Cryptocurrency

09 Mar 18 @ 09:36

Ripple has developed a payments app that settles transactions instantly, in partnership with a consortium of 61 Japanese banks based on blockchain technology. Ripple says that the app, called “Money... read more

27 Feb 18 @ 12:39

Deutsche Börse Group has developed a concept for riskless transfer of commercial bank money via an infrastructure based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). By combining blockchain technology with its proven... read more

26 Feb 18 @ 10:38

The Venezuelan government says it raised $735m in the first day of the pre-sale of its cryptocurrency, the petro. President Nicolás Maduro tweeted late on Tuesday that the cryptocurrency reaffirmed the... read more

20 Feb 18 @ 13:29

Upset that you missed the boat on the cryptocurrency craze last year? Millionaires were minted overnight as bitcoin returned 1,700% in 2017, only to see prices crash by more than... read more

15 Feb 18 @ 13:26

It has been  reported that both Visa and Mastercard were planning to change the policies they have in place when it comes to purchasing of cryptocurrency. The reports add that... read more

15 Feb 18 @ 12:38

Thousands of government websites around the world have been hijacked to mine the cryptocurrency Monero. A commonly-used accessibility script was hacked to inject the Coinhive miner into official sites in... read more

13 Feb 18 @ 14:54

The fall in cryptocurrencies that wiped nearly $500 billion of market value over the past month could get a lot worse, according to Goldman Sachs’s global head of investment research.... read more

07 Feb 18 @ 17:55

Following on from Visa CEO’s statement on cryptocurrencies in January , it turns out that Visa  and Mastercard have reclassified the way Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency purchases are processed on... read more

06 Feb 18 @ 09:32

According to Reuters: “Japan’s financial regulator said on Friday it had ordered all cyrptocurrency exchanges to submit a report on their system risk management, following the hacking of over half... read more

05 Feb 18 @ 09:41

The European Commission has launched the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum with the support of the European Parliament, represented by Jakob von Weizsäcker responsible for the recent report on virtual... read more

29 Jan 18 @ 15:14

WAWLLET has launched the world’s first regulatory-compliant multi-asset wallet and personal financial passport, connecting people, banks and financial services, letting users transfer between them instantly, wherever their accounts or assets may... read more

26 Jan 18 @ 14:56

Cryptocurrencies and the software developed to track them have become attractive targets for cybercriminals while also creating a lucrative new market for computer-security firms. In less than a decade, hackers... read more