R3 Announces Global Payment App With XRP as Base Currency

R3 has unveiled a new app on their international blockchain, a global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency. The app, dubbed Corda Settler, continues R3’s track record for pursuing  ambitious blockchain projects, and it is allegedly “purpose-built to allow for payment obligations raised on the Corda blockchain platform to be made through any of the world’s payment systems, both traditional and blockchain-based. дальше »

2018-12-6 01:54

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LightningHood Website Features Promising Projects and Resources for Lightning Network

Bitcoin and Lightning Network enthusiasts recently launched a website dedicated to featuring projects supporting the speedy second layer solution. According to the LightningHood’s Medium blog post, published on December 2, 2018, LightningHood is keen to help the growing community by providing everyone in the ecosystem access to resources such as developers, Lapps, and nodes, and recognize the people working to. дальше »

2018-12-4 14:00

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Crypto Marketplace Paxful Demand for Cryptocurrency Reveals Growing on the African Continent

Cryptocurrency trading has widely been spread across the world, with significant concentrations collecting in Asia during recent years. On October 31, 2018, the peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace Paxful claims that the number of transactions from African consumers has soared significantly in recent times, mostly fueled by African millennials’ interest in the new space. дальше »

2018-11-2 09:00

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Litecoin To Slash Fees 90 Percent

The silver to Bitcoin’s gold is about to get even cheaper to send. The leading development group for Litecoin, the seventh most valuable cryptocurrency, has announced that its next release will “lower network fees by a factor of ten,” reducing the average transaction fee to around half a cent. дальше »

2018-10-22 18:20

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Beijing Sci-Tech Report Accepts Bitcoin as Payment

While China continues to clamp down on cryptocurrencies, the nation’s oldest science and technology publication, Beijing Sci-Tech Report (BSTR), is accepting bitcoin for its 2019 subscription. According to an Asia Times article published on October 1, 2018, the BSTR began accepting cryptocurrencies because it wanted to promote blockchain technology and the use of cryptocurrencies in a practical way. дальше »

2018-10-2 01:00

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Electroneum: Instant Results, But NOT Instant Payments…

Electroneum had two spectacular days on the cryptocurrency market after launching the beta of its instant payments processor earlier this week, recording a 31% jump in market values. But is this the instant payment system that can change the world? The development team took a full year from the soft launch of the concept to […] The post Electroneum: Instant Results, But NOT Instant Payments… appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2018-9-23 21:04

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Cryptocurrencies Challenge The Visa And Mastercard Duopoly

It’s a rare thing indeed when two multinational heavyweights come out the worse in a court case. Even rarer when the settlement costs them collectively over $6bn. The business press reported earlier this week that Visa and Mastercard, along with a sprinkling of banks, would pay a class of more than 12 million merchants a […] The post Cryptocurrencies Challenge The Visa And Mastercard Duopoly appeared first on Crypto Briefing. дальше »

2018-9-21 20:50

India Central Bank Considers Using a Digital Currency for Payments

Despite its fierce battle against cryptocurrency, India’s Central Bank, The Reserve Bank of India has set out to create a digital currency to be used for payments in the country. According to the Bank’s 2017-2018 annual report published on Wednesday, a committee of members from different departments has been set up to look into the […] The post India Central Bank Considers Using a Digital Currency for Payments appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »

2018-8-30 16:14