The Zcash network has recorded a 70% jump in fully shielded transactions, marking a new record for April of over 8,700. This compounds gains of 100% made in March. The number of fully shielded transactions recorded on the Zcash (ZEC) network leaped up almost 70% in April to hit a new record of over 8,700. […]
Continue ReadingPolish insurance company Link4 teams up with blockchain startup Coinfirm to use a DLT-powered tool for document management. Polish insurance company Link4 has partnered with a regtech firm Coinfirm to streamline document correspondence and storage with a blockchain-based system. Called Trudatum, the blockchain-enabled tool developed by Coinfirm reportedly allows the firm to transfer and store […]
Continue ReadingIt’s time for the crypto industry to mature as the world desperately needs a brand new “global digital asset economy.” Last month’s assault on the global economy and Bitcoin’s (BTC) subsequent crash — the worst in seven years — have been the object of much discussion, with critics questioning the leading cryptocurrency’s potential as a […]
Continue ReadingLitecoin and Grin++ developer, David Burkett, has posted an April progress update on Litecoin’s Mimblewimble integration, claiming that a testing framework has been built and codebase integration has started. The lead developer on the Litecoin Mimblewimble (MW) project, David Burkett, has now built a functional testing framework and started to integrate the development work done […]
Continue ReadingVeChain, Mastercard and Alipay are among the heavy hitters backing the new APAC Provenance Council, focused on Australia’s $76 billion of exports to China. VeChain, Mastercard and Alipay are among the heavy hitters backing the new APAC Provenance Council, which has already secured millions in funding for supply chain tracking and financing pilots throughout the […]
Continue ReadingOverstock’s blockchain arm tZERO aims to launch a broker dealer service in the United States by the second quarter of 2020. Overstock’s blockchain arm tZERO aims to launch its broker dealer service in the United States by Q2 2020. According to an April 30 Forbes article, tZERO Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Saum Noursalehi said he […]
Continue ReadingLeaders throughout the Blockchain space came together to share their views on the future of the industry at Virtual Blockchain Week. Over the past week, Cointelegraph has participated in Virtual Blockchain Week — a pandemic-proof crypto conference that invited participants from all over the world to join talks with some of Blockchain’s greatest luminaries. At […]
Continue ReadingMakerDAO governance token holders voted to accept wBTC as the fourth collateral asset in the Maker DeFi Protocol. MakerDao governance, a decentralized community of MKR token holders that govern the Maker Protocol, has voted to pull Bitcoin onto the Ethereum blockchain by accepting Wrapped Bitcoin as a new collateral asset in the Maker Protocol, according […]
Continue ReadingMajor cross-border payments company MoneyGram has reported a “quiet quarter” with regards to its partnership with Ripple. During an earnings call for Q1 2020, MoneyGram chairman and chief executive, Alexander Holmes, revealed that it was a “quiet quarter” regarding the firm’s partnership with blockchain payments company Ripple (XRP). Ripple first announced its “strategic partnership” with […]
Continue ReadingThe United States Congress is contemplating developing a blockchain-based system to allow remote Senate voting. A staff memo has revealed that the U.S. Congress is considering blockchain technology as a means for the Senate to conduct remote voting amid the coronavirus pandemic. The report states that blockchain may be deployed alongside end-to-end encrypted, or E2EE, […]
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