Category: Cryptocurrency News

A Chinese government-led research body has rolled out a blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform for identity and supply-chain tracking. Dubbed the Blockchain Registry Open Platform (BROP), the system, developed by China Banknote Blockchain Technology Research Institute, was officially launched at a financial technology summit in Hangzhou on Monday, according to Securities Times. While China’s internet giants Tencent, Baidu and JD.com have already launched their own BaaS platforms, the project is notable for its official affiliations. According to its website, the research institute operates as a fully state-owned Read more …

Having been successful in gaining hold of the cryptocurrency market, the broker company NordFX continues to expand the range of services it offers in this field. The opportunity to trade highly volatile crypto-currencies on the world’s most widely used MetaTrader 4 platform has immediately become popular with NordFX clients, using a host of technical analysis tools: there are six crypto currency pairs (BTCUSD, LTCUSD, ETHUSD, DSHUSD, XRPUSD and BCHUSD) that are among this company’s trading instruments. In addition, starting from Read more …

There are always interesting developments in the world of blockchain. New Zealand is paying very close to all of the changes and improvements occurring. So much even that FintechNZ general manager James Brown is confident the Kiwi nation can become a global blockchain center. The Blockchain Industry in New Zealand Most people would not necessarily associate blockchain developments with New Zealand. That is somewhat strange, given the country’s reputation as a hub for global tech developments. So far, things have Read more …

At BITRUST we regularly receive questions from the enthusiastic newcomers into crypto world about how the actual cryptocurrency and tokens purchase process happens. While we are a business and definitely do not intend to advise on any crypto investment decision here, we have learned a thing or two about exchanges, wallets, security and other issues and would like to share them here for everyone’s benefit.  Congrats, it happened — you have decided to join crypto community and you are a Read more …

Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading sideways in a narrow range over the last week, but a drop toward $8,000 may be on the way, the technical studies indicate. As of writing, BTC is changing hands at $8,346 on Bitfinex. Meanwhile, CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index (BPI), which represents the average of BTC prices on the world’s leading exchanges, is seen at $8,306 – little changed from the previous day’s close (as per UTC) of $8,380. The cryptocurrency peeped above the $9,000 mark on Read more …

Ant Financial Services Group, Alibaba’s payment affiliate and operator of AliPay, has taken a critical stance over initial coin offerings (ICOs). Eric Jing, Ant Financial’s CEO, speaking during a speech at the annual China Development Forum on March 24 in Beijing, said that much of the existing blockchain enthusiasm comes from speculation around the concept of blockchain. Jing suggested that many projects behind initial coin offerings can provide nothing but a poor white paper, and he appeared to rule out the Read more …

Join our community of 10 000 traders on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. According to a recently published opinion piece, France’s finance minister Bruno Le Maire revealed that the country plans on creating a legal framework for initial coin offerings (ICOs) in a bid to become a leading ICO hub. In the opinion piece, published on French website Numerama, Le Maire claims he asked former central bank official Jean-Pierre Landau to draft a proposal for a legislative framework on Read more …

This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse nor support this product/service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. After making $100 billion dollars, Roberto Escobar launches the $2 dietbitcoin “DDX” cryptocurrency ICO and vouches for people to start buying and mining dietbitcoin as values will go up Pablo Escobar’s biological brother, Roberto De Read more …

English Heritage, the U.K. charity that oversees the care of historical sites like Stonehenge and Hadrian’s Wall, is looking to blockchain as a way to develop new ways of interacting with donors. The charity is partnering with the Giftcoin platform, which can be used to track donor payments from the time they have been gifted to when the funds are actually been spent. English Heritage – one of several groups said to be working with the platform – raised £2.5 million Read more …

Featured The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act just passed – almost in secret – tucked deep inside a voluminous spending package of well over a trillion dollars. No debate. No up or down vote on the merits of CLOUD. Instead, lawmakers would have had to reject the entire bill, thousands of pages, and risk government shutdown, in order to mount any kind of opposition. CLOUD is a broadening of international law enforcement power when Read more …

AirPod, the blockchain based, state of the art private spaces in public places project is powered by its own cryptocurrency called the APOD token. The APOD token acts as the medium of value exchange alongside other crypto and fiat payment methods. These APOD tokens have been made available to the public in the upcoming AirPod token sale. The APOD tokens, circulated between the project and its customers will create an internal economy and these tokens will allow customers to rent Read more …