South Korea's biggest credit card operator, Shinhan Card, announced on Monday it had been granted a domestic patent and was developing a blockchain-powered payments system.
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Bitcoin (BTC) is down 10.2 percent BTC may be a store of value, but President Trump’s skepticism could bog down progress President Trump’s highlighting Bitcoin is bullish and hints of how disruptive the coin has been for the status quo. Leveling out the field and…
Indian police has freed three men held captive by a gang, the Hindustan Times writes. The kidnappers demanded 80 bitcoin in ransom. Two of the captives were cryptocurrency traders. They were held for more than two weeks in a high-rise building in Bhankrota, and were…
Vitalik Buterin has suggested using Bitcoin Cash blockchain as a data layer for Ethereum (for faster processing) – as the world's largest smart contract platform is plagued by scalability problems.
Ripple (XRP) is down 20.8 percent Spain’s Santander expanding; opens a UK and Poland payment corridor Banco Santander is opening a new corridor from the UK to Poland via its One Pay FX app. Efficient, attention is back to Ripple, which is under pressure to…
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The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has awarded licenses to two subsidiaries of the Chicago-based cryptocurrency exchange Seed CX, Financial Services Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell announced. DFS has provided both Seed Digital Commodities Market (SCXM) and Zero Hash with virtual currency licenses.…
UK’s government-owned mint is taking part in a cryptocurrency project. Royal Mint will offer custody to a new cryptocurrency temtum (TEM), CoinTelegraph reports. The new coin is going to launch on July 17 and will be first available on Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinAll. The…
The U.S. Treasury Department has just issued an urgent letter requesting a lift on the debt ceiling, warning Congress of imminent financial collision in September as federal cash is running out. Though this scenario has played out many times before, it takes on special significance…