From Exploitation to Collaboration: Nasdaq-Listed Firm’s Vision for the Future of Advertising

A Nasdaq-listed company says it is offering a blockchain-enabled alternative to “centralized authorities that perpetuate ad fraud, waste and abuse.” #SPONSORED

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PwC has a new cryptocurrency auditing tool… and actually, it sounds alright

One of the Big Four financial auditing and business services firms, PwC, wants to lend a hand to cryptocurrency businesses and help them keep track of their blockchain transactions. In an announcement released yesterday, PwC says the addition will be made to its suite of auditing tools called Halo. дальше »

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Royal Bank of Scotland Onboards Former Circle Exec to Head Fintech Project

A former executive from cryptocurrency firm Circle has been picked up by The Royal Bank of Scotland as CEO of its digital SME offering

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Analyst: Institutions Are Behind Bitcoin’s Recent Bullishness; Will Individuals Enter Next?

Bitcoin and the aggregated crypto markets have been in a firm uptrend for the past several months and BTC has put a significant amount of distance between its current prices and its year-to-date lows of well below $4,000. дальше »

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LumenLab of MetLife Uses ‘Lifechain’ Blockchain for Life Insurance Claims Automation

As one of the top financial firms in the word, MetLife subsidiary MetLife Asia Innovation Center’s, LumenLab, is looking to “blockchainize” life insurance claims for bereaved families. The latest announcement from the company confirms they have partnered with NTUC Income, a Singapore based insurance firm and Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), a leading media organization […] дальше »

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Big Four Accountancy Firm Unveils New Crypto Auditing Tools

Big Four accountancy firm, PwC, has just detailed a solution to help companies audit crypto asset activities. The service is an addition to PWC’s existing “Halo” suite of tools. The firm states that its new solution can provide even greater evidence of ownership of cryptocurrency than previously possible. дальше »

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Philippine Government Tech Department Signs Deal With Blockchain Firm

The Phillippinegovernment has signed an agreement with blockchain firm Monsoon, hoping to improve its business and cybersecurity sectors through blockchain tech

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BNP Paribas Venture Arm Among Investors to Inject $16.5M in Fintech Firm Token

Fintech firm Token has received a $16.5 million injection from investors including the venture arm of banking giant BNP Paribas

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PwC Introduces New Halo Auditing Tool for Cryptocurrencies as Big 4 Race Intensifies

Tax and Auditing firm PwC the launch of an updated auditing solution for clients who are in possession of cryptocurrency. The solution known as Halo will offer a full breakdown of the client’s crypto treasury. дальше »

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Blockchain Firm Algorand Raises $60 Million in New Token Sale

Digital currency and transactions platform Algorand raises $60 million in recent token sale

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Litecoin Foundation To Offer Another Crypto Debit Card

After cutting ties with its first crypto debit card, LitePay, in March 2018, the Litecoin Foundation has partnered with Bibox Exchange and blockchain firm Ternio to release a second physical Litecoin debit card. дальше »

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Web Server Security Firm Cloudflare Announces Launch of Ethereum Gateway

Web server security service company Cloudflare has launched an Ethereum gateway

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Mexico, Philippines are very large receive side countries when it comes to remittances, claims Ripple executive

Ripple, one of the prominent players in the FinTech industry, continues to make strides in the cross-border payment settlement ecosystem. The firm recently announced a partnership with MoneyGram, a money transfer company headquartered in Dallas. дальше »

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IBM Upgrades Blockchain Network to Support Multi-Cloud

Technology giant, IBM has announced the launch of its distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform called Multicloud. The firm says its platform is designed to run on other cloud platforms including Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to a report by Ledger Insights on June 18, 2019. дальше »

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Big Four Auditing Firm PwC Releases Cryptocurrency Auditing Software

A cryptocurrency auditing software solution has been released by Big Four auditing firm PwC

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Dapps Inc Ally with Chainlink to Offer Salesforce Users Accurate Data Feeds

Dapps Inc. , an American firm focused on developing innovative enterprise-grade blockchain computing solutions, has joined forces with Chainlink (LINK), a distributed ledger technology (DLT) project whose primary objective is to connect smart contracts with real-world applications. дальше »

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BnkToTheFuture Acquires Altcoin.io to Build Securities Token Exchange

The decentralized exchange and peer-to-peer trading solution (DEX) Altcoin. io announced on June 15, 2019, that its technology has been acquired by the investment firm BnkToTheFuture. With this acquisition, the Hong-Kong based online platform aims to build a compliant platform for trading security tokens. дальше »

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CFTC Launches Action against U.K. Firm for Laundering More than 22,800 Bitcoin (BTC)

