Tag Archives: Blockchain News

XRP is one of the worst performers this year, among the top-ten cryptocurrencies. However, economist Jeffrey Tucker has praised XRP that is actively used by Ripple in its solutions. And he even called it a “brilliant technology”. Tucker, who is currently the editorial director at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIES), expressed his views during an interview on the “Boom Bust” episode on Russia Today.He added that Ripple is currently riding on the failures of the traditional...

Social network Commun, a fork of Steemit—a decentralized social media network that looks like Reddit, which is created on Web3 technologies base, announced it has successfully launched its mainnet for online communities.The platform is composed of Decentralized Autonomous Communities (DAC) and it is made to act as a web, Android, and iOS portal. Through this, the users can assemble different interest-based forums and groups to share, read, watch, rank, and discuss content with others.Commun...

The new Thomson Reuters tax tool is set to report cryptocurrency taxes within the crypto space. Sources indicate that Reuters GoSystem Tax RRS Products will also include a “Virtual Currency Organizer”. This will enable users of the system to file form 1040 in the United States effectively. The new tool will also serve as a central hub for all things related to cryptocurrency for the users. They include reviews on payments, hard forks, cryptocurrency exchanges and so on.Reuters in a blog post...

Financial Technology (FinTech) has been the talk of the town this year and will continue to remain the next year as well! Big Tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, etc. have already pulled up their socks to grab a considerable share in the evolving financial space.Furthermore, 2019 has been a good year witnessing significant growth in awareness and exposure for FinTech startups and companies. Besides, the industry has also managed to attract massive funding for the development of...

Tencent, the Chinese technology giant that operates the social media app WeChat, has announced that it is planning to develop a digital currency research group. This research group will have the responsibility of further advancing various blockchain technology research projects. According to fresh reports by iFeng, the company had released an official statement to its employees telling them that it is seeking someone to head the proposed research group.The yet-to-be-established digital...

Cryptocurrency anarchists want to drag the cash to the Internet by saving the user’s ability to transact anonymously. The anarchists use cryptography for such purpose. Contrary to that, the governments and banks want all the payments to be traceable. This is what happens when people use bank cards, deposits, personal accounts, etc.From what we’ve seen in the mainstream financial media in recent months, global players like the European Central Bank, the People’s Bank of China, want to invent...

It seems China was really serious when talking about its digital currency. Even though China was trying to forbid cryptocurrency mining and trading, for the last three months it is in the process of creating its own.Head of the People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) Digital Currency Research Institute, Mu Changchun, stated that the country’s digital yuan is finally ready for trials. The central bank digital currency (CBDC) will, as per the announcement, not come as a volatile asset like Bitcoin or...

The Bakkt Bitcoin futures exchange, owned by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has just appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO). According to an official press release, the company’s former Chief Product Officer Mike Blandina, has now been promoted to the role of CEO. Blandina already assumed the position on Friday, Dec 20.The appointment of a new CEO was necessary because the company’s founding CEO Kelly Loeffler had to leave the position after her appointment to the United States...

The mystery behind the anonymous Bitcoin founder – Satoshi Nakamoto – continues to be the topic of discussion. Over the last decade since the Bitcoin inception, Nakamoto remains unidentified. However, nChain Chief Scientist Craig Wright has repeatedly claimed himself as the identity behind this mysterious name.In the latest development, Craig Wright has shared a timestamped document that explains the roots of the “Satoshi Nakamoto” name. During his interview with Modern Consensus, Wright...

One of the world’s leading crypto exchanges Coinbase is winding up the activity of Earn.com, blockchain startup it acquired in April last year. The exchange has decided this time to expand its Coinbase Earn program, and Earn.com may help in that. Earlier, the exchange promised it would completely integrate Earn.com into Coinbase’s operations while the startup’s existing business would continue. However, now Coinbase is going to close Earn.com. As the exchange has stated, it will now use...