G20: Blockchain Essential to Build Inclusive Transparent Digital Economy for All

Blockchain holds the key to building an inclusive digital economy that is secure and transparent for the globe’s citizens. | Continue reading


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Australia Post Joins Alibaba to Use Blockchain in Counterfeit Food Crackdown in China

Australia Post has announced partnerships with Alibaba Blackmores to explore blockchain technology in curbing counterfeit food in China. | Continue reading


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BitPay Will Add Miner Fees to Invoices Citing High Bitcoin Transaction Costs

BitPay, the global bitcoin payment service provider, announced that it will adding a fee to each BitPay invoice, in light of high network transaction fees. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

With Bitcoin, the Smart Money Is Staying Put

The Bitcoin community is abuzz with talk of an impending fork, with wildly divergent opinions as to whether or not this is bearish or bullish for the asset. | Continue reading


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Quantum Resistant Ledger Readies For Battle Against Quantum Computing, Hires Testers And Seeks Feedback

Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL), a blockchain technology designed to mitigate quantum computing attacks, has recruited testers to create 50 nodes and released an updated white paper by founder Peter Waterland. QRL is seeking comment on Slack prior to a presale. Waterland has comme … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Asian Banks Outline Blockchain Use Cases

Financial Institutions are eager to identify the commercial opportunity that blockchain technology can offer their business and ways it can help reduce costs, improve reporting, reduce fraud and enhance security and visibility. The Blockchain for Finance Conference, Asia Pacific … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Antpool Founder Shares Post Claiming Hardfork Issue Comes Down to Money

Antpool founder shares unknown author's post, which says that bitcoin's hardfork issue comes down to money and a compromise must be reached. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Bounces Back Above $1,100

Bitcoin price is on the road to recovery after suffering a significant collapse triggered by rapid selling by investors amid continuing talk of a hard fork as a part of the bitcoin scaling debate. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Evolve Markets Allows Bitcoin-Funded Market Asset Trading

A new platform called Evolve Markets allows investors to trade commodities, indices, and cryptocurrencies by funding their trade accounts with bitcoin. The platform connects independent traders to global financial assets using the bitcoin payment protocol. Those who register on E … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Blockchain Could Make Financial Markets and Services Faster: German Central Bank President

The digitization of financial services could see notable benefits from innovations like blockchain technology, according to the president of Germany’s central bank. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Indian Exchange Unocoin Enables Altcoins to Bitcoin & Fiat Swaps with Shapeshift

Indian bitcoin exchange Unocoin has announced a partnership with Shapeshift to enable users to convert altcoins, deemed as ‘blockchain assets’, into bitcoin. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Payment App for Foreign Tourists Wins FinTech Award in Iran

ZPay, a payment application for foreign tourists in Iran, has won Bank Pasargad Iran’s award for best fintech innovation at the First Fintech Festival. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Antpool Founder: We Will Switch Our Entire Pool to Bitcoin Unlimited

It appears as though the structure underlying the fastest growing digital currency in the world, Bitcoin, has reached a crossroads. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Samsung SDS, Blocko Partner over Blockchain For Digital Money, Payments & Identity

Samsung SDS, the IT subsidiary that provides technology for electronics giant Samsung has signed to partner with Korean blockchain startup Blocko. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Unlimited Reaches Almost 40%

Bitcoin Unlimited (BU), the new grassroots client, reached 39.6% over a 24 hour period earlier this week, its highest ever. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

The Shambolic SEC Decision Proves Bitcoin’s Proposition

Trump told us he will be under-budget and ahead of schedule, but the shocking SEC decision is way over budget and could not be any more behind schedule. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Singapore’s Central Bank Completes Blockchain Payments Pilot, Nods at Digital Currency

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the nation’s central bank, has successfully completed its blockchain inter-bank payments proof-of-concept (PoC) project. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

China Set to Exceed Previous FinTech Investment Record

China is on track to beat its 2016 FinTech $10 billion funding record as Chinese companies set the pace and raise funds to expand their digital services. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Iran Launches a FinTech Association to Push for Development

Iranian FinTech companies have banded together to create Iran’s FinTech Association, several months after the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) suggested the idea. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

BoJ: Blockchain Could Come Under Dark Cloud Amid DAO Hack

The BoJ said that it’s important to engage in measures against threats to the blockchain or it could impact the technology’s credibility. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

OneCoin Isn’t Blockchain Based and Uses SQL for Coins, Says Skeptic

Bjorn Bjercke, a cryptocurrency enthusiast and blockchain developer, recently revealed that when OneCoin approached him in an effort to recruit him as Chief Technology Offic | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin and Ethereum are Booming

Bitcoin and ethereum are both booming with the entire digital currency space reaching an all time high market cap of more than $24 billion. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Knives Come Out in Ethereum Classic (ETC) Land

The tiny ETC community appears split after a proposal to cap coin issuance to around 210 million, more than double the expected issuance of ETH. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Newsflash: Bitcoin Price Nears $1,300

Bitcoin price is bullish, as trading volumes exceed $400 million in a day’s stretch while price continues to swell to new highs. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Standards Australia Unveils Roadmap for Global Blockchain Standardization

