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Visa CEO hits out at Bitcoin refusing to process transactions

25 Jan 18 @ 14:48

Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, is not really money and Visa will not get involved in processing Bitcoin related transactions won’t touch it, the CEO has said in an interview with... read more

Move over IBM and Mastercard – BofA leads blockchain patent race

17 Jan 18 @ 11:15

Bank of America has applied for or received at least 43 patents for blockchain, the ledger technology used for verifying and recording transactions that’s at the heart of virtual currencies.... read more

Ripple and MoneyGram test XRP currency transfers

12 Jan 18 @ 11:18

Ripple has announced a tie-up with money transfer company MoneyGram, a move which is significant because the arrangement involves the use of XRP, Ripple’s digital currency, which has recently soared in value but... read more

An analytical review of cryptocurrencies to date

11 Jan 18 @ 21:55

Key Insights for 2018: Although 11 bitcoin forks were scheduled for December they are already losing steam and it is unlikely that any of them will claim greater than 5%... read more

Criminal underworld dropping Bitcoin for other cryptocurrencies

08 Jan 18 @ 10:14

Bitcoin, despite its stratospheric price, is losing its allure with some of its earliest and most avid fans, the criminals, giving rise to a new breed of cryptocurrencies. Privacy coins... read more

Bitcoin hard fork called off avoiding disruption in cryptocurrency

14 Nov 17 @ 10:23

In recent months, the Bitcoin community has been in a bitter fight that escalated to an all-out war over the seemingly natural question of how to allow more transactions through the... read more

Bitcoin thieves are back – CryptoShuffler Trojan hunt for users’ cryptosavings

31 Oct 17 @ 14:50

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new malware, CryptoShuffler Trojan, which steals cryptocurrencies from a user’s wallet by replacing their address with its own in the device’s clipboard. Criminals are targeting... read more

Indonesia takes steps towards a digital Fiat Currency

23 Oct 17 @ 11:05

eCurrency Mint Limited says that it has partnered with PayPro Indonesia to provide eCurrency’s digital fiat currency (DFC) solution in Indonesia. Through eCurrency’s solution, PayPro’s e-money product delivers a cryptographically protected, secure instrument... read more

Russia to launch national Cryptocurrency – CryptoRuble

17 Oct 17 @ 13:52

Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’s Minister of Communications has revealed that President Vladimir Putin has given the Go-Ahead for a new cryptocurrency dubbed CryptoRuble, reports CoinTelegraph, claiming local news sources. The Russian form of cryptocurrency won’t be... read more

MtGox chief refusing to travel to US for Bitcoin bankruptcy hearing

16 Apr 14 @ 09:19

The founder of MtGox has refused a US court’s demand that he testify this week about the collapse of what was the world’s biggest Bitcoin exchange. Mark Karpeles had been asked... read more

Amazon launches ‘Amazon Coins’

02 May 13 @ 00:00

Amazon has just announced the Amazon Coin, a new virtual currency for Kindle Fire owners to use on in-app purchases, app purchases, etc. in the Amazon App store. The service will... read more

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Visa brings stablecoin settlement into the US Mainstream

17 Dec 25 @ 13:28

Visa has taken a decisive step towards embedding stablecoins into core financial infrastructure, launching US-based settlement in Circle’s USDC for participat... more

Barclays makes first strategic move into stablecoin infrastructure

07 Jan 26 @ 15:24

Barclays has taken its first direct step into the stablecoin ecosystem, investing in US-based clearing and settlement platform Ubyx. [caption id="attachmen... more

Deutsche Bank brings Wero to the mainstream in Germany

18 Dec 25 @ 11:13

Deutsche Bank has taken a decisive step in Europe’s long-running effort to build a sovereign payments alternative, rolling out the full functionality of the W... more