McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food chain and one of the best-known brand names is among the first to participate in a crypto-friendly experiment in the town of Lugano in Switzerland. Lugano announced in March of 2022, that it will start…
Mastercard launches Crypto Secure to assist banks to determine the risk of crime associated with crypto exchanges
MasterCard, the payment network giant, has launched a first-of-its-kind technology solution named Crypto Secure. It is designed to bring security and trust to the crypto and digital ecosystem. It aims to bring a new level of trust to crypto purchases…
SWIFT plans to use Chainlink for its global payment system
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication more commonly known as SWIFT is partnering with Chainlink to create a cross-chain interoperability protocol (CCIP) in an initial proof-of-concept. SWIFT provides inter-bank messaging which is the backbone of the world’s financial system. Chainlink on the…
SEC Files Charges Bermuda and Canada based firm’s in a Crypto Asset Pump-And-Dump Scheme
In 2017, Arbitrade Ltd., a Bermudan company, and Cryptobontix Inc., a Canadian company offered a new type of crypto token which could make gold easy to own. With a few clicks of your smartphone, you could own gold without the…
Minnesota Congressman Calls Bitcoin Revolutionary, Vows to Keep Making a Case for Cryptos
Minnesota representative Tom Emmer says he fully supports and stands with Bitcoin, the blockchain, and crypto-currencies in general and is working diligently to help the sector expand. Tom Emmer chairs the US congressional Blockchain caucus, and terms Bitcoin as revolutionary…
Blockchain, Ledger partnership project: a breakthrough for Crypto traders
Blockchain, the technology firm underpinning Bitcoin is partnering with hardware wallet maker Ledger to launch its first ever hardware wallet. While broadcasting the move on Thursday, blockchain said it has partnered with the French-based hardware wallet to produce Lockbox,…
Fidelity investment launches its first cryptocurrency initiative
Fidelity investment, one of the largest asset and brokerages managers has finally launched its first cryptocurrency custody and trading platform. Initially, fidelity did not get involved directly with cryptocurrencies but rather preferred to partner with Coinbase, the largest exchange…
Broadridge Financial Solutions patents blockchain-based proxy-voting solution
American financial services company Broadridge Financial Solutions won a patent for a technology solution that will ease proxy voting. The patent application was filed in November 2017, and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently granted it. Corporate…
Iran Plans Launch of National Cryptocurrency to Ditch Dollar in Oil Trade
Tehran is taking action to be able to bypass looming US sanctions by launching a cryptocurrency that would assist the Islamic Republic trade oil even without dollar. “We are trying to prepare the ground to use a domestic digital currency…
UK’s Royal Mint halts plans to launch digital gold token (cites market conditions)
A 1,100 year old UK-based mint has freezed its long-term ambitions to launch a cryptocurrency token that would represent physical gold holdings. According to three unnamed sources familiar with the matter, Royal Mint took the decision after its partnership with…
High Stakes Trial of Avi Eisenberg Involves Alleged 110 Million Dollar Theft from Mango Markets Crypto Exchange
In the high-stakes trial of Avi Eisenberg, a 28-year-old trader, federal jurors in New York…
Bitcoin’s Long-Term Investors Now Possess More Than 76% of All BTC for the First Time. Details below
In the ever-fluctuating world of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, affectionately known as BTC, is currently undergoing a…
