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‘Totalitarian’ – Antonopoulos Slams India’s Identity-Based Digital Currency Plans

Andreas Antonopoulos has labeled plans from India’s central bank to create an identity-based national digital currency as “incredibly dangerous” as details emerge of a fresh crackdown on cash. ‘Democracy Dies’ In comments on Twitter August 30, the well-known cryptocurrency educator said India’s history of limiting cash availability to citizens and forcing through surveillance measures via its Aadhaar system would lead to the “death” of democracy. дальше »

2018-8-31 19:00


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Coinbase: 42% of World’s Best Universities Offer Crypto Courses

The ecosystem’s largest bank and quasi-exchange, Coinbase, commissioned a survey about higher education (students and faculty) attitudes toward crypto and blockchain. They found over 40% of leading universities around the world offer at least one course in blockchain or crypto, and 25% of all students, regardless of major, said they would consider taking classes in […] The post Coinbase: 42% of World’s Best Universities Offer Crypto Courses appeared first on Bitcoin News. дальше »

2018-8-29 10:40


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India: ICICI Bank Is Focusing on Blockchain for KYC, Trade, and Remittances

In an August 24, 2018, interview with YourStory, Abhijit Singh, Head of Technology at ICICI Bank, said he held a positive attitude towards the impact blockchain would have on the banking industry. More Mainstream Banks Open to Blockchain Although blockchain is widely perceived as a disruption to the banking sector, more and more mainstream banks are looking into ways to...The post %%POSTLINK%% appeared first on %%BLOGLINK%%. дальше »

2018-8-27 09:00


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Netherlands Central Bank: We Don’t Consider Cryptocurrency To Be Money

The central bank of the Netherlands has issued new comments on cryptocurrency this week, continuing a popular narrative from the banking sector that it is “not money. ” ‘Spending, Saving And Calculating’ In a video statement translated by local news outlet Dutch News, De Nederlandsche Bank divisional director Petra Hielkema said that cryptocurrency did not adequately permit three specific functions which consumers need and which are currently fulfilled by fiat currency. дальше »

2018-8-4 21:30


Dutch central bank does not consider cryptocurrencies actual money

An executive at the Dutch Central Bank has said that while cryptocurrencies are not “real money,” the bank has no plans to ban them, local news outlet Dutch News reported August 3. The divisional director of the Dutch Central Bank, Petra Hielkema, told Dutch News that due to the volatility of cryptocurrencies and the possibility дальше »

2018-8-3 20:07


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Dutch Central Bank Against Crypto, But Won’t Move To Regulate

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) the central bank of The Netherlands have recently spoken out against cryptocurrencies, denying to recognise crypto as a real form of currency. According to Dutch News, Petra Hielkema, the Divisional Director at DNB has said in a report: “If something wants to be treated as money, you have to be able to spend, save and calculate with it. дальше »

2018-8-3 13:00


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An Australian Blockchain Experiment: Tracking Global Almond Shipments

Following a successful 2016 trial of blockchain technology in an interbank open account transaction, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has partnered with five international and Australian companies to ship 17 tonnes of almonds from Melbourne, Australia, to Hamburg, Germany, using a new distributed ledger platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. дальше »

2018-7-31 23:13


$134 Million in Digital Losses in Q1 for Galaxy Digital Crypto Bank

Crypto investment bank Galaxy Digital lost $134 million in the first quarter of 2018, largely due to declining cryptocurrency prices, the company announced in a quarterly earnings report Wednesday. Galaxy Digital, chaired by billionaire investor Michael Novogratz, said it saw a “net unrealized loss” of $85.5 million on digital assets, and a further $24 million дальше »

2018-7-27 01:04


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Bank of Canada: Proof-of-Work Beats Alternative Consensus Systems

Canada’s central bank has championed proof-of-work (PoW) algorithms as part of a new research paper on Blockchain consensus. ‘Irretrievable Sunk Costs’ In its Staff Working Paper released this week, Bank of Canada (BoC) said PoW, used by Bitcoin, held more promise than alternative proof-of-script (PoS) algorithms found in various altcoins. дальше »

2018-7-25 18:00