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XRP Price Pumps As SWIFT Partners With Ripple Rival R3
The CEO of SWIFT revealed today that the institution is working on a proof-of-concept for integrating blockchain start-up’s R3 trade ...
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Crypto Firms’ Route to Remittances at Scale Will Be Complex but Successful
Bill Barhydt, CEO of crypto wallet provider and payment startup Abra, believes that consumer cross-border payments and remittance services at ...
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The Next Big Ethereum Conference Will Run Almost Entirely on Blockchains
The largest ethereum-based hackathon is gearing up for its second annual run in Denver, Colorado – and this time, nearly ...
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XRP Benefiting From SWIFT–Corda Trial
Ripple price surge 10 percentSWIFT GPI Link proof of concept with R3’s CordaTransactional volumes picking up, spikes above averagesSBI Holdings ...
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Wikimedia Foundation Partners With Payments Provider BitPay to Accept BTC, BCH Donations
United States crypto payment processor BitPay and the non-profit and charitable organization that operates Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, have partnered ...
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London-based Project Uses Microsoft Architecture to Make Blockchain Easier for Developers
On Dec. 19, the London-based company Stratis revealed to the public its project that includes sidechains, smart contracts, an ICO ...
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WTF: Is Venezuela Paying Off Russian Debt with 20 Tons of Central Bank Gold Reserves?
To much of the rest of the world, Venezuela remains a mystery. It’s hard to understand how a country with ...
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Why the R3-SWIFT Partnership is Cranking the Gears of the Ripple (XRP) Rumor Mill
SWIFT, the 11,000-member global payments network, has announced a partnership with enterprise blockchain consortium R3, and the news is already ...
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Regulator Warns of Online Scam Claiming Gov’t Adoption of Crypto
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has warned the public against an alleged scam claiming that a cryptocurrency is officially ...
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Phishing Scam Hits LocalBitcoins, Clients Lose Funds
On January 26, 2019, clients of peer-to-peer bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins were the targets of a phishing scam which resulted ...
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Gaza’s Ruling Group Hamas Seeks Funding in Bitcoin to Combat Financial Isolation
The militant arm of Hamas — the de facto ruling authority of the Gaza Strip in Palestine — has appealed ...
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Major Messenger LINE Partners with Financial Giant to Create Blockchain Alliance
Major Japanese messaging app LINE has signed a memorandum of understanding with local financial giant Nomura Holdings to form a ...
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Hackers Just Stole Another $180K in Ether From Cryptopia Exchange
Hackers apparently still have control over New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia. Blockchain data analytics firm Elementus said in a blog post ...
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Bahamian Firm to Boost Local Economy with Blockchain-Based Sunken Treasure Project
Bahamian tech company PO8 has developed a project that aims to register data of excavated sunken artifacts on blockchain, according ...
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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Straight Six For the Bears
As Bitcoin heads into the first monthly close of 2019, we take a look at the price action over the ...
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Bitcoin Approaches $3,500 as Top Cryptos See Growth
Wednesday, Jan. 30 — nearly all of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate to notable gains on the day ...
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Why SWIFT Chose R3 Over Ripple: What Does it Mean For XRP?
SWIFT, the global messaging system to settle cross border payments, today announced that it would integrate R3’s open source blockchain ...
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Crypto Lender Genesis Capital Processed Nearly $1.1 Billion In 2018
Institutional crypto loans firm Genesis Global Capital says it processed more than $1.1 billion in lends and borrows in 2018 ...
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Critics Say Bitcoin is Like Tech Stocks, Why Experts Disagree and it is More Like Gold
Since Bitcoin (BTC) seemingly lost its value proposition as a form of digital cash, investors have searched high and low, ...
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Wikipedia Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations via Bitpay
Services Users from all over the world can now support the widely popular free encyclopedia Wikipedia with bitcoin cash donations ...
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Lightning Network Reaches Marathon 600 BTC Capacity
The Lightning Network on Bitcoin passed a fresh milestone this week, taking its overall capacity to over 600 BTC ($2 ...
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Japanese Finance Giant SBI Holdings, Blockchain Firm R3 Officially Announce Joint Venture
Japanese financial services company SBI Holdings has officially announced a joint agreement with the United States blockchain consortium R3 to ...
