A fintech company based out of Dubai has entered into a strategic partnership with R3, as it develops a Corda-based platform for Islamic securities. Dubai-based fintech company Wethaq has entered into a strategic partnership with enterprise software firm R3, in order to create a platform for issuing and trading sukuk securities based on R3’s Corda […]
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Algo Capital has raised $200 million — double its $100 million goal — for its venture capital fund. Algo Capital has raised $200 million — double its original goal — for its venture capital fund. According to a news release shared with Cointelegraph on Aug. 27, the new fund will invest in businesses helping to build […]
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U.S. court cases against crypto and blockchain firms are inconclusive, but international cases appear to be showing clear support for cryptocurrency. Over the last 24 months, all major legal systems have been floundering to develop a regulatory framework that can be applied across the blockchain industry. This lack of a standard foundation has led to […]
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The Australian Securities Exchange signed a three-party MoU to work on blockchain projects in Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has made new partners to apply blockchain to its registry, settlement and clearing systems (CHESS) in 2021. VMware and Digital Asset step in The ASX confirmed its anticipation of delivering the CHESS […]
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Facebook’s Libra remains hot on the agenda despite the fact that no new announcements have come; instead, the world continues to react to the stablecoin… Over the past few days, a number of Libra-related announcements have been made — only, they weren’t from Facebook, the Libra Association, Calibra wallet or any other party involved in […]
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The payment processor is in hot water once again after its internal procedures contradict its own support staff. Controversial cryptocurrency payments processor BitPay is facing another PR nightmare after the company rejected a $100,000 donation to an Amazon rainforest charity. BitPay leads Amazon Watch to compliance dead end According to a social media complaint by […]
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11 open-source code libraries written in Ruby contained cryptojacking code and were downloaded thousands of times. A Cryptojacking code was found in 11 open-source code libraries written in Ruby, which have been downloaded thousands of times. Industry news outlet Decrypt reported on Aug. 21 that cryptojacking code has been added to 11 open-source Ruby libraries […]
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Blockchain company Blockstream rolled out a new open-source version of c-lightning, its Bitcoin Lightning Network implementation. Blockchain development company Blockstream announced the release of version 0.7.2 of its scalability software c-lightning. On Aug. 20, Christian Decker, a blockchain researcher at Blockstream, announced the new release on Twitter. According to the post, the latest version of […]
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Ravencoin is the newest token supported by tZero Crypto’s cryptocurrency wallet and trading apps. Blockchain company tZero added Ravencoin (RVN) to the list of cryptocurrencies supported by its tZero Crypto cryptocurrency wallet and trading app. Ravencoin now supported on the tZero app TZero announced in a press release published on Aug. 20 that Ravencoin will […]
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Square Crypto announced on Twitter that they have hired Matt Corallo, Bitcoin software developer and co-founder of Blockstream. Square Crypto, the cryptocurrency-focused branch of mobile payment company Square, has hired Blockstream co-founder and Bitcoin (BTC) developer Matt Corallo. Square Crypto announced the news in an official Twitter post on Aug. 20. Matt Corallo also commented […]
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