island in the middle of the Mediterranean known for its burgeoning tourism and financial services, has recently started to emerge as a primary leader in the blockchain industry. Notably, Malta’s parliament recently passed a series of...
by Brian Curran | Aug 8, 2020 at 17:17 | Blockchain
Blockchain technology has the potential to disrupt a variety of industries. Still in its nascent stages, however, much of the promised potential of blockchain technology is still purely speculation or in its early development as a practical application. Interestingly,...
by DRIVE Newswire | May 9, 2020 at 12:50 | Bitcoin SV
[This interview originally appeared on DRIVE Markets’ company blog here] A conversation with DRIVE Markets CEO, Kate Hiscox, on the decision to partner with Bitcoin SV to launch DRIVE Pay. In April, you launched DRIVE Markets, an institutional cryptocurrency...
by Sara Whister | May 7, 2020 at 05:35 | Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies are quickly emerging as a potent weapon in the war against climate change - in 2018, technology giant IBM announced it was issuing its first token, in partnership with Stellar. Such a well-established name adopting the...
by DRIVE Newswire | Apr 22, 2020 at 05:00 | Bitcoin SV
DRIVE Markets ($DRV), the institutional crypto and fiat exchange, announced an investment from entrepreneur Calvin Ayre, founder of Ayre Group and CoinGeek. In a bid to entice traders from the $5 trillion forex market, DRIVE Markets has teamed up with forex giants...
by Brian Curran | Apr 15, 2020 at 16:24 | Cryptocurrencies
The SEC’s ‘crypto token framework’ provided some more concrete guidelines on how the staff at the U.S. government regulatory agency view ICO’s and digital tokens in the cryptocurrency space. Within their framework, the SEC appears to suggest that they observe most...
by Brian Curran | Apr 2, 2020 at 14:37 | Bitcoin
BitMEX Research recently published an extensive analysis of the financial and economic components of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network (LN) designed to shed light on the fee economy of the experimental layer two scaling network. Their evaluation reveals some intriguing...
by Ben Hiscox | Mar 20, 2020 at 02:35 | Bitcoin
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has consolidated significantly since lows at the end of 2018 that mirrored levels from summer 2018. The difficulty adjustment has remained stable for more than one month, leveling out following an uptick on February 10th. The stabilization...
by Ben Hiscox | Mar 16, 2020 at 15:28 | Hardware
Blockstream — a leading Bitcoin development company — has announced its ‘Liquid Core’ multi-platform desktop wallet for transacting in Liquid Bitcoin (L-BTC). Liquid is one of Blockstream’s featured products and is a sidechain that functions as an...
by Brian Curran | Mar 15, 2020 at 23:21 | Cryptocurrencies
Blockstream — a leading Bitcoin development company — has announced its ‘Liquid Core’ multi-platform desktop wallet for transacting in Liquid Bitcoin (L-BTC). Liquid is one of Blockstream’s featured products and is a sidechain that functions as an...
by Brian Curran | Mar 15, 2020 at 22:26 | Cryptocurrencies
Ledger — the popular hardware wallet provider — publicly announced five different security vulnerabilities of its rival hardware wallet provider, Trezor, following research by its internal security department Attack Lab. The release came after the...
by Ben Hiscox | Mar 15, 2020 at 01:38 | Bitcoin
According to blockchain metrics site CoinMetrics, Bitcoin’s transaction count has dropped roughly 40 percent over the last 10 days. The drastic decline has been widely credited to the close of VeriBlock’s testnet, which reportedly accounted for 25 - 45 percent...
by Ben Hiscox | Mar 14, 2020 at 23:24 | Cryptocurrencies
The top leaders of OneCoin, an alleged educational package cryptocurrency trading company, have been charged by prosecutors in New York’s Southern District (NYSD) with money laundering, wire fraud, and securities fraud. The press release from the Department of Justice...
