SWIFT, the global messaging system to settle cross border payments, today announced that it would integrate R3’s open source blockchain solution at a proof-of-concept stage. “Later today we are announcing integration with R3,” confirmed SWIFT’s CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt during the Paris Fintech Forum. He added that the trial would see the interaction of SWIFT’s payments standard…
Since Bitcoin (BTC) seemingly lost its value proposition as a form of digital cash, investors have searched high and low, doing their utmost best to determine what defines the world-renowned cryptocurrency. While the search hasn’t produced any definitive results or conclusions, a discussion has begun to mount regarding Bitcoin’s status as the second coming of gold,…
A major financial institution getting involved in cryptocurrencies is usually big news. With the prolonged US government shutdown hampering a number of long awaited crypto funds, large investment companies are seeking alternative ways to enter crypto markets. Fidelity Crypto Custody Coming According to Bloomberg Fidelity Investments is planning to launch its Bitcoin custody services in…
Crypto markets level out after two days of dumping, EOS, Tron, Cardano regaining, Stellar still sliding. The crypto market free fall that started on Monday has slowed up mid-week. That is not to say that further declines are not around the corner, in fact quite the opposite, another dump is expected on Friday. Total crypto…
The two most recognisable names from the Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BTCSV) side of the Bitcoin Cash hard fork that occurred last November are adamant that the cryptocurrency agreed upon by the market as the original Bitcoin (BTC) chain is going to plummet in price. In fact, Craig S. Wright and Calvin Ayre are so bearish…
While 2017 was the year of crypto gains, 2018 was the year of crypto theft, according to new data. Crypto-related thefts increased roughly 260% from 2017 to 2018, largely fueled by a number of high-profile cryptocurrency exchange hacks. Blockchain analysis also shows that the hackers behind the crypto-stealing schemes and scams, are very careful, even…
Since Bitcoin garnered traction in 2016/2016, the crypto & blockchain industry has been overtly lauded as a catalyst behind a “brain drain” on Wall Street, Main Street, and even Silicon Valley. Case in point, notable talents from the legacy industries’ most preeminent conglomerates, like Starbucks, Google, PayPal, amongst others, have flocked to this firms investing…
As crypto markets tumbled yesterday the BitTorrent token sale kicked off and promptly overloaded the world’s largest exchange where it was hosted. BTT Gone in 15 Minutes … The BitTorrent token sale started on Binance Launchpad yesterday amid another crypto market rout which dumped $7 billion in a few hours. Binance posted an announcement with…
More pain for crypto markets today, Ethereum and BCH in trouble, Stellar sliding, only Waves making moves. Following yesterday’s $7 billion crypto market dump things stabilized for a while but have just started to head south again accelerating losses. Total market capitalization has shrunk again in the past couple of hours as another $3 billion…