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REVOLUT RECEIVED A BANKING LICENSE IN THE EU The British startup Revolut has announced about obtaining a license from the European Central Bank (ECB) and announced plans to use the banking license in key markets, including the UK, France, Germany and Poland….
RESEARCH: THE NUMBER OF VERIFIED CRYPTO USERS IS GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY According to Bloomberg, citing the results of a study by the center for alternative Finance of Cambridge University, the number of confirmed users of cryptocurrencies has almost doubled in the first three…
OPERA LAUNCHES ANDROID BROWSER WITH A BUILT-IN ETH-WALLET AND SUPPORT FOR DAPPS Opera has announced the release of the Android browser “Web 3-ready” with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet and support for decentralized applications. The new browser version, previously available only in beta,…
ALIBABA CLOUD AND DEUTSCHE TELEKOM JOINED THE BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM HYPERLEDGER 16 new companies have joined the blockchain consortium Hyperledger, including such industry giants as Alibaba, Citi and Deutsche Telekom. According to the Executive Director of the organization, this demonstrates the growing importance…
THE CENTRAL BANKS OF THE ARAB EMIRATES AND SAUDI ARABIA ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING A DIGITAL CURRENCY The Central banks of the two neighboring countries, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, are jointly exploring the possibility of using a single cryptocurrency…
TELECOM REGULATOR OF INDIA HAS TESTED BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM WITH IBM On December 12th, the local edition of the Economic Times reported Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has successfully completed joint testing with IBM of blockchain technology application to optimize mobile data….
SHENZHEN USES BLOCKCHAIN TO SEND OUT TAX INVOICES On December 12th, the local edition of China Economic Net reported that the authorities of Shenzhen, a major Chinese city in Guangdong province, will use the blockchain to send out electronic tax invoices. The…
DEVELOPERS ARE TESTING THE PROTOCOL FOR ERC-20 TOKENS EXCHANGE TO BTC IN LIGHTNING NETWORK On December 12th, the R&d reported that research laboratory of the TenX startup tested the cross-chain Protocol for the transfer of ERC20 tokens to BTC in the Lightning…
BINANCE DECLARED WAR TO DISINFORMATION IN CRYPTO INDUSTRY In a press release on December 12th, cryptocurrency exchange Binance has released a series of nearly 500 training articles to provide “objective” information about cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The educational unit of the largest crypto-exchange…
THE COMMISSION ON URGENT EXCHANGE TRADE OF THE USA HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ETHEREUM The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has expressed a desire to learn more about Ethereum and the underlying technology, as well as the markets that have been…
SERIAL HACKING ORGANIZES GRAND HACKATHON IN ASIA From December 8 to January 5, 2019, online registration for the blockchain hackathon Serial Hacking 2018 is open. You can participate in the competition remotely, without prejudice to work in duties and the usual comfort…
CRYPTO EXCHANGE GEMINI LAUNCHES NEW APPLICATION AND PLANS TO EXPAND TO ASIA The Winklevoss brothers attract individual investors with the help of the new Gemini crypto-exchange application, the development of which will become a priority in 2019. Tyler Winklevoss noted that they…
COINTEXT BECAME AVAILABLE IN COLOMBIA AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC The CoinText platform, which allows users to send and receive cryptocurrencies via SMS and without a smartphone or Internet, has been also launched in Colombia and the Dominican Republic, becoming available in 37…
BITCOIN-FRIENDLY CASH APP BYPASSED PAYPAL IN THE NUMBER OF DOWNLOADS ON GOOGLE PLAY Mobile payment service Cash App, developed by Square Inc., which allows users to purchase bitcoin, has reached a key stage of development towards the popularization of bitcoin and has…
PECKSHIELD: VULNERABILITIES IN EOS DAPPS CAUSED THE LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS The Chinese edition “Blockchain Truth” with reference to the company PeckShield, specializing in cybersecurity issues in the blockchain sphere, reports that through decentralized applications (dApps) in the EOS…
YESTERDAY A HARDFORK WAS HELD IN THE ZCOIN NETWORK On Monday, December 10, at 12:00 GMT (15:00 GMT) the network cryptocurrency Zcoin (XZC) held scheduled hard fork, the purpose of which was “opposition to mining on ASIC-devices”. The purpose of upgrade is…
BITMAIN CLOSES ITS RESEARCH DEPARTMENT According to Globes newspaper report, the research department of the mining giant Bitmain, located in Israel, is closing: 23 employees fell under the reduction, due to the financial difficulties of the company, just 3 years after the…
AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY IS TESTING BLOCKCHAIN FOR TRACKING MEAT SHIPMENTS The leading motor vehicle insurance company, National Transport Insurance (NTI), announced the start of testing the beef export supply chain optimization system. To implement the project, NTI will conclude a partnership agreement…
THE NUMBER OF BITCOIN COMMUNITY SUBSCRIBERS IN REDDIT HAS REACHED 1 MILLION Today, interest in Bitcoin remains and grows day by day. Despite the fall of the cryptocurrency market, interest in Bitcoin does not decrease. On the contrary, the number of subscribers…
KFC WILL START ACCEPTING DASH IN VENEZUELA The international food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) will accept payments in the DASH cryptocurrency in Venezuela. The first KFC, which will open the possibility of payment in the DASH cryptocurrency, is located in the…
