Recently, JP Morgan Chase requested a patent for a blockchain registration system to manage digital assets.
In the past few months more financial institutions have become interested in blockchain-based development, and the possible applications for their business practices. From small...
A lot has been written of late about crypto-currency. Given that the subject matter claims to be currency, it would seem appropriate for the discussion about crypto-currency to include an economist or two. To date, very few peer reviewed...
Our society has changed over time especially with the way payments are being transacted. From paper bills to credit cards and now bills getting paid through cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin having the most adoption considering the fact that many companies...
Last April, regulated financial institutions in India where forbidden from providing services to cryptocurrency businesses. This came after a statement published by the Reserve Bank of India, which prohibited dealing in virtual currencies. In response to these...
Last Monday, financial services group, HSBC, claimed it had successfully performed the world's first “commercially viable” trade finance transaction using blockchain technology, exponentially speeding up a process that normally takes a week or more to be completed...
Blockchain was created in 2008 as a platform to create a transparent record-keeping service. It's immediate use was in the creation of Bitcoin, a famous cryptocurrency. Ever since the proliferation of cryptocurrencies, the technology has gained a new life...
Iván López, an engineer, and expert in cryptocurrencies, explains the implementation of Ripple in financial organizations worldwide
Ripple (XRP) continues moving steadily and is making
progress with financial institutions worldwide, as they are...
Legendary businessman, tech-genius, entrepreneur, investor and cryptocurrency-enthusiast, John McAfee, recently announced via Twitter, that he will launch his own coin, which will be called "Fiat".
“No hoax. The "McAfee Redemption Unit" is real and coming in 26 days....
Latin America is the perfect place to show that Satoshi Nakamoto's true vision is not a speculative game between a group of geeks and gamers who replaced the exchange of baseball cards with a handful of encrypted codes, but...
This fall the Bitcoin blockchain will see some changes as two “hardforks” arrive: Bitcoin Gold, which took place on October 24, 2017, and SegWit2x, which is expected to arrive on or about November 18th. I say “on or about”...