Social media giants and super search engine Google have made a complete U-turn from their pronouncements months ago where they had slapped blanket bans on all advertisements related to crypto-currencies. Facebook’s change of heart was confirmed by Coinbase CEO, Brian…
Ex JP Morgan Exec Says The Block-chain Could Help Avert The Next Financial Crisis
The current honorary academic adviser of the Asian Block-chain institute and former vice president of the famous North American investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase, Pang Huadong, stated that the block-chain could be the key to averting the next global financial…
Chinese City Is Key Contributor to a 1.5 Billion Fund Towards Public Block-chain Projects
Jiangsu’s capital Nanjing has expressed a commitment to invest in public block-chain projects and the token economy as a whole. The capital of Chinese province Nanjing worked to put together a 1.5 billion dollars which translates to 10 billion Yuan…
Coinbase Reveal Plans to Add 5 New Assets to Their Platform
The latest big news coming from Crypto exchange giants Coinbase is that they plan to extend support to more crypto coins on their platform. Through their official blog, they expressed intention to add several assets to their platform while also…
New CTO At Ripple Reveals That Banks Are Afraid Of Being Disrupted By Emergent Technologies
Ripple’s Stefan Thomas was replaced as the company’s Chief technology officer (CTO) by David Schwartz who formerly held the chief cryptographer’s position at Ripple. Stefan Thomas formerly of Ripple now famously runs the Codius smart contract platform through his company,…
SBI Launches First Bank Owned Crypto-currency
The world’s first crypto-currency to be owned by a bank is finally here. This comes two years after its initial announcement and after months of constant delays and hiccups. An announcement made on Tuesday confirmed the news, sending shockwaves through…
IBM to Unveil FDIC Insured Price Stable Crypto-currency
An invention from the great depression and 21st century technology has combined to make a stab at creating a crypto currency that will be pegged on the US dollar or “Stable Coin”. A startup known as stronghold is behind this…
Coinbase CTO Presents Stats That Show Crypto Is Only Getting Started
As the cryptocurrency scene keeps heating up with a host of financial institutions realizing the need for the blockchain, industry heads and shot callers have continuously stirred up matters by making notable pronouncements. Ambitious pronouncements by industry authorities such as…
Ziliqa Is Gradually Becoming Ethereum’s Grim Reaper
Blockchain technology is no longer a distant rumor; it has quickly become a fixture in the financial sector. There was a time when the term blockchain was considered as jargon, only to be used by those in the crypto community.…
Thailand’s Central Bank Will Turn to the Block-chain for International Payments
The Thai central bank is looking at various block-chain applications which will include international payments. This supports the notion that block chain technology adoption is inevitable in Thailand’s mainstream finance sector. The pronouncement was made at the Bloomberg ASEAN Business…