Walmart Looks to Blockchain for Retail Product Resales
A newly-released Walmart patent application outlines a digital resale marketplace placed on a blockchain.
View ArticleThe Old New Thing: ICE and the Future of Bitcoin Trading and Regulation
As reported earlier by The New York Times (NYT) and Bitcoin Magazine, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is developing an online trading platform...
View ArticleFormer Visa CEO Moves to Startup That Uses Cryptocurrency to Process Everyday...
Last week, on May 19, former Visa UK and Ireland CEO Marc O’Brien said during an interview with Business Insider’s Oscar Williams-Grut that he has been appointed as the CEO of a cryptocurrency startup...
View ArticleUK Forex Operator LMAX to Launch Cryptocurrency Exchange for Banks and Hedge...
UK foreign exchange trading platform operator LMAX has announced that it will launch a cryptocurrency exchange tailored for banks, hedge funds, and other institutional investors. The London-based...
View ArticleThe Numbers Behind Kepler Technologies
After receiving incredible and record-breaking rankings on all relevant listing platforms, more and more people have become intrigued by Kepler’s groundbreaking ideas and visions in regards to a...
View ArticleA Giant Grows Larger: Coinbase Has Nearly as Many Customers as Fidelity...
As a not-so-typical startup in the Valley, Coinbase is exploding with customer growth. The exchange now manages over 20 million customer accounts, which is nearly as many as Fidelity Investments and...
View ArticleJohn McAfee: “Expect Top 10 Coin Prices to Blow Through the Roof!...
Apart from Tron, most coins didn’t register impressive gains as May 20 price action. Nonetheless, we still expect market participants to bid up the likes of Tron, IOTA, and EOS and to some degree,...
View ArticleHere’s What Happened At Graceland’s Ethereum Conference
Throughout 2018, blockchain and cryptocurrency hackathons are taking place on every continent but Antartica. In the United States alone, conferences are happening in Las Vegas, Atlanta, Berkeley,...
View ArticleThai Bank Pilots Cross-Border Transaction Using Blockchain
Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya successfully piloted a cross-border transaction using its own blockchain interledger, it announced Tuesday.
View ArticleAmEx Upgrades Rewards Program with Hyperledger Blockchain
American Express announced a blockchain-based loyalty rewards program using Hyperledger’s technology.
View ArticleCoinbase Is Rebranding Its Crypto Exchange Service
Coinbase announced Wednesday it was rebranding its GDAX platform as Coinbase Pro. Additionally, the company has acquired Paradex, a relay platform.
View ArticleArgentinian Bank Allows Cross-Border Payments with Bitcoin
Banco Masventas in Argentina announced via its Facebook page that it is introducing a new program that will allow customers to make cross-border payments using bitcoin. The institution has partnered...
View ArticleNo Blockchain Network is Remotely Close to Ethereum, Says Golem CEO
Zulian Zawistowski, the CEO of Golem, a smart contracts-based decentralized supercomputer, stated that Ethereum is the most promising blockchain platform in the global cryptocurrency sector and no...
View ArticleRegulatory Uncertainty Pushes Bitcoin Below $8,000, Tom Lee Predicts a...
Bitcoin’s two-week sell off continued today, seeing the coin fall to below $8,000 — $7,500 at the time of writing — and hitting levels not seen since mid-April. Regulatory Moves Impact Bitcoin’s Price...
View ArticleArgentinian Bank Drops Out of SWIFT, Favors Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency
According to Toshi Times, Jose Dakak, the principal shareholder of Argentinian bank Banco Masventas, has stated that the bank will drop out from the global financial network SWIFT and begin utilizing...
View ArticleBitcoin Price Has Hypotehtical Value of $1,800: Federal Reserve Report
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco released a report on May 18 discussing the volatility of the bitcoin price and its impact on the ways bitcoin should be classified, whether as a currency,...
View ArticleUnverified Source Claims Tron-Alibaba Deal Will Be Officially Announced...
All coins in the top 10 are in a decline printing losses in the last 24 hours. Even EOS and Tron are in negative territories despite major market moving events coming in less than two weeks. Well,...
View ArticleFirst Bitcoin Mining Conference Hashes Over the High Cost of Energy
Bitcoin mining uses as much electricity as Ireland, and by the end of 2018, the Bitcoin network will be using as much energy as Austria, according to a new report by Alex de Vries of the Experience...
View ArticleUK Company Acquires ‘Bitcoin’ Trademark, Allegedly Threatens Etsy Store over...
A UK company has acquired the trademark for “Bitcoin” and has allegedly threatened to bring a lawsuit against a small business that sells bitcoin-themed shirts. The business owner shared their plight...
View ArticleA 17th Century Mansion Is Being Auctioned Off on a Blockchain
The Palazzetto in the Palazzo Albertoni Spinola is being auctioned on a blockchain in a historic moment for the 200-year-old property.
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