Blockchain

It seems that Libra developers are pretty serious when it comes to launching next year. The Libra Association announced it has published its second, 2.0. roadmap for Libra Core, the initial software that supports the planned Libra network. Even though there are many regulatory uncertainties, and there are no concrete dates for an actual launch, Facebook‘s Libra is continuing to build up its community.As per the recent blog post, the project seems to be still operational and already tests its...

On the 24th of September, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives announced an official impeachment inquiry opened against sitting President Donald Trump. The issues against him ranged from obstructing Congress to some foul play in his recent dealings with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Even though Trump is yet to be removed from office, the president has now been impeached by the House and reactions have begun to pour in. Interestingly the stock market has...

Alexander Holmes, CEO of MoneyGram, the main money transfer organization, as of late talked about his joint effort with Ripple, much the same as Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, anticipates that the world’s biggest banks should adopt digital forms of money in 2020.It is accepted that 2020 will be the year when digital forms of money proceed to wider growth, and not every person can endure.In the recent interview, Holmes said that their joint effort with Ripple could change the payment...

Binance has made a minority investment in the derivatives exchange FTX becoming the first outsider investor in the firm. As part of the deal announced on December 19, the crypto trading platform company acquired equity in the FTX derivatives firm. Additionally, it bought long positions in the FTX native Token, FTT. In that context, Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX founder and CEO said:“The investment will help accelerate the growth of FTX with support and strategic advisory from Binance while FTX...

The major technology players have teamed up and joined forces to create a common standard that will allow home devices to be able to connect. The technology giants that include Apple, Google and Amazon will create a common standard. This standard will allow devices to communicate seamlessly. Pundits have indicated that this will create a basis for the effective implementation of the internet of things (IoT). IoT has had major issues due to the different methods of communication across...

Brian Armstrong, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, has recently secured a patent for sending Bitcoins via email. Initially filed in March 2015, the patent was finally rewarded this week on Tuesday, December 17.Basically, the patent describes a method for cryptocurrency payments by linking the email addresses to their corresponding wallet addresses. Once the sender makes a request to send crypto payments to an email address, the system automatically sends the desired amount.Note that...

Within the entirety of the industrial sector, blockchain is maturing into a broadly implemented tool to increase both efficacy and efficiency. As such, blockchains and their accompanying platforms are becoming more and more prevalent.The problem is, many readily available blockchain solutions continue to be plagued with inherent risks. Open blockchains, for example, are vulnerable to threat vectors such as a denial of service attack and 51% attacks.  Moreover, the regulatory uncertainty...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 776. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Frankreich: Finanzaufsicht genehmigt erstes ICO im Land, Weiss Ratings sagt dieser Coin ist total unterbewertet & Coinbase Patent Bitcoin per email senden. 1.) Frankreich: Finanzaufsicht genehmigt erstes ICO im Landhttps://de.cointelegraph.com/news/frances-financial-regulator-grants-countrys-first-approval-for-an-initial-coin-offering 2.) Diese Kryptowährung ist...

Börse Stuttgart eröffnet Token-Handelsplatz BSDEX Die Börse Stuttgart und SBI Holdings werden Partner bei digitalen Assets: Die Gruppe Börse Stuttgart und die SBI Group schließen eine Partnerschaft für das Geschäft mit digitalen Assets in Europa und Asien inklusive Japan. Die beiden Partner werden künftig zusammenarbeiten, um ein globales, durchgehendes Ökosystem für digitale Assets auf Basis der Blockchain-Technologie zu schaffen. Um die...

Thailand, one of the most-visited countries in the world announced it plans to soon apply blockchain to its Electronic Visa On Arrival (eVOA).Every international traveler is pretty much aware that one of the parts of traveling means unfortunately endless forms, applications to be submitted, and countless checkpoints.Visa paperwork, customs controls, pre-boarding security checkpoints and even hotel passport controls – the same information is checked numerous times and for what? Of course, we...