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...
On May 31st, the technology behemoth, IBM, was awarded two patents for a system that verifies the integrity of a blockchain. IBM is calling this system audit-able “checkpoints.”
The main goal of these checkpoints is to allow businesses to satisfy...
The Venezuelan government recently banned the import of cryptocurrency mining equipment.
Venezuela has been highlighted by crypto-specialized media in recent months, kicked off by the announcement of the Petro, as a new national, petroleum based, “cryptocurrency” and the increasing...
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...
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...
Yesterday, Blockstack Public Benefit Corporation (Blockstack PBC) released the first “ecosystem-wide, universal” Dapp Store, (a service like Apple’s Appstore or Android’s Playstore), a platform for the exposure and easy access of decentralized apps, with more than 150 Dapps to...
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...
United Kingdom authorities have opened a 24 investigation into cryptocurrency businesses over financial regulatory compliance issues.
As the local media outlet, CityWire, reported on May 25th, responding to a freedom of information request, UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
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...
