Recently, the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Bahamas announced the launch of a pilot for a national digital currency by the Central Bank. The Minister of Finance, K. Peter Turnquest, hopes that The Bahamas will become a digital and...
ING, the Dutch banking and financial services giant, recently hired a research company, Ipsos, to conduct a study on the perception of cryptocurrencies in Europe, the United States and Australia. The results have just been published and are encouraging to those in...
In recent years, cryptocurrency related businesses have earned millions, if not billions in revenue. With this influx of cash, many of these business have begun to address social issues and societal needs.
Coinbase’s CEO, Brian Armstrong, recently announced...
The co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, believes that blockchain technology is a bubble, like the dotcom bubble in his time, according to a local newspaper on Wednesday.
During a conference in New York, Wozniak expressed that the dotcom era created...
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...
Recently, IBM iX, announced the company's digital design services branch, and
unveiled their partnership with MediaOcean to create a blockchain consortium for media
agreements, which will draw attention from important agencies, advertisers and publishers
Companies included in the consortium are...
Kurt Russell joins the cast of a new movie about cryptocurrency...
The popularity of blockchain and cryptocurrencies continue to reach industries outside of technology and finance. The cinema is now included on the list of industries that have been influenced...
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded the blockchain project Factom with $193,380 to support the testing of a platform that aims to secure information from border police cameras and sensors, the Department announced last Friday.
This project...
