$91 Million Loan Registered in Ethereum Public Blockchain by BBVA

     The BBVA, Spain´s second biggest lender, is the first bank to use blockchain technology to issue a loan, successfully completing a pilot...

20% of Companies Will Participate in Cryptocurrency This Year – Reuters

     According to a Reuters survey, "20% of companies will get in the cryptocurrency trading space this year." In recent months, more and more...

Nasdaq Considering Becoming a Cryptocurrency Exchange

“Certainly, Nasdaq would consider becoming a crypto exchange” says company’s CEO Adena Friedman.      The CEO of the second largest stock exchange in the world,...

Amazon’s New Ethereum and Hyperledger Template

     Amazon Web Service (AWS) just announced the release of their new blockchain template service for Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric (aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/04/introducing-aws-blockchain-templates/). Making it...

Supreme Court of Russia Orders to Review Bitcoin Website Ban

In 2016, the Vyborgsky District Court of St. Petersburg granted a prosecutorial request to block bitcoininfo.ru, one of the biggest, Russian cryptocurrency websites, which...

WikiLeaks Shop Suspended after Coinbase Denounced Terms of Service Violations

     “Coinbase is a regulated Money Service Business under FinCEN,” and is “obligated to implement regulatory compliance mechanisms.” This is part of the...