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Bitcoin․com Doubles Down on Self-Custody With Launch of Verse DEX
8.11.2022
Bitcoin.com, a digital ecosystem and secure self-custody platform where users can safely and easily interact with cryptocurrencies and digital assets, has launched support for Ethereum in its decentralized exchange, Verse DEX, with ~$2 million in liquidity initially distributed across six trading...
Another Digital Yuan Giveaway Will See $2.75m Distributed in China’s Fuzhou
2.11.2022
China’s digital yuan pilot continues to gather pace: The nation’s central bank is teaming up with an e-commerce heavyweight in an effort to boost adoption. The parties will be giving away another $2.75m worth of coins (in e-voucher form) in the city of Fuzhou, in China’s Fujian Province....
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The Size of Bitcoin’s Distributed Ledger Nears a Half Terabyte
15.10.2022
Well over a decade ago, on January 3, 2009, the size of the Bitcoin blockchain was 0.285 kilobytes (kB) or around 285 bytes. Today, however, the blockchain’s ledger is nearly half a terabyte, or roughly 432 gigabytes. Bitcoin’s Blockchain Nears 500 Gigabytes in Size On October...
China floats idea of 'Asian yuan' to reduce reliance on US dollar
14.10.2022
The proposed distributed ledger technology-backed “Asian yuan” token would supposedly help reduce Asia’s dependence on the U.S. dollar for international business
Unido EP: Enterprise-Grade Digital Asset Management, for Everyone
6.10.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Since the last product offering comparison with Fireblocks, Unido has now successfully launched the EP self-custody multi-wallet, powered by Multi Party Computation (MPC) technology. Unido EP represents a first to market for a fully decentralized, distributed private key management...
BIS marks CBDC pilot as 'successful' with $22M transacted
28.9.2022
Over $12 million in value was issued in the pilot with commercial and central banks in Hong Kong, Thailand, the UAE and China taking part
Moscow Exchange Suggests Issuing Crypto Receipts for Those Afraid of Blockchain
25.9.2022
The Moscow Exchange has proposed to legalize the issuance of receipts for digital financial assets. The trading platform says this will allow custodians to offer clients who are not ready for distributed ledgers to essentially work with securities. MOEX also plans to become a licensed crypto...
Ripple Labs Is ‘Interested’ in Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius and Its Assets, Company Spokesperson Says
11.8.2022
According to a Ripple Labs spokesperson, the distributed ledger company is interested in learning about the bankrupt crypto lender Celsius and its assets. When Ripple’s spokesperson was asked if the blockchain firm was interested in acquiring Celsius, the company declined to say. The news...
Human Protocol Develops New Layer Featuring Voting, Proof-of-Balance, Liquidity, and Slashing – the Routing Protocol
10.8.2022
HUMAN Protocol is an infrastructure to reshape how humans work, by supporting distributed job markets in which any job, of any size or type, can be securely tokenized, published, and completed. The HUMAN team is now developing a new blockchain coordination layer to empower communities for positive...
World Gold Council Exec Believes Blockchain Technology Will Bolster Trust in the Gold Industry
8.8.2022
The World Gold Council’s (WGC) head of global sales and regional CEO, Joe Cavatoni, explained on Friday that he believes the gold industry will integrate with blockchain technology in order to “help the industry standardize reporting.” Cavatoni spoke about the London Bullion...
Survivability in Times of Crisis, Internet Outages and Cyber Warfare – Bastyon Inventor Explains
25.7.2022
Bastyon is a social platform that combines elements of Youtube, Twitter and Torrent; it is closing in on half a million users and growing fast. Bastyon is built on the premise that social media should be Web 3.0, decentralized with an open-source code, distributed node infrastructure and...
Russian Blockchain Alternative to SWIFT to Prevent Disconnection of Nations, Banks
13.7.2022
A Russian university is ready to test its blockchain-based analogue to the global payment messaging network SWIFT, from which Russian banks were cut off as part of Western sanctions. The developers say their system would not allow the disconnecting of countries and banks. Russian Developers Create...
4 Tips for Supporting Distributed Offices, From a Web3 Founder
28.6.2022
Working remotely can get lonely. This article is part of the “Future of Work Week.”
Hackers Are Cloning Web3 Wallets Like Metamask and Coinbase Wallet to Steal Crypto
15.6.2022
Confiant, an advertising security agency, has found a cluster of malicious activity involving distributed wallet apps, allowing hackers to steal private seeds and acquire the funds of users via backdoored imposter wallets. The apps are distributed via cloning of legitimate sites, giving...
Russia’s Industrial Giant Rostec Announces Blockchain-Based Alternative to SWIFT
4.6.2022
Rostec, the Russian manufacturing and technology conglomerate, has developed a system allowing the processing of international settlements and storage of digital currency. The blockchain-based platform has been announced as an alternative to SWIFT, which is unavailable for some Russian banks....
Terra Snapshot Expected This Week. Here’s How 'New' Luna Will Be Distributed
25.5.2022
The supply of tokens on the new blockchain will be just over 116 million, developers said
Registration For The Upcoming VERSE Token By Bitcoin․com Is Now Open
24.5.2022
Registrations are now open for the VERSE token sale, which will begin in the later part of June 2022. Interested parties who register can participate in the token sale immediately upon launch. Miami, Florida – May 23rd, 2022 – VERSE is the rewards and utility token distributed...
Google Forms Web3 Team — Sees Tremendous Potential, Demand for Crypto Tech Support
8.5.2022
Google is establishing a Web3 team within its cloud unit, noting that “it is a market that is already demonstrating tremendous potential.” A Google executive explained: “We’re providing technologies for companies to use and take advantage of the distributed nature...
CBDCs Turn Up Heat on Banks, May Spurn Distributed Ledgers, Study Suggests
12.4.2022
Central bankers interviewed by the Financial Stability Institute are wondering if increased competition could help the 1.7 billion people cut off from financial services to get access
HBAR Foundation Launches $250 Million Metaverse Fund to Entice Developers to Build on Hedera
10.4.2022
The HBAR foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to accelerate the development of the Hedera Hashgraph ecosystem, has announced the launch of a new Metaverse fund. The fund, which launches with $250 million, will serve to entice builders and programmers to bring their metaverse products...