Members of the Zcash community discover a suspicious and potentially malicious counterfeit version of Zcash Foundation’s native ZecWallet. Members of the Zcash (ZEC) community have discovered a suspicious and potentially malicious counterfeit version of Zcash Foundation’s native ZecWallet. According to a Twitter post published on Oct. 20 and retweeted by Zcash developer Electric Coin Company, […]
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A new partnership for cross-border payments and remittances will use the National Bank of Cambodia’s blockchain-based payment system. Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) on cross-border payments and remittances. On Oct. 16, Malaysian business news outlet The Edge Markets reported that the largest […]
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David Marcus of the Libra Association reportedly said that the project would be open to using government currency-pegged stablecoins. Facebook is reportedly open to the idea of using national currency-pegged stablecoins for its forthcoming Libra project. According to Reuters on Oct. 20, David Marcus, the head of the Libra project for Facebook and CEO of […]
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Samsung SDS announced a joint initiative to launch a new blockchain traceability solution based on Nexledger. Samsung SDS, the IT subsidiary of global tech giant Samsung, has announced a joint initiative to launch a new blockchain-based traceability product. To develop the new project, Samsung SDS partnered with American software firm Pega and Tech Mahindra, a […]
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Mexico announces a new alliance to support blockchain development in Cointelegraph’s weekly digest of news from the Spanish-speaking world. The Spanish-speaking world has seen another week of major cryptocurrency and blockchain developments with the Mexican government announcing a new alliance to support the development of blockchain initiatives. Here is the past week of crypto and […]
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Enterprise Ethereum Alliance’s reputation system: Why do banks want to reward employees with tokens? Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) created a token system to encourage the active contribution of member organizations and their employees to the consortium, as reported by Cointelegraph on Oct. 8. The tokens are powered by the EEA’s Off-chain Trusted Compute Specification and […]
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Slovakian software security firm ESET has uncovered a fake Tor Browser that steals Bitcoin from darknet shoppers. Major antivirus software supplier ESET has discovered a trojanized Tor Browser designed to steal Bitcoin (BTC) from buyers in the darknet. Fake browser distributed via 2 websites Targeting users in Russia, the fake Tor Browser was distributed via […]
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CIMB Singapore, a part of one of the fifth largest ASEAN bank CIMB Group, completed its first blockchain-based trade financing transaction. A Singaporean banking branch of CIMB Group, one of the largest Asian investment banks, has completed its first blockchain-based trade financing transaction. The transaction was processed using blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) platform […]
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Ripple’s investment arm and tech incubator Xpring has invested in Swedish crypto self-custody startup Towo Labs to build hardware wallet firmware supporting XRP. Ripple’s investment arm and tech incubator Xpring has invested in Swedish cryptocurrency self-custody startup Towo Labs to build hardware wallet firmware. Xpring announced the news in a blog post on Oct. 16, […]
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London-based Finastra has partnered with Ripple to grant its customers access to the RippleNet blockchain network. London-based Finastra — the third-largest financial services technology firm in the world — has partnered with Ripple to grant its customers access to the RippleNet blockchain network. As reported by the Fintech Times on Oct. 16, the cooperation between […]
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