One of the most open minded countries towards the world of blockchain, for many months has been Malta. The general attitude towards the industry is that blockchain is here to stay. Recently, the parliament approved projects on cryptocurrency...
“Pier”, Brazil’s anti-corruption blockchain platform.
“Pier” is the codename for the recently announced Brazil’s Central Bank (BCB) blockchain platform. The platform will be used to facilitate information exchanged between the country's financial regulators and the BCB.
According to an official...
"Innovate or die!"
This is how the CEO of BBVA, Carlos Torres, summarized the vision of the bank on the future of the economy and financial sector. The executive observes the potential in cryptocurrency, in contrast to the opinion of regulators, and...
Two of the biggest and most high profile banks in Russia plan to support cryptocurrency portfolios for their clients, according to local press reports. Under the supervision of the central bank, Alfa Bank and Sberbank will offer their clients special...
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...
After the cryptocurrency “boom” of the past few months, many states in the US have found themselves in the need to update their legislatures, in order to make sure any new concepts are properly treated within the...
The San Francisco based bank, Wells Fargo, announced recently that the purchase of cryptocurrency with their credit cards will no longer be allowed.
Wells Fargo is the third largest bank, by assets, in the United States, and recently reported
that their customers...
With the constant discussion of nations and central banks issuing their own cryptocurrencies, Russian President, Vladimir Putin recently dissipated any rumor by clarifying that,
"digital currencies are a phenomenon that is just developing"
Putin added that,
"Russia can not have their...
According to the Deputy of the Bank of Italy: government cryptocurrencies could save the EU up to € 76 billion.
Fabio Panetta, Deputy Director of the Bank of Italy, gave an opening speech
focused on the digital currencies of the...
MasterCard will be exploring the use of public blockchain to securely verify payment cards at the point of sale, according to recently published documents. The payment company has presented a transfer and recovery process to validate the payment credentials...
