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Santander Opens Blockchain for Securities Transactions Unit “Digital Investment Banking”

Known as the world’s ninth largest banking group, Banco Santander recently announced that it will be establishing a unit dubbed “Digital Investment Banking” to dig deeper into the specs of implementing blockchain technology, namely the distributed ledger technology (DLT) into the financial sector. дальше »

2018-7-15 00:11


Bitcoin [BTC] transactions on Abra get a boost, MasterCard and Visa now accepted

On 13th July, Abra announced that the digital wallet application will now allow the use of Visa and MasterCard for Bitcoin [BTC] transactions. The wallet aims to make buying and selling of cryptocurrencies simpler and easily accessible with this move as these are the most commonly used credit/debit cards. Abra’s tweet | Source: Twitter Users can […] дальше »

2018-7-13 22:12


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How Digital Signatures and Hashing Protect Your Transactions

Digital Signatures and Hashing Digital signatures and cryptographic hash functions comprise the secret sauce that makes cryptocurrency work.  They put the crypto into currency, so to speak. Your digital signature proves you have the private key that claims ownership of… The post How Digital Signatures and Hashing Protect Your Transactions appeared first on CoinCentral. дальше »

2018-7-12 14:47


Chinese Bank PBoC Files Digital Wallet to Track Crypto Transactions Patent

China’s central bank, the so called People’s Bank of China, has presented a patent application for a wallet that consumers are able to use so as to track cryptocurrency transactions. The patent has been sent to China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) during the last week. In the last year, China has been one of […] дальше »

2018-6-30 09:27


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Lightning Network Can’t Guarantee Transactions Larger Than 3 Cents…Yet

Digital assets industry newsletter Diar. co has poured cold water on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, claiming low transaction success rates and issues with node dominance. A Classic Beta Landscape? In its latest issue June 25, the weekly publication identified statistics about the current state of Lightning, highlighting problems for which the likelihood of improvement remains “unclear. дальше »

2018-6-29 23:00


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EU’s European Blockchain Observatory and Forum to Host Blockchain AMA

The European Union (EU) has announced that it will host an online Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on June 18, 2018, at 6 p. m. CEST. The event, organized and hosted by the European Blockchain Observatory and Forum of the EU, will last for 90 minutes and cover blockchain technologies with in-depth explanations, interactive discussions with panelists and public questions answered live. дальше »

2018-6-13 20:42


This paper investigates whether Tether, a digital currency pegged to U.S. dollars, influences Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices during the recent boom. Using algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with Tether

Using algorithms to analyze the blockchain data, we find that purchases with Tether are timed following market downturns and result in sizable increases in Bitcoin prices. Less than 1% of hours with such heavy Tether transactions are associated with 50% of the meteoric rise in Bitcoin and 64% of other top cryptocurrencies. The flow clusters дальше »

2018-6-13 19:39