US Food Inspectors to Test IBM Blockchain for Export Certifications
3.2.2020
The blockchain feasibility assessment will search out efficiencies in a process marred by regulations and often complex documentary requirements
XRP Outperforms Broader Market as Price Flirts with Key Barrier
3.2.2020
XRP, the crypto token affiliated with the U.S.-based fintech firm Ripple, has outperformed the broader crypto market over the past 24 hours, with the coin posting the strongest 24-hour performance among the top 10 cryptoassets by market capitalization.
As of pixel time (11:00 AM UTC), XRP almost...
Privacy on Ethereum: Aztec Protocol Launches on Mainnet
3.2.2020
Aztec launches private DAI on Ethereum’s mainnet, says private contracts will come this year
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Introduces the Much-Awaited Bitcoin Emoji, Crypto CEOs Celebrate
3.2.2020
On February 2, Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey announced that the social media platform was adding a Bitcoin emoji to its domain. Now, whenever a user writes the Bitcoin or BTC hashtag, the symbol will appear after it. Dorsey also urged Unicode Consortium, a non-profit organization that...
Binance Launchpad Begins #WazirXLottery Promo
3.2.2020
Binance has started the #WazirXLottery on the Binance Launchpad platform from Monday, February 3, which will end on Tuesday, February 4. The announcement came via a tweet, where the world’s leading crypto trading platform stated that 15 lucky winners would get $200 worth WRX tokens each. Feeling...
Singapore: Digitized Securities Exchange Gets Regulator’s Go-Ahead
3.2.2020
Singapore’s central bank and regulator MAS has licensed capital markets blockchain platform iSTOX to operate in the city-state
Bitcoin Price Spikes to Three-Month High as Bull Cross Approaches
3.2.2020
Bitcoin printed a three-month high on major exchanges early on Monday with a key indicator eyeing its first bullish turn in 11 months
China Worries Driving South Korean Central Bank to CBDC Research
3.2.2020
The South Korean central bank is launching a second central bank digital currency (CBDC) team – a year after disbanding its first group of CBDC researchers.
The central Bank of Korea (BOK) announced its intentions to launch the new unit, which it says will conduct CBDC-related research, in what...
Electroneum Joins Hands With Cambodian Firm Cellcard
3.2.2020
Taking pride in being the world’s first regulatory compliant and the greenest cryptocurrency, Electroneum has achieved yet another amazing milestone as it has entered into direct partnership with Cambodia-based telecommunications firm, Cellcard. The integration between the two revolutionary...
Crypto Tycoon Winklevoss Brothers Obtain Six Stablecoin Patents
3.2.2020
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have been awarded six patents pertaining to stablecoins
You Can’t Separate Utility from Security Tokens, Say EU Researchers
3.2.2020
The difference between utility and security tokens is not all as clear as some regulators make out, argue researchers for the Oxford University Law blog
Jack Dorsey Enables Bitcoin Emoji on Twitter Posts
3.2.2020
Dorsey also appears to be pushing Unicode to introduce the bitcoin emoji in the universal web standard