Eugene Kaspersky, the CEO of cybersecurity company Kaspersky, said that “cryptocurrencies are a great idea, but the world is not ready for them yet.” Eugene Kaspersky, the CEO of the cybersecurity giant Kaspersky, stated in a recent interview that “cryptocurrencies are a great idea, but the world is not ready for them yet.” Kaspersky made […]
Continue Readingsponsored A decentralized marketplace offering e-commerce on demand has launched with 50,000 items, enabling shoppers to have products delivered in less than two hours. A decentralized platform offering “e-commerce on demand” is launching, and says it has the ambition of enabling shoppers to have online orders delivered in less than two hours — with food […]
Continue ReadingThe financial sector will lead global spending in blockchain this year, according to new report from International Data Corporation. Global blockchain spending will account for almost $2.9 billion in 2019, which is an 88.7 percent increase from 2018, according to a new report from United States-based market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Published on […]
Continue ReadingNasdaq-powered digital trading platform DX.Exchange has announced the addition of tokenized ETFs, including SPY and QQQ, to its services. Estonia-based digital trading platform DX.Exchange has added tokenized Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) to its services, according to press release shared with Cointelegraph on March 6. The move involves the tokenization of popular ETFs, such as SPY, which […]
Continue ReadingAt least two seperate bugs related to Monero have been detected. This week, at least two seperate bugs related to Monero (XMR) were reported by crypto community members. The first one allegedly lead to a Ledger hardware wallet user losing around 1,680 XMR (nearly $80,000, as of press time) of his funds after making a […]
Continue ReadingThe peer-to-peer over-the-counter branch of Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has added support for Ripple. The peer-to-peer (p2p), over-the-counter (OTC) branch of Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has added support for Ripple (XRP). The company announced the news in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on March 6. XRP joins Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT), Eos […]
Continue ReadingThe government of Argentina signs a four-year agreement with Binance Labs, committing to invest in local blockchain startups. The government of Argentina has agreed to co-invest in blockchain projects that are backed by Binance Labs and Latin American crypto exchange LatamEx, a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Wednesday, March 6, reveals. Binance Labs, the […]
Continue ReadingThe company’s “X-Force Red Blockchain Testing” product aims to iron out weak links in nascent deployments. IBM has launched an operational version of its in-house security testing tool for blockchain solutions, the company confirmed in a press release on March 5. IBM Security’s X-Force Red, the firm’s dedicated security task force, released the X-Force Red […]
Continue ReadingFive regional financial institutions aim to release the first services of their blockchain-based financial platform in April. Five Japanese banks have collaborated to launch blockchain-based financial services infrastructure, the finance platform confirmed in a press release on March 1. Bank of Iwate, Bank of Yokohama, Aomori Bank, Akita Bank and Yamanashi Chuo Bank will work […]
Continue ReadingThe plans, which would continue a practice begun in February, aim to shore up the exchange rate of USD-pegged Dai. Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) MakerDao (Maker) will let users vote on whether or not to raise a fee used within its Dai (DAI) stablecoin, the organization confirmed in a blog post on Mar. 4. Dai, […]
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