Bank of Lithuania pits IBM against Tieto for new blockchain project
The Bank of Lithuania has chosen IBM and Tieto as finalists in its LBChain technology project aimed at creating a new blockchain-based platform. Both vendors will advance to the final stages of the testing phase, with the winner due to be announced later this year. The central bank has also issued a call to fintechs […]
Former CFTC chair and ‘Crypto Dad’ says 2019 is the year to get serious about crypto policy
Former CFTC Chairman Christopher “Crypto Dad” Giancarlo left his role at the regulator this summer, but now he’s stepping even further into the crypto world. Now as a board member for the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Giancarlo is using his expertise to further policy talks across the board, not just on a CFTC/SEC level. Giancarlo […]
SE Digital keen to democratise Thai financial markets as the official ICO Portal
SE Digital Co., Ltd. (SE Digital), a subsidiary of a leading Thai financial services firm, Seamico Securities Plc (ZMICO), has officially obtained approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to fully operate in Thailand as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Portal. Its inaugural ICO Portal operation will mark the official beginning of the regulated […]
Huobi Labs Launches “Winter 2019: The World’s Leading Project Incubation Program” During Its Silicon Valley Summit
Huobi Labs, one of world’s premier incubators, announced its “Winter 2019: a World’s Leading Project Incubation Program, DIB” during the successful launch of its Huobi Labs Silicon Valley Summit held on September 23rd. Aside from calling for startups across North America and abroad to join the selection, the program also set up a transparent selection […]
Altcoins: XRP, LINK, LEO, MIOTA and XTZ
LEO/USD The best performer of the past seven days is UNUS SED LEO (LEO), which has declined by about 3% during the period. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has said that owners of LEO will benefit by access to higher allocations during its initial exchange offering compared to others who participate with other cryptocurrencies. Can LEO continue to outperform […]
Germany’s Scholz: We cannot accept parallel currencies such as Facebook’s Libra
Facebook’s planned Libra is the most well-known of the stablecoins, a certain form of cryptocurrency backed by assets such as traditional money deposits, short-term government securities or gold. “We cannot accept a parallel currency,” Scholz said during a panel discussion in Berlin. “You have to reject that clearly.” The German cabinet is expected to adopt […]
Ongoing EOSIO exploit allows attacker to gain 30,000 EOS as network freezes
An ongoing exploit on EOSIO is allowing an attacker to win every roll on gambling dApp EOSPlay by paying to fill blocks with their transactions. So far, the attacker gained 30,000 EOS worth over $110,000 while making the network “unusable.” Scale of the exploit A clever attacker was able to use REX, an EOS resource […]
BeNative Launches Bitcoin Incentive System for English Learners
BeNative has more than 600,000 users from 180 countries all around the world. There are video contents as learning material with global business leaders, such as Google, Facebook, etc, appeared in. BeNative has been launched their business globally through SMATOOS Inc., the headquarter based in Korea, followed by other foreign corporate branches in Japan, Hongkong, […]
Pixsy acquires blockchain-based copyright platform Binded.com
Pixsy, Inc. announced that it will acquire blockchain-based copyright registration platform Binded.com, strengthening its image protection offerings for a wider community of users (terms of the transactions were not disclosed). The acquisition bolsters Pixsy’s market-leading position in image protection and gives the Binded community access to Pixsy’s full suite of copyright management tools, including Register, […]
China says new digital currency will be like Facebook’s Libra
China’s proposed new digital currency would bear some similarities to Facebook’s Libra coin and would be able to be used across major payment platforms such as WeChat and Alipay, a senior central bank officer said. Mu Changchun, deputy director of the People’s Bank of China’s payments department, said the development of the coin would help […]
Cryptocurrency Wizard Arrested in B500m Fraud Case
A 48-year-old man wanted for his role in an alleged 500 million baht cryptocurrency exchange fraud was arrested in Bangkok on Wednesday evening. Mana Jumuang was arrested while playing football at a field on Rama IX Road in Huai Khwang district, Pol Maj Gen Jiraphop Phuridet, commander of the Crime Suppression Division, said on Thurday. […]
Kadena Launches Blockchain-as-a-Service on Azure Marketplace
Kadena announce that launched an upgraded version of our enterprise blockchain solution to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace! The “Kadena Scalable Permissioned Blockchain” is now available on Azure Marketplace for free. This past January, we made headlines in Fortune when we released our permissioned blockchain on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. Our Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) model enables organizations to start […]
BitGo Launches Multi-Signature Wallet and Custody for EOS
BitGo, the leader in digital asset financial services, today announced support for multi-signature EOS wallet and custody services. BitGo now supports over 200 coins and tokens enabling institutional clients to hold a broad array of assets. The EOS token is one of the top 10 digital assets by market capitalization, and is used on the […]
New Ways to Spend Bitcoin with your Blockchain Wallet
What can you buy with crypto? It’s been a common question since bitcoin bought two pizzas back in 2010. Giving people the ability to spend their bitcoins when they are on the go has always been one of the core functionalities of the Blockchain Wallet. And today, spending crypto from your phone or online is […]
SEC Charges ICO Research and Rating Provider With Failing to Disclose It Was Paid to Tout Digital Assets
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Russian entity ICO Rating has agreed to pay $268,998 to settle charges that it failed to disclose payments received from issuers for publicizing their digital asset securities offerings. The SEC’s order found that between December 2017 and July 2018, ICO Rating produced research reports and ratings of […]
