The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the U.S. has published a request for blockchain support. The agency wishes to outsource the task of running nodes on the BTC, ETH, and XRP blochchains, ostensibly “to support its efforts to monitor risk, improve compliance, and inform commission policy with respect to digital assets.” The Trustnodes news…
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Chainyard and IBM have partnered to create a new blockchain system for supply chain management with the purpose of improving onboarding, supplier validation, and life cycle information management. The information comes from a official news report by IBM. The name of the blockchain network is Trust Your Supplier. The entire system is primarily focused on helping…
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Facebook's Libra is all over the news: from regulatory bodies to fintech companies, everyone is excited about the "global currency" that the tech giant has been developing and has now officially launched its website. Another huge player, however, may be filing its own stablecoin very soon. Walmart seems to have filed a patent showing the…
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It has barely been two weeks since President Donald Trump went on his tweet rant, attacking all things crypto, while his henchman, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, actually declared them a “national security issue”. The dust may still be settling, but the news is now that somehow the Department of Defense (DoD) must have…
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A constant refrain from crypto skeptics has always been that cryptos and the blockchain technology that supports them enable the criminal element in our society to easily hide their nefarious activities, such as money laundering, drug trafficking, funding terrorism, illegal arms dealing, child pornography, and on and on. Skeptics and criminals, however, have mistakenly believed…
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Facebook's Libra is getting traction as the project is going full speed ahead. However, it's not only the regulatory heat that Facebook has to deal with currently. Dozens of fake accounts are now claiming to sell Libra at a discount. The cryptocurrency is not released, yet scammers are all over the place. The information comes…
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Steve Wozniak, or as many call him, The Woz, has recently joined an energy efficiency company that develops its product on blockchain. The company is based in Malta. Wozniak announced that he has joined the so called EFFORCE project - a project that allows investors to back up energy efficiency startups around the globe and…
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The cryptocurrency world works in a strange way. Back in 2016 and 2017, it didn't matter if your company was actually involved in blockchain. Only one thing mattered for you to succeed - your company should contain the name "blockchain". And then your share price skyrockets. And then..the 2017 crypto winter came. Fast forward to…
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Binance, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, is reportedly planning to launch a fiat-to-cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea. The information comes from a news report at CryptoGlobe. According to press, this is what the founder and CEO of Binance said regarding the project: We do not know the details related to the establishment of the Korean…
Read moreA Bitcoin ETF may not be on its way, but this does not mean that the SEC is not working towards accepting the ever-growing crypto/blockchain space. This time, a very major "first" is now a reality. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the SEC has granted an approval for a $28 million…
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