South African Government Launches SANBA, the South African National Blockchain Alliance The South African Government’s State Department of Science and Innovation has launched the National Blockchain Alliance (SANBA). The launch was planned to take place earlier this month in Johannesburg. However, due…
Ripple Co-Founder Chris Larsen Completely Recovers from COVID-19 Ripple co-founder and Executive Chairman Chris Larsen has completely recovered from coronavirus. In his official Twitter account, Larsen thanked everyone who works on the frontline against the COVID-19. He also called for recovered…
Stellar Announces XLM Donation Matching Program with Lumenthropy The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has announced an XLM donation matching program for April of the current year, in partnership with Stellar-based Lumenthropy. As the official website reports, the foundation has committed 2.5…
Lagos Welcomes the First Nigerian Bitcoin ATM Blockstale BTM, a new Bitcoin ATM startup in Nigeria, is planning to install around 30 Bitcoin ATMs across Nigeria by the end of the current year, and the first terminal has been installed in…
ANU Law School Partners with Ripple to Provide Blockchain Law Courses The ANU College of Law is planning to present 2 new courses in its Masters program next year studying blockchain’s effect on the legal sector. The ANU develops the courses…
The Banque de France Launches Experiment Program on Central Bank Digital Currency Central bank of France is calling for applications to experiment with a central bank digital currency for interbank settlements, official website reports. The bank reports that it doesn’t impose any…
Hitachi Partners with ConsenSys for PegaSys Plus Sales In partnership with ConsenSys, Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. will make sales of PegaSys Plus in Japan starting from the next month, as reported. Expressing his opinion on the collaboration with Hitachi, Joseph Lubin, ConsenSys…
Ethereum-Based Pepo Integrates Zoom for Live Streaming Pepo, an Ethereum-based video-sharing social media app, has announced the integration of the video conferencing platform, Zoom, to make live streaming easier. As it is reported, at present Pepo Live Events are only available…
Bitcoin: Current Situation This post is not intended to give super exact data because the main concept is to show the current and potential future situations based on technical and fundamental facts. Bitcoin Crashed due the Coronavirus + large amount of…
One of the largest South Korean banks, KB Kookmin Bank or KB is set to launch a crypto custody service in the foreseeable future. As Digital Today has reported on Friday, 27 March, the bank filed a trademark application for “KBDAC” –…
Ripple Donates $200K USD to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic Ripple Labs has made a donation of $200,000 USD to 2 various non-profit organizations to fight against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the territory of the United States. As official Twitter…
CoinTracker Report: The Top Crypto Cities in the United States Bitcoin tax software and crypto portfolio manager CoinTracker has published a statement comparing the crypto ownership across major cities in the United States. The statement includes the data of CoinTracker anonymized…
China Moves Closer to Issuing Digital Currency The People’s Bank of China (PBC) is speeding up its digital currency (CBDC) issuing plan, the Global Times reports. The Bank of China in collaboration with several private companies has finalized fundamental functions’ development…
Recently, MoneyGram announced the sell of $11,3 million worth XRP, its 2019 annual report states. The money transfer company has sold over $11.3 million worth XRP that it received from Ripple as a part of its commercial agreement with the fintech firm. As…
Tim Draper Wants to Invest in Indian Crypto Startups Tim Cook Draper, an American venture capital investor, has an intention to invest in Indian crypto startups. On his latest visit to India, Draper met key cryptocurrency founders, stakeholders. Previously, Draper criticized…
Citigroup Raises its Equity Stake in Ethereum-based Trade Financing Startup Komgo A multinational investment bank and financial services corporation Citigroup Inc. has increased its investment in Komgo, which is an Ethereum-based decentralized startup. The global head of commodity trade finance at…
Australians Prefer Other Electronic Methods over Crypto Only less than 1% of Australians used cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin as a payment method in 2019, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reports. Last year, RBA conducted a study with an objective to find…
Banco Sella to Launch Bitcoin Trading Service Italian bank Banco Sella launches a Bitcoin trading service. The trading is carried out via Hype platform of the bank, where the bank acts as an intermediary reducing potential security risks with crypto exchanges….
Binance P2P Introduces 5 New Fiat Currencies in Latin America Cryptocurrency trading platform Binance has rolled out peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading with 5 new fiat currencies in Latin America. From now on, Binance P2P trading platform provides its users the possibility…
Financial Institutions to Develop Blockchain-based Platform Several leading European financial institutions together launch a blockchain-based platform called FundsDLT for the investment fund industry. Among the institutions are Clearstream, Credit Suisse Asset Management, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Natixis Investment Managers. As reported,…
