Blockchain

The ex-president of the People’s Bank of China Xiaochuan Zhou said that one of China’s main goals to be done through its central bank digital currency is to make retail payments easier and more available to people.Speaking at the Caixin Hengqin Forum in Zhuhai, Zhou commented that the country will work on making the retail use of digital payment for the digital yuan as simple as possible.He said:“There are two goals for international digital currencies. The first one, which is also what China...

It looks like the digital storage and rental marketplace Omni has been struggling to make ends meet. In the latest development, Omni has announced its intentions to shut down its operations by the end of 2019.This announcement comes just within a few months after the rental startup sold its physical storage operations to its competitor Clutter in May 2019. A report from the TechCrunch states that $35 million worth Omni is yet another victim of a “venture capital-subsidized business”. Meaning...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 759. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Türkei mit Schlüsselrolle für Blockchain und Kryptowährungen, Größter amerikanischer Mall-Betreiber stellt Bitcoin-Geldautomaten auf & Gewinner Buch Dezentrales Geld. 1.) Binance CEO: Türkei mit Schlüsselrolle für Blockchain und Kryptowährungenhttps://cryptomonday.de/binance-ceo-tuerkei-mit-schluesselrolle-fuer-blockchain-und-kryptowaehrungen/ 2.) Größter...

District Judge P. Kevin Castel of the New York Southern District Court, has signed a document which requires a deposition from three members of the Telegram team, as the case regarding its GRAM token sale continues. According to the document, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov himself is expected to testify, along with two others.Dated Nov. 25, the document states that the depositions will begin on December 10 with Telegram employee Shyam Parekh. Although it doesn’t state Parekh’s position...

Commodity markets dictate the global trade of primary manufactured products, from cocoa to gold and from sugar to oil. As these tangible good cross the vast oceans, borne along by capacious container ships, trading platforms flicker with the constantly moving prices of these assets, whose real-time market value is dictated by the usual forces: supply, demand, sanctions, geopolitical relations, currency rates and the array of other variables that can dictate the final price paid for containers...

On Monday, the stock market reached new highs: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 190.85 points (or 0.68%) and achieved 28,066.47 by the end of the day, the Nasdaq Composite increased by 1.32% up to 8,632.49, while S&P 500 gained 0.8%. The biggest gains have been made by technology and health care companies. Such companies as Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Intel, Alibaba, Tesla, Disney, and more have enjoyed growth in stocks. For example, Intel rose 2%, Amazon gained 1.61%, Gilead Sciences...

Last year, the U.K. payment remittance platform TransferGo, announced that it had entered a partnership with Ripple and joined RippleNet, with a focus of helping Indian migrants in the U.K. make cross-border payments back to their families. However, the company has now announced that it will take the relationship a notch higher, and move its business to Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) which uses XRP.Speaking about the move, CEO Daumantas Dvilinskas has suggested that ODL will shoot the...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest man, has been criticized once again for not doing enough with tax payments. The CEO announced a $98.5 million donation to 32 different organizations in an effort to tackle homelessness and also improve the quality of education in low-income communities, as part of his Bezos Day One Fund. Even though Bezos has also been criticized for also not doing enough with philanthropy, this recent donation didn’t do much to calm one of his most outspoken...

As part of a major Strategic Partnership Agreement online travel giant Booking.com has joined hands with crypto-friendly travel platform Travala.com. The official announcement came from Travala on Monday, November 25.Over the last two years, Travala has expanded its services by allowing its users to pay for their hotel bookings in cryptocurrency. Besides, the announcement says that Travala has already integrated Booking.com’s accommodation to its platform. With this major collaboration,...

The latest reports have revealed that the Bank of New York Mellon has officially joined the Marco Polo trade finance consortium. This consortium is known to run on R3’s Corda and BNY Mellon has become the 28th bank to join. The bank has been constantly investing in the blockchain space since 2015. As we highlighted previously, the investments have significantly increased in recent months.The $373-billion asset bank is reportedly evaluating Marco Polo’s technology intending to onboard clients...