Cryptocurrency Financial News
A Royal bank Of Canada patent application released yesterday depicts a blockchain platform that records credit records and uses historical and predictive data to compute credit ratings.
The United States Congress Joint Economic Committee has released its annual economic report which – for the first time – contains significant mention of cryptocurrency as well as related trends and technology.
The Federal Trade Commission announced today that four individuals have had their assets frozen by a US Federal District Court for allegedly promoting cryptocurrency schemes promising large returns for small cryptocurrency payments.
A recent surge of negative blockchain publicity has coincided with a plunge in cryptocurrency’s total market capitalization, after having surpassed $800 billion in the first week of 2018. Is blockchain technology truly overhyped or is Ethereum on the path to busting the decentralized floodgates of mass adoption wide open?
President Putin’s economic adviser and Prince Michael of Liechtenstein both stood out among a wide-ranging host of blockchain thought leaders and industry experts who discussed possible future initiatives to an international audience.
IBM recently held its annual Investor Day briefing, where top-level executives highlighted blockchain as fundamental to its future business initiatives.
China is taking the experience of participating in the creation of international blockchain standards and applying that knowledge domestically.
Central bankers and finance ministers of the G20 will gather in Buenos Aires next week. An increasing number of member nations have been calling for the international forum to address the use of cryptocurrency for money laundering.
What do the FBI and Canada’s Binary Options Task Force have in common? When it comes to recent activity at Google, the duo might be responsible for causing an in-house backlash against cryptocurrency advertising.
A bombshell investigation by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab reveals startling evidence that sophisticated malware developed by a Canadian software firm was disseminated through a prominent Egyptian telecom company, infecting user devices with cryptocurrency mining scripts.
A senior investigator at the Manitoba Securities Commission has revealed that the choice by Facebook to remove cryptocurrency-related ads was not brought on by the company’s collective nagging conscience, but by pressure from the FBI. Google might soon be feeling that pressure as well.
Samsung SDS is looking to capitalize on investments and research into emerging technologies by upgrading its smart logistics platform to include blockchain and artificial intelligence.
The editors of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary have announced that a slew of new words have been added to their official lexicon, including “cryptocurrency,” and “ICO.”
Tandem annual conferences held this week in China saw top political advisors meet alongside the national legislature. The meetings provided a backdrop for comments by one of China’s regulatory directors on the evolution of blockchain technology.
Starting this month, the Chilean National Energy Commission will use blockchain technology to certify the country’s publicly accessible energy data.
On Sunday, Germany’s Social Democrats party voted overwhelmingly to form a coalition treaty with incumbent conservatives in order to usher in a new government. Blockchain technology is apparently something both sides can agree on.
Alongside many of its industry rivals, Goldman Sachs has filed its annual report with the SEC for fiscal year 2017. The records reveal the finance giant’s perspective on cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technologies.
The Cowboy State is staking yet another cryptocurrency claim in its state legislature, its third since last December.
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