SWIFT, the global system for handling cross-border payments, announced today that it will integrate R3’s open source blockchain solution into a proof of concept phase. Proof of Concept Blockchain integration The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is a global banking payment network. It works with more than 11,000…
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In the past year, start-ups worldwide have collected as much venture capital as never before, according to a recent study. In Germany, investors rely primarily on artificial intelligence. With a total of $ 254 billion, start-ups worldwide received a new record sum of investors last year. The venture capital provided…
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On January 12, 2009 the first transaction was made between two people in the Bitcoin network, when Satoshi Nakamoto, creator (or group of creators) of the cryptocurrency, sent a total of 10 bitcoins to Hal Finney, a very active US cryptographer. in the development and implementation of this project. Several…
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Nouriel Roubini, a notorious critic of cryptocurrencies, has declared that blockchain “is not better than an Excel spreadsheet” during a panel organized by the exchange of LaToken cryptocurrencies, on January 25. Roubini is also known for having predicted the financial crisis of 2008, which earned him the nickname of Dr.…
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The annual meeting at the Swiss mountain station of Davos from January 22 to 25, attended by business leaders, politicians and economists are in progress. The cryptocurrency is once again on the agenda, but so far the discussions that emerged from the conference have been mixed, giving attendees a lot…
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Zcash (ZEC) is a decentralized open-source cryptocurrency that guarantees privacy and selective transparency of transactions. Zcash currency payments are published in the public chain of blocks, but the sender, the recipient and the transfer amount are confidential. The level of anonymity of Zcash is observed by many companies and well-known…
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Many experts have agreed that cryptographic and related technologies have the potential to change global paradigms. And while this potential is widely recognized, with many advanced thinkers jumping into the blockchain ecosystem, the adoption of cryptographic products has yet to occur. But a leading Bitcoin investor expects this to change…
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What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin, the programmable money. This is the best known definition of this new type of currency. The power of Bitcoin is very large because transactions can be accompanied by instructions that are executed in the desired way. This is making Bitcoin an environment where creativity is taking…
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Ripple once again compared its digital assets with Bitcoin. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has just compared the company’s XRP token with Bitcoin during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. During a CNBC panel on the future of cryptography, Garlinghouse said it believes Bitcoin has the ability to consolidate its…
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One of the most important names in the cryptographic space is Ripple. The firm is known for making new connections and partnerships almost weekly and will now partner with the Fintech Research Institute, Tsinghua University (THUIFR) to launch a new Blockchain Technology Research Fellowship Program (BRSP). The main focus The…
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