Connecting people and making banking services easier to access for
specific communities are now atop the list of priorities for banks and
financial institutions around the world, much more so after the blockchain
technology and cryptocurrencies became mainstream.
Although the State of Iran will soon issue its own cryptocurrency,
it has not yet developed a legal framework that regulates and controls that
asset
Iran
will be one of the few countries that will have...
The idea is to break the barriers of knowledge around Distributed
Ledger Technology
The
World Economic Forum (WEF) published a guide which allows
understanding and evaluating the benefits of blockchain applications. In the same vein, it...
As part of a plan to counteract the
financing of terrorism and money laundering, this region establishes an
agreement of independent actions where it includes cryptocurrencies as a risk
factor.
As part of a set of...
As cryptocurrencies, and most specifically
Bitcoin, grow in prominence and usage, governments and authorities around the
world become more concerned about the rules of that use. That is why the
regulation of these assets has been such a controversial topic...
According to its co-creator, Libra does not seek to replace banks or governments in the issuance of money. This instrument could facilitate access to financial services for the unbanked.
Libra’s Co-creator
David Marcus appeared...
The Facebook
project has brought the subject of cryptocurrencies to the forefront. Surely,
Bitcoin will benefit from all this global attention to Libra.
Since
announcing the launch of Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra, the entire ecosystem
has been wondering...
This past June, Facebook finally revealed the details of its
cryptocurrency project, Libra. It will be up and running in the Libra network
in the first half of next year, and yet, the industry cannot
stop talking about it. The...
The US President Donald Trump tweeted that he was not a fan of Bitcoin
or other cryptocurrencies, since he does not consider them money and says that
their value is highly volatile and based on air. He argues that...
Despite being widely
adopted by online stores, business projects, governments, investors, bankers,
and a wide community that grows by the day; the use of cryptocurrencies still
raises a hot debate between those that defends them and those that criticize these
assets...
