05 Nov 18 @ 13:10

Bitcoin is Ten! Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy and the global economy nosedived into recession, the idea for an alternative digital currency was being built online. On... read more

01 Nov 18 @ 11:42

The UK’s Royal Mint has been forced to end plans to launch its digital gold token after a partnership with US exchange group CME failed and the government vetoed a... read more

29 Oct 18 @ 13:37

Sweden’s central bank, the Riksbank, has been widely reported as preparing the idea of using a centrally issued digital currency, e-Krona,  for a while – but now it has firm plans... read more

16 Oct 18 @ 17:03

Digital payments are experiencing a boom, driven by developing markets, according to the World Payments Report 2018 launched by Capgemini and BNP Paribas. However, the innovation landscape in payments is uncertain as... read more

25 Sep 18 @ 10:10

The $110 trillion payments business is facing further and major disruption from the FinTech revolution that will upend the traditional financial services industry and create new opportunities for venture-backed companies... read more

20 Sep 18 @ 14:56

Initial coin offerings, or ICOs, are a recent craze in the cryptocurrency world. Despite being just a couple of years old, ICOs have managed to attract a lot of attention.... read more

13 Sep 18 @ 09:00

GRAFT (Global Real-time Authorizations and Funds Transfers), a blockchain payment network innovator has announced that it has achieved its first end-to-end instant payment transaction (under 2 seconds) on the GRAFT Network.... read more

11 Sep 18 @ 14:12

Ripple Labs says it has reached a settlement “of all outstanding litigation” between R3 and XRP II, according to a press release published today. As per that statement, the details of the settlement... read more

03 Sep 18 @ 13:03

China is further tightening its clampdown on cryptocurrency, nearly a year after the government imposed a wide-ranging ban on local exchanges and ICO’s fundraising for digital currencies. Financial officials in an eastern... read more

24 Aug 18 @ 12:46

The Bank of Thailand has outlined a preliminary road-map for Project Inthanon, its central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative. The Bank of Thailand (BoT), the country’s central bank, is partnering... read more

14 Aug 18 @ 13:51

Previously existing only on the fringes of finance or computer science, cryptocurrencies are now being discussed more widely. In the future, banks may not be the only ones making money... read more

31 Jul 18 @ 13:41

Mastercard recently won a patent to protect a method that would manage “fractional reserves of blockchain currency”, meaning consumers might one day be able to charge their purchases on their credit... read more

17 Jul 18 @ 09:58

UK regulators are starting to give cryptocurrencies and associated crypto assets their seal of approval. This is significant, not least because it goes against the prevailing wisdom among policymakers around the world... read more

26 Jun 18 @ 12:31

A new, focused report by the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has found in favour of supporting central bank digital currencies which they define differently from cryptocurrrencies. One can distinguish... read more

14 Jun 18 @ 11:16

It would appear that a new rivalry is raging that looks set to decide how cross-border payments are handled for decades to come. It is a contest that encapsulates much... read more

12 Jun 18 @ 13:23

Cryptocurrency. A decade ago, names such as Bitcoin, Dash, Ethereum, and Monero were merely buzzwords. Fast forward to today, and they’ve become as recognisable as the US dollar and the... read more

12 Jun 18 @ 09:13

Thailand’s central bank chief has confirmed research into Project Inthanon, and a number of blockchain applications in banking, involving a central bank digital currency used for interbank settlements. In a... read more

11 Jun 18 @ 12:24

In Europe, as in the rest of the world, reports of major security breaches continue unabated, despite global efforts to fight back with increased IT security spending – according to... read more

16 May 18 @ 11:58

Facebook is exploring the creation of its own cryptocurrency, Facecoin, a virtual token that would allow its billions of users around the world to make electronic payments, people familiar with... read more

10 May 18 @ 15:48

Ripple has announced aggregated and averaged results from several early xRapid pilots. xRapid is Ripple’s on-demand liquidity solution which uses the digital asset XRP for more efficient cross-border transactions between... read more