Australia’s national standards authority has unveiled its roadmap as the spearhead in developing international blockchain standards after being tasked to do so by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Blockchain Breakthrough: 47 Japanese Banks Complete Money Transfer Pilot Using Ripple

Blockchain is moving into production, claims Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse after a consortium of 47 Japanese banks completed a pilot implementation of Ripple’s technology. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Ethereum is Nearing a $2 Billion Market Cap

Ethereum has almost doubled in the past two weeks, rising from around $10 to stand near $19. Its market cap has also risen to almost $1.7 billion, an all-time high. Eth is now the only digital currency, besides bitcoin, to gain such a high total value. It has retained a market ca … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

UK and Canada Regulators Sign Agreement for FinTech Expansion

Regulators in the UK and Canada have signed an agreement that will assist FinTech companies, making it easier for them to expand into each other’s markets. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Corporate Giants Combine to Launch the Enterprise Ethereum Aliance

Corporate giants have joined forces to develop an alliance on the Ethereum blockchain, designed to build, promote, and support enterprises. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Ethereum Price Rises as Corporations Move In

Ethereum's price rises in anticipation of Enterprise Ethereum, a consortium of numerous household brands such as Microsoft, JP Morgan, Santander. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Kingdom of Bahrain Targets “Country Level” Blockchain Adoption

The Kingdom of Bahrain, a nation of over 30 islands in the Persian Gulf, is in talks with Singapore’s central bank looking toward blockchain adoption. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

UK University Launches First-Ever Dedicated FinTech Undergrad Course

U.K.-based Wrexham Glyndwr University has announced the launch of the U.K.’s first undergraduate degree, which is dedicated to the world of FinTech. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

UBS Wealth Chief: ‘We Are Embracing FinTech’

The COO of UBS’ Wealth Management sector said that banks are now focusing on working with FinTech companies instead of regarding them as competition. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Gift Card Giants Gyft And eGifter Force Wallets For Bitcoin Payments

eGifter and Gyft, two major online gift card stores that had previously accepted bitcoin payments, now require bitcoin payments to be made through a major bitcoin wallet. Gyft requires bitcoin payments to be made through Coinbase or BitPay. eGifter requires bitcoin payments throu … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Mercedes Benz Maker Daimler Joins Hyperledger Blockchain Project as Premium Member

German automaker and multinational Daimler AG has joined the open-source blockchain working group, the Hyperledger Project. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

WWII Veteran Didn’t Want Bitcoins in Alleged £10,000 Pension Scam

A trial involved a 95-year-old WW II veteran and a 48-year old American migrant promising returns on investment with bitcoins exchanged from the veteran’s £10,000 RAF pension fund. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Ethereum’s Price Rises by Almost 25%

Ethereum's price rose by almost 25% over the past week as the currency returns to a market cap over over $1 billion following bullish news. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Does Sweden See an Opening with Brexit to Boost FinTech?

Sweden is working to profit from the results of Brexit by increasing its FinTech investment when the UK eventually leaves the EU. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Austria’s Biggest Utility Company to Test Blockchain Energy Trading

Wien Energie, Austria’s largest regional energy company, is joining a group of others from the industry to participate in a blockchain trading pilot. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Canada’s SecureKey to Build a Blockchain Digital Identity Network with US Grant

SecureKey and a Canadian non-profit coalition have been granted funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to build a digital identity network. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Hong Kong Govt: Fintech Ranking Behind Singapore Doesn’t Add Up

A new report from Deloitte has been dismissed by the Hong Kong government after it ranked the city fifth for FinTech and three spots behind Singapore. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Anger Grows at PBOC’s Interference with Bitcoin

Anger grows at PBOC as OKCoin and Huobi, two of the world's biggest bitcoin exchanges, temporarily pause bitcoin withdrawals. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

FinTech Can Help Banks Tap into $500 Billion Hole

Bundesbank Pres. Jens Weidmann said that FinTech needs regulation because of its threat to financial stability, but some believe this isn’t the case. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Chinese Bitcoin Mining Firm Canaan to Open 10 MW Facility at Node Pole, Sweden

China-based Canaan Creative, a bitcoin mining firm commonly known by Avalon, its bitcoin mining chip brand, will open a data center powered by hydroelectric power at the ‘Node Pole’ | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Will the SEC Approve a Bitcoin ETF?

Rulings on the approval of Bitcoin Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are set to be disclosed in the coming months. Investors brace themselves for what could be a historic reveal in the world of investments; flooding in new money to Bitcoin, and ushering in a new era of similar product … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Price Rally Breaches $1,050

Bitcoin price continues to surge with a week-long rally that has seen bitcoin gain over 10% in value since the end of January. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

Bitcoin Hardware Wallet Trezor Adds Support For Ethereum Users

Trezor officially introduced support for Ethereum users by integrating MyEtherWallet into TREZOR hardware infrastructure. | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago

D10e Conference Will Feature Liberland’s Vit Jedlicka

Get exclusive analysis and cryptocurrency insights on Hacked.com for just $39 per month. Vit Jedlicka, president of Liberland, will be a featured presenter at the sixth d10e conference, to be held in Bucharest, Romania Feb 21 to 22. The conference, launched in 2014 by Bitcoin Fou … | Continue reading


@ccn.com | 7 years ago