Experts conclude in a joint report that Colombia’s draft bill on crypto regulation has “inconsistencies and weaknesses.” A draft bill on crypto regulation presented to Colombia’s Congress has been heavily criticized by the local tech sector, Colombian financial journal Dinero reports Tuesday, September 24. The draft was introduced in late July by senator Carlos Abraham […]
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Ripple is launching a formal social impact program that will invest a total of $105 million in projects focused on education and financial inclusion. Ripple is launching a formal social impact program, dubbed “Ripple for Good,” according to a press release published September 27. The initiative will pool $25 million from the firm together with […]
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Overview of the most “catastrophic bug in recent years.” Why did Bitcoin Core developers keep it a secret? Software vulnerabilities continue to be a red flag issue in crypto community. Not long ago, the top-five cryptocurrency EOS network experienced a vulnerability right in the dawn of its development. The same thing happened to Ethereum, when […]
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Despite mainstream viability of cryptocurrencies continuing to hang in the balance, applications for blockchain in business and technology continue to emerge at an incredible pace. There are now endless uses for blockchain technology, including transportation, data sharing and storage, real estate, healthcare, gaming, mining and more as traditional businesses are slowly increasing their focus on […]
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The National Stock Exchange of India is testing a Hyperledger-based blockchain platform developed by Elemential Labs to conduct e-voting. The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) is testing a blockchain platform developed by Elemential Labs to conduct e-voting for listed companies, local news outlet Hindu BusinessLine reports September 27. The NSE’s pilot will entail tokenizing […]
Continue ReadingScrabble has added the word ‘bitcoin’ to the list of words that players can officially use in its popular board game, CNBC reported. That is, Merriam-Webster included the cryptocurrency in its newest official dictionary for Scrabble. According to its dictionary, bitcoin is defined as “a digital currency.” How many points can a player score by […]
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AT&T has announced a suite of blockchain solutions to provide security, transparency, and accountability for enterprise customers. U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T has announced the creation of a suite of blockchain solutions designed to work with tech from IBM and Microsoft, according to AT&T’s September 26 press release. AT&T’s blockchain solutions — which will work with […]
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Austria’s government will use the Ethereum blockchain to issue €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) of government bonds in a Federal Bond Auction. Austria’s government is set to use the Ethereum (ETH) public blockchain to issue €1.15 billion ($1.35 billion) of government bonds in an auction next week, local news outlet Kleine Zeitung reports September 25. Oesterreichische […]
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New features of the content sharing integration between BitTorrent and TRON have been released. Decentralized internet startup TRON announced fresh details of its bid to integrate with torrent client BitTorrent in a press release Thursday, September 27, two months after the first plans went public. TRON, which acquired BitTorrent in July for an undisclosed amount, […]
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North and South Korea: divergent political situations and divergent approaches to crypto. South and North Korea may be separated by a border that’s only 2.5 miles wide, but the two nations couldn’t possibly be more different, at least when it comes to crypto. South Korea has emerged over the past few years as one of […]
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