PBOC Researcher: Can Cryptocurrency & Central Banks Coexist?   Yao Qian works in the technology department of People's Bank of China, the country's central bank and financial market regulator. Qian discusses the relationship between digital currencies and bank accounts, proposing a design concept where bank accounts and digital currency wallets coexist.    While technological direction, risk […]

Will Palestinians Consider Cryptocurrency as a De-Facto Currency? The Palestinian Monetary Authority is considering the possibility of introducing its own cryptocurrency in the next few years. Bitcoin has already proven its potential to act as a universal currency, overcoming geographical, cultural and political differences. The cryptocurrency has been a savior to many in suffering economies, […]

Russians and Koreans are the biggest payers to the global ransomware hackers                                         There for the taking, but who's watching? Users with infected computers in Russia and South Korea are so far the two biggest ransom payers to the hackers who mounted a global ransomware attack, called “Wannacry,” yesterday, according to new data from […]

And a Bitcoin Is Now Worth… Be careful with your price comparisons. The Future of Crypto-Currencies With a 94 percent year-to-date gain, and a single "coin" now worth $1,843, bitcoin has been on a helluva run lately.  The increase in the cost of the massively-volatile electronic tokens has led to many comparisons with that other favorite […]

Update on Blockchain and Beyond: The Future of Distributed Ledgers          inShare Distributed ledger technology (DLT) may have started off as the basis for bitcoin, but it already promises to be much more than a cryptocurrency. That’s why treasury and finance professionals need to pay attention, experts said at a panel discussion […]

How to Create SEO Friendly URLs URLs. They’re one of the most basic elements of SEO. Yet they’re vitally important. In fact, Backlinko reports that URLs are a significant ranking factor. More specifically: URL length is listed as #46 in Google’s top 200 ranking factors URL path is listed as #47 Keyword in the URL […]

Weekly Round-Up and Cryptocurrency Markets Update    No consensus was reached last week towards Bitcoin scaling, in fact, the battle is getting protracted with each camp holding an entrenched status. Quite interestingly, Bitcoin price breached the $1200 line in midst of all the hostility and even went beyond $1300, however it has since reverted to […]

'Unhackable' Crypto Currency soars 1000 pct    When it comes to digital currency most people will think of Bitcoin. But a different crypto-currency, Ether,  is the hot pick on the online exchanges. In January 1 Ether cost about USD$8, but now it's worth about USD$90 ($130), a gain of 1125 percent in five months. Why? […]

Blockchain Could Maximize its Potential in the Industry of Trade Finance A large number of companies, banks, financial institutions, Blockchain consortia and even governments have focused on testing Blockchain technology’s potential in the industry of trade finance. Most notably, the Hong Kong monetary authority introduced the development of a Blockchain-based trade finance platform in March. […]

Northern Trust Moves to Scale Up Live Equities Blockchain    Northern Trust is preparing for more advanced applications of its blockchain platform. After launching possibly the first fully functioning blockchain for trading private equities in February, the Chicago-based bank with $6.7tn assets under custody is now in the process of scaling up its work. Initially comprised of […]