According to a report by Finance Feeds published on June 18, 2019, the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a complaint against a U. K. -based firm named Control-Finance Ltd. and its sole Director Benjamin Reynolds. дальше »

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Samsung is reportedly preparing to launch its Galaxy Note 10 in August

CNET reports that Samsung is gearing up to unveil its Galaxy Note 10 phone on August 7 at the Barclays Center in New York. That lines up with the Korean firm’s usual annual schedule for Galaxy Note launches – but it’s possible that the date might change, seeing as how August is still a while away. дальше »

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U.K Brokerage Firm TP ICAP to Trade Bitcoin Derivatives

According to a Bloomberg article published on June 17, 2019, financial services firm TP ICAP is set to enter the cryptocurrency industry starting with offering cash-settled futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). дальше »

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Crypto Analytics Firm Longhash Gives Tether (USDT) Stablecoin a 90 of 100 Health Score

The first half of the year has already passed by; thus, we can gain a firm perspective of how the crypto space trends are over the past six months. Looking at Bitcoin, it has gone up by more than 140%, but for the crypto exchanges in the market, they are still vulnerable and are currently […] дальше »

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Genius inventor turns her Tesla Model 3 into a pickup truck

People have been clamoring for Tesla to make a pickup truck for years. Though Elon Musk has repeatedly promised it’s on the way, there’s yet to be any indication of what it’ll actually look like, let alone a firm release date. дальше »

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Unstoppable Domains Set to Auction 60 Blockchain-based Domains

Unstoppable Domains, a software firm that builds blockchain-based domains which host uncensorable websites, has released a list of 60 . zil domains it plans to auction off on June 27, 2019, according to a press release on June 17, 2019. дальше »

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CFTC Targets Control-Finance Ltd For Fraudulent Bitcoin Investor Scheme Of Nearly 23,000 BTC

US CFTC Launches Action Against Bitcoin Fraudsters A few days ago, the regulatory agency of the United States filed a complaint with the New York Southern District Court against Control-Finance Ld. Apparently, the firm defrauded over 1,000 investors so as to launder over 22,858 Bitcoin. дальше »

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Blockchain-Based Energy Trading Firm to Optimize Solar Energy Distribution in Austria

DLT-enabled energy trading firm Power Ledger will roll out its app in Austria's second-largest city of Graz to optimize energy distribution

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Tether is ‘Extremely Healthy,’ despite irregularities and controversies, claims Longhash report

Since half of 2019 has passed by, we can now gain a firm perspective on the cryptocurrency market’s trends over the past six months. Bitcoin is up over 140 percent, crypto-exchanges are still vulnerable and on the face of it, Tether is still mired in controversy. дальше »

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Canada: Pharmacy Firm to Track Medical Cannabis on Blockchain

According to a Bloomberg report published on June 17, 2019, Canadian pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart has inked a business deal with distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup TruTrace Technologies to launch a pilot program to track the supply chain of medical cannabis. дальше »

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Fidelity-Backed Crypto Analytics Firm to Integrate Twitter-Based Crypto Sentiment Feed

Fidelity-backed Coin Metrics and Social Market Analytics team up to provide feed of crypto sentiment based on Twitter posts

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Singapore: New Pilot Project Uses Blockchain for Life Insurance Claims

Media company Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), insurance firm NTUC Income (Income), and LumenLab, MetLife’s Asia innovation center, have teamed up to pilot a blockchain platform aimed at automating the life insurance claim process, the companies said on Monday. дальше »

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Digital Asset Partners With Amazon AWS Aurora on Smart Contract Language Interoperability

Blockchain software firm Digital Asset has partnered with Amazon Web Services Aurora to make its open-source smart contract language DAML more interoperable

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XRP Spikes 10% on Ripple MoneyGram Partnership News

Big partnership announcements have been thin on the ground for many of the major crypto companies recently. That changed for Ripple a few hours ago when the firm announced a strategic partnership with one of the world’s largest money transfer companies, MoneyGram. дальше »

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Blockchain Firm’s Canadian Pharmacy Deal Puts Cannabis Stocks in Play

By CCN Markets: Canada’s largest chain of pharmacies announced a big partnership at the World Cannabis Congress on Monday. Shoppers Drug Mart will be working with TruTrace Technologies (until recently known as BlockStrain) to bring blockchain-based verification to the medicinal marijuana market. дальше »

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Bitcoin Historical Analysis Signals That BTC Could Surge to $62k Later This Year

Bitcoin (BTC) is currently taking a breath and trading sideways after incurring massive buying pressure over the past couple of days that sent it surging into the $9,000 region, where it set fresh year-to-date highs. дальше »