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Why Investment Advisors Expect Bitcoin To Reach $17,570 By 2023
Investment advisors, which often sweat under the spotlight of their clientele, have long been hesitant to name-drop Bitcoin (BTC) and ...
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Research Reveals $1.7 Billion Obtained via Crypto Thefts and Scams in 2018
About $1.7 billion in cryptocurrency had been obtained via illicit means in 2018, according to research published by crypto analytics ...
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Crypto Exchange Gemini Passes Security Compliance Audit Conducted by Deloitte
Cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini has said it has passed a security compliance review conducted by “Big Four” auditing firm ...
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Russia’s Ministry of Education Introduces System for Tracking Diamonds via Blockchain
Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science (Minobrnauki) has introduced a blockchain-enabled platform for tracking natural diamonds, government-backed news agency TASS ...
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Iran Reportedly in Talks With 8 Countries to Use Crypto Transactions
Iran is reportedly negotiating with eight countries to carry out financial transactions in cryptocurrency, local daily newspaper Tehran Times reports ...
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Bitcoin Eyes Minor Price Bounce But Bear Trend Intact
View Bitcoin’s minor recovery rally from six-week lows could be extended further to levels above $3,500 as back-to-back long-tailed daily ...
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Fidelity’s Bitcoin Custody Service Set For Launch in March
Fidelity Digital Assets is planning to launch its Bitcoin Custody Service as soon as March, according to industry insiders. Commenters ...
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The Daily: Fidelity Crypto Custody Update, Cryptopia Hack Continues
The Daily In today’s edition of The Daily we feature a number of stories about financial companies adding cryptocurrency-related services ...
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SWIFT CEO Reveals Plans to Integrate Blockchain Consortium R3 Tech
This article has been updated to reflect the breaking news events.Major global banking payments network SWIFT has revealed it plans ...
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Glyph Partners With 3 Crypto Firms for Accredited-Investor Checks
Decentralized identity startup Glyph is partnering with a trio of digital securities companies to make their approaches to ID verification ...
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SWIFT Chief Announces Integration With R3 At Paris Fintech Forum
SWIFT, the global banking payments network, intends to integrate technology from R3, the DLT provider behind the Corda platform. Speaking ...
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Japanese IT Giant Fujitsu Completes Test of Blockchain Electricity Sharing Project
Japanese IT firm Fujitsu has successfully trialed a blockchain-based solution to address inefficiencies in electricity surplus management, the company confirmed ...
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Fujitsu Claims 40% Efficiency Boost for Blockchain Electricity Exchange
Japanese IT giant Fujitsu has developed a blockchain-based system for electricity exchange between enterprise consumers that aims to facilitate a ...
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DApp Survey Highlights Poor User Uptake as Major Pain Point for Developers
Decentralized data aggregator Fluence Labs highlighted user uptake as the number one problem facing decentralized app (DApp) developers in a ...
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Stellar Hits 15 Month Low, Why Has XLM Fallen so Far?
Last year Stellar Lumens was the golden child of crypto, a Ripple rivaling financial transfer blockchain that promised great things ...
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Top Crypto Assets Open 2019 With Slow Month of Trading
Market Updates The leading cryptocurrency markets have seen a slow start to the year, with the top three markets by ...
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This Spongebob-Themed Tech Proves That Bitcoin’s Lightning Is Advancing
“Wumbology, the study of ‘wumbo’. It’s first grade, Spongebob!” For the uninitiated, that’s a quote from the Nickelodeon animated series ...
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Energy Provider PG&E Files for Bankruptcy, the Last Gasp of Its Incredible Fall
Pacific Gas & Electric, a California-based energy and power provider and owner of the country’s biggest power utility, has filed ...
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Gemini Passing SOC-2 Examination a Step Towards Bitcoin ETF Approval
Winklevoss twins’ Gemini exchange has announced successfully passing a Service Organization Control level 2 (SOC-2) type 1 examination by big ...
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AMD Q4 Financial Report Sees Income Dip, Executives Show No Signs Of Panic
United States transnational IT company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released its Q4 revenue report on Jan. 29, broadly conforming to ...
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