November 2019
Ethereum’s Harmony will not support upcoming Istanbul hardfork
Ethereum’s Harmony will not support upcoming Istanbul hardfork With the Istanbul hardfork expected to roll out by 4 December, developers of the Ethereum community have been releasing several upgrades in its ecosystem.The testnets before the execution of the Istanbul hardfork have been activated with Rinkeby testnet being the latest one. While the community is […]
Digital Marketing – Inbound Marketing Same But Different?
Digital Marketing – Inbound Marketing Same… But Different? In the world of online marketing, we encounter a lot of jargon. Terms like inbound marketing, SEO, digital marketing, conversion, PPC, call-to-action, outbound, content marketing and so on. One that many find confusing is the difference between digital marketing and inbound marketing. On the surface, the two […]
Iranian Grid Explains Electrical Costs Will Fluctuate for Bitcoin Miners
Iranian Grid Explains Electrical Costs Will Fluctuate for Bitcoin Miners Throughout the course of 2019, Iran’s government and the country’s energy officials have been creating new guidelines for bitcoin miners setting up data facilities in the oil-rich nation. On Wednesday, Mostafa Rajabi, a spokesperson for Iran’s Energy Ministry, described a new price model for […]
Cashaa Announces US Dollar Bank Accounts for Cryptocurrency Firms
Cashaa Announces U.S. Dollar Bank Accounts for Cryptocurrency Firms Bitcoin banking platform Cashaa will soon offer U.S. dollar bank accounts for cryptocurrency-focused businesses, except those operating in sanctioned countries. Cashaa offers banking services like International Bank Account Number (IBAN) accounts, international SWIFT transfers for fiat and credit card processing for cryptocurrency-based businesses, which often […]
Northern Trust Testing Fractionlized Bonds on Blockchain
Northern Trust Testing Fractionlized Bonds on Blockchain Custody bank Northern Trust is testing the trading of fractionalized bonds on a blockchain. Working with Singapore-based debt markets company BondEvalue, the bank is providing asset servicing for large, high-grade bonds that will be tokenized and divided for retail investors on Hyperledger Sawtooth. These bonds […]
Three Fronts in the Global Digital Currency Wars
Three Fronts in the Global Digital Currency Wars Jeremy Allaire is co-founder, CEO and chairman of Circle, a global financial services company that provides a platform for individuals, institutions and entrepreneurs to build businesses, invest and raise capital with open crypto technologies. The views expressed here are his own. The past several months have […]
Opinion: Europe Must Embrace Blockchain to Avoid Cybercolonization
Opinion: Europe Must Embrace Blockchain to Avoid “Cybercolonization” On September 27, the EU Competitiveness Council met in Brussels to discuss how to support Europe’s digitization, particularly with regard to artificial intelligence — an area that has tremendous potential, but also faces extreme global competition. AI, of course, runs on data. The unfortunate reality is that […]
China Scraps Plan to Categorize Bitcoin Mining as Industry to Be Eliminated
China Scraps Plan to Categorize Bitcoin Mining as Industry to Be Eliminated More than six months after the China National Development and Reform Commission proposed to categorize bitcoin mining as an industry to be phased out from the country, it appears the agency has now scrapped that plan. The National Development and Reform Commission […]
Top Vietnamese Bank in Partnership With RippleNet
Top Vietnamese Bank in Partnership With RippleNet Vietnamese bank TPBank has confirmed its partnership with RippleNet. Lately, Ripple has been making major steps to improve the global financial infrastructure, as evidenced by its collaboration with Asia-based SBI Holdings, […]
Bitcoin Mining to Ramp Up Dramatically in Russia
Bitcoin Mining to Ramp Up Dramatically in Russia Bitcoin mining is heating up as several groups are ramping up production, with one Russian company aiming for 20% of the world’s total. Bitcoin mining has definitely changed over time. Regular people used to be able to mine BTC with their desktop computers, but those […]