IRA Financial Trust is now enabling self-directed IRA account holders to purchase Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies using their IRA and solo 401k plans. The company is a custodian of these plans, where customers may make pre-tax investments to save for their retirement. The company’s Crypto IRA platform gives members the ability to buy, sell or […]
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American Express has partnered with digital retailer, Boxed to integrate Hyperledger blockchain technology into its rewards program. Using the functionality of Hyperledger, the company will enable its merchants to create custom Membership Rewards programs for AmEx cardholders. In this pilot program, members will be able to earn five times the normal amount of points when […]
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The IDEX exchange surpassed 150,000 users as of May 21st, making it the top Ethereum DApp according to DApp Radar. This came after a surge in memberships in April, when 50,000 users signed up for the decentralized exchange, when it resumed after a period of extensive maintenance to address performance issues. Exchanges going offline to […]
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Marc O’Brien, the former CEO of Visa UK has been named the CEO of Crypterium, a digital currency startup. O’Brien was the CEO of both Visa UK, and Visa Ireland for six years, between 2008 and 2014. In his new role as CEO of Crypterium, O’Brien hopes to expand the use of cryptocurrencies as a […]
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The publicly traded IT giant, Infosys Ltd. (INFY) is creating a blockchain network for banks in India. The fintech solution will be designed to improve efficiency and security in trade finance for the banking sector. Infosys has partnered with seven private banks in India, including ICICI Bank Ltd, Axis Bank Ltd, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, […]
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HTC announced that they will release a new Android phone, powered by the blockchain. The benefit to owning this mobile device, named Exodus, will be to provide a better user experience for cryptocurrency and DApp users. According to the announcement on TheNextWeb, the phone will come with a universal digital wallet, pre-installed, along with secure […]
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Bing, the number two search engine in the US, and number three in the world, will ban cryptocurrency and ICO ads. This ban puts Bing in alignment with Google, Twitter and Facebook, under the banner of consumer protection. There are of course, ICO scams that exist, and the question is whether an entire industry, namely […]
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is partnering with ConsenSys, a group of Ethereum developers and entrepreneurs on a mission to build infrastructure, applications and practices that enable a decentralized world. AWS is among the largest cloud computing service providers in the world. They have a vast array of plans for ecommerce hosting, database storage and other […]
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It’s no secret that blockchain technology is being adopted for a variety of use cases. Traditional databases are generally centralized and data may be added, deleted or updated. Blockchains are generally decentralized, and the data is immutable. Once a record has been added to a blockchain, it theoretically exists forever. If a public blockchain becomes […]
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Cardano (ADA) CEO, Charles Hoskinson signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ethiopian Ministry of Education. Under this agreement, Cardano will train blockchain developers in integrating blockchain technology with coffee production in the agriculture industry. A group of developers will be trained in Cardano code by the end of 2018, and it is expected […]
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