A problem in Visa's payment processing network affected most of Friday night's movements in the United Kingdom, as well as other European countries. The problem was resolved on Saturday, according to what Visa Europe reports on their...
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....
Executive Board Member and Head of Economics and Public Affairs at BBVA, Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Paramo, considers the potential of blockchain as an underlying technology, which will help improve the efficiency of capital markets.
During his speech at the annual meeting...
In a recent statement, Indian Foreign Minister, Sushma Swaraj, stated that India
does not have any plans to use the cryptocurrency created by the Venezuelan government called, "El Petro" for the oil trade between the two countries.
In order to...
“blockchain is an enhancer for economic growth”,
says the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a recent statement, acknowledged the role of
distributed accounting technology to boost China's economic growth. The statement was issued on Monday...
A new venture with the aim of making a very large impact on society has been launched. AMREC (American Renewable Energy Corporation),
“a cutting edge renewable energy innovator”,
AMREC is focused on developing and implementing affordable, clean energy that’s not dependent...
In a recent statement, the Director of the Bank of England (BOE), Mark Carney,
announced his support for the creation of a cryptocurrency backed by the banking
entity.
This announcement was communicated during the RiksBank conference in Switzerland. Although this potential BOE...
Blockchain networks must “talk to each other” to become the new internet, says MIT experts.
On May 24th the MIT Technology Review published an article by Mike Orcutt, their in-house, cryptocurrency and blockchain specialiist, where he explained...
The South Korean Government is planning to legalize Initial Coin Offerings (ICO's) within the region.
The South Korean National Assembly has officially passed a proposal to allow domestic ICO's, after imposing a total ban on ICOs in September...
Bank of America registered a patent in which it proposes a way to control access to certain aspects of a blockchain-allowed network, according to recently published documents.
Specifically, the patent is on a system to manage security and...
