Charlie Lee to Advise Development of HTC Crypto-Compatible Smartphone Exodus
Litecoin (LTC) founder Charlie Lee tweeted July 29 that he will be an advisor for HTC’s new smartphone Exodus, which will support LTC and the Lightning Network (LN). In…
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Blockchain May Add $5 Billion to Indian Economy In The Next Five Years, Expert Says
Distributed ledger technology may add $5 billion to Indian economy in the next five years, according to NASSCOM’s VP Industry Initiatives. The non-profit trade association,…
How Malta Is Becoming the Blockchain Hub of the World: A Talk With Leading Law Firm
On July 4, 2018, the Parliament of Malta approved a regulatory framework for blockchain technology, making Malta one of the most ‘blockchain-friendly’ countries in the world. Cointelegraph…
Mizuho Financial’s Blockchain Lead Is Leaving the Firm
The blockchain lead at Mizuho Financial Group has revealed he is leaving the firm, according to an internal email obtained by CoinDesk. Ikuma Ueno, senior digital…
Bank of England To Test Blockchain Features For New Payment System
The Bank of England is undertaking a proof-of-concept (PoC) to understand how the renewed Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service could be capable of interacting…
Taipei Partners With IOTA To Become A Blockchain-Powered Smart City
Taipei, Taiwan is seeking to become a smart city by utilizing the power of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), or Blockchain. The city has chosen to partner with IOTA, the inventors…
Bitcoin Takes All? Enterprise Blockchains Need Time, Too
Last week I described how bitcoin, as a deflationary currency, encourages delayed gratification. Now there’s evidence that bitcoin’s straight-laced twin, enterprise blockchain technology, requires such an attitude…
Out with the Old: Blockchain Requires a New Regulatory Approach
The internet is once more in a period of transition. The “cloud era” that served consumers and firms so well so far, little by little,…
European Central Bank Calls for DLT Post-Trade Interoperability
Researchers at the European Central Bank (ECB) have published a new research report on the impact of distributed ledger technology (DLT) on the harmonization of…
EU Budget Amendments Call For Millions in Blockchain Funding
As many as four blockchain-related amendments, funding various initiatives, could find their way into the European Union’s 2018 budget. Public documents published yesterday reveal a…