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Canadian Pharmacy to Track Cannabis via Blockchain in New Pilot Program

Shoppers Drug Mart and blockchain firm TruTrace have partnered to run a pilot for tracking cannabis supply chains with blockchain tech

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Ripple to Invest Up to $50M in MoneyGram Following New Partnership

Blockchain-based payments firm Ripple has entered a strategic partnership with MoneyGram, one of the largest payments firms in the world

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Tendermint Says Last Month’s Cosmos Vulnerability Exposed Security Loophole

Tendermint, the firm behind the core technology of Cosmos, has released a full disclosure about a past vulnerability in the Cosmos SDK. дальше »

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Charles Hoskinson’s IOHK signs MoU with Georgia’s Ministry of Education to explore use of Atala, Cardano

Input Output Hong Kong, the third-generation R&D firm spearheaded by Charles Hoskinson, Co-founder of Ethereum and creator of Cardano, made a major announcement pertaining to the firm, earlier today. дальше »

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Bitcoin Price ‘Could Fall to $6,500’ Before Next Bullish Spike: eToro Analyst

By CCN Markets: The price of bitcoin has broken through the $9,000 mark and seems well on its way to $10,000, but brokerage firm eToro believes that there’s a pullback in the cards before the cryptocurrency enjoys its next bullish run. дальше »

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Today, Circle released the latest attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of May 31, 2019 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 333,854,877 USDC US Dollars held дальше »

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Billion Dollar Brokerage Giant TP ICAP Opens Bitcoin Trading

By CCN Markets: TP ICAP, the world’s largest global inter-dealer broker, with a $2 billion market capitalization, is opening its doors to bitcoin trading.   In yet another example of institutional crypto appetite, the London firm will execute bitcoin futures trades on behalf of its clients. дальше »

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OKCoin, Payments Processer Simplex Partner on Card-Enabled USD Deposits for Int’l Users

Major fiat-crypto trading platform OKCoin has partnered with fintech firm Simplex to enable global users to make USD deposits via debit or credit card

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Georgian Gov’t, IOHK Partner to Develop Blockchain in Education, Ministry Services

Georgia’s government has signed an MoU with blockchain technology firm IOHK to implement blockchain-enabled projects across business, education and government services

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BitTorrent Creator Bram Cohen Takes Over as CEO at Chia Network

Bram Cohen has taken over as CEO of his current company, Chia Network – a firm creating a less energy-intensive cryptocurrency. дальше »

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Moonday Mornings: South African Bitcoin Ponzi scheme rakes in $135,000 a day

It’s the start of a new week and that means it’s time for Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines from the weekend. 1. Local news in South Africa is reporting about a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. дальше »

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Samsung to Seek Collaboration With Platform Firms on Blockchain Innovation and 6G

The vice chairman of Samsung says the firm will seek to collaborate with platform companies on the development of blockchain, AI and sixth-generation mobile networks

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Multi-Billion Dollar Crypto Firm: Bitcoin Finding Use as Hedge for Global Crisis

Throughout its short history, Bitcoin (BTC) has been seen as anything but centralized, sovereign, and censorable. The crypto asset was created by a pseudonymous individual, is secured by a global group of miners, and is backed by no government, traditional finance system, or common entity. дальше »

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Amazon Customers to Make Purchases with Ether (ETH) Thanks to Startup Partnership

In a press release issued on June 13, 2019, crypto payments firm CLIC Technology Inc. announced a partnership with B2B blockchain infrastructure company Opporty to jointly develop an in-browser extension that would enable customers to make purchases from Amazon with the ether (ETH) cryptocurrency. дальше »

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JJ Watt to Texas Whataburger Fans: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

By CCN Markets: Houston Texans star defensive end JJ Watt had an interesting proposition for fans of the fast-food chain Whataburger: chip in and buy it back. The three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year took to Twitter following the majority stake sale of Whataburger to a Chicago investment firm, calling upon fans to do their part in purchasing the company back. дальше »

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Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin Trust Product Checks all the Regulatory Boxes

In an interview with BTCManager, the CEO of the New York-based investment firm Wilshire Phoenix Funds LLC. said that their United States Bitcoin and Treasury Investment Trust product is one of the most promising yet. дальше »

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EOS rises by over 6%; Ripple’s XRP and Ethereum follow suit prompted by Bitcoin’s rally

Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap breached the $9,000-mark anchoring another market spin towards the bulls. The collective market cap stood at $285 billion, at press time. EOS: Since the onset of 2019, Block. дальше »

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