Blockchain

Qtum brings forward a proof-of-stake blockchain and it’s poised to go through its very first hard fork. The upgrade is scheduled for tomorrow, October 17th, and it is intended to introduce a lot of improvements, especially to the functionalities of the network’s smart contracts.Qtum’s First Hard ForkTomorrow, October 17th will see the first hard fork of proof-of-chain blockchain Qtum. As soon as the network upgrades, this will enable third-party gas payments which marks a major milestone....

A local news report in South Korea has recently confirmed that the Korean government is planning to move trade finance completely on a blockchain network in the next two years by 2021.The announcement was made by the South Korean Trade Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki who introduced the developmental plan for digital trade on Monday, October 14. According to Nam-Ki, the South Korean government will apply the next-generation technologies like Big data, AI and blockchain. The government has plans...

Digital asset manager CoinShares decided to start working with gold meaning putting this asset on the Bitcoin blockchain.Together with Blockchain that is a wallet solutions provider and MKS (Switzerland) SA that acts as a precious metal trader this British company said on Tuesday they are making a gold-backed network that will be used for token trading and will represent digitized physical gold. The whole project took more than two years to be finalized.As per CoinShares, the network launched...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 729. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Ripple investiert in größte Bitcoin-Börse Mexikos, Englischer Zentralbank-Chef verteidigt Facebook Libra & Libra Association unterzeichnet Charta in Genf. 1.) Ripple investiert in größte Bitcoin-Börse Mexikoshttps://www.btc-echo.de/ripple-investiert-in-groesste-bitcoin-boerse-mexikos/ 2.) Englischer Zentralbank-Chef verteidigt Facebook...

Libra Ecosystem This is Libra, a simple global currency that people can use for their everyday needs, built on the Libra Blockchain. The evolution of the Libra Blockchain will be overseen by the Libra Association, an independent not-for-profit headquartered in Geneva. The association will be responsible for facilitating the operation of the Libra Blockchain and managing the...

Die Führung ist drin; große Investoren sind raus: Facebook hält unbeirrt an Libra fest, obwohl Mastercard, Visa, Ebay, Stripe und Paypal das Projekt verlassen haben. Trotzdem haben die restlichen 21 Gründungsmitglieder die Charta der Libra Association verabschiedet und die Führungspersonen ernannt und zwar am Montag, den 14 Oktober, in Genf. Ab sofort bilden fünf Vertreter verschiedener Unternehmen den Vorstand von Libra: David Marcus von Facebook; und jeweils ein Vertreter des...

Photo: BitCherryFrom 10th to 12th October 2019, BitCherry signed the “Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation for National Infrastructure Construction and Energy Economic Transformation” in Congo (DRC). In the contract, BitCherry founder and CEO Paul, BitCherry consultant and WTIA chairman Kim exchange their views on several key areas such as cross-border payments, bulk e-commerce, new energy raw materials data, new energy assets, new energy assets, and new energy asset...

The Bitwise proposal for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) was recently knocked to the side by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This was bad news all by itself, but many analysts are seeing the rejection as a sign of how the industry will wind up.Bitwise Rejection Means a Lot to AnalystsSome view this not as just a simple rejection, but as a permanent barricade to blockchain and crypto-based products. They expect that a bitcoin ETF will have a very hard time getting approval...

Présidée par Franck Montaugé, la commission d’enquête sénatoriale sur la souveraineté numérique a rendu son rapport le 1er octobre 2019. Alexandre Stachtchenko, cofondateur et DG de Blockchain Partner et président de la ChainTech, a été auditionné en juillet dans le cadre dans cette commission. Le texte de son intervention a été publié hier par Blockchain Partner. Nous le reproduisons ici : Les cryptomonnaies sont l’Internet de la...

It looks like no matter how hard crypto and blockchain try they can’t please everybody. The Y Combinator’s top 100 list of startups is out, and to our disappointment and dismay, only two cryptocurrency and blockchain businesses have made the cut.Y Combinator Only Chooses Two?The two businesses to earn spots on the list were Coinbase, the popular U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange (which came in at number five), and SFOX, a crypto dealer for institutional and professional traders. Ah, those...