HSBC, a large British bank, has reduced its foreign currency transaction costs by a quarter thanks to the use of FX Everywhere blockchain platform. This was stated by operating director of the bank, Mark Williamson, writes Reuters. He said that the platform handles up to 5,000 transactions daily, and their total volume has already reached $ 350 billion. “We can demonstrate that this is not a one-off proof of the concept or […]
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Bitcoin will be able to grow in price by 21,000% from the current level. This assumption was made by the Chinese millionaire and the co-founder of the Poolin mining pool, Zhu Fa, writes 8BTC. He announced his forecast in response to the statement by crypto billionaire Jao Dong that the best time to buy Bitcoin is now. "In the next round of the bull rally, the price of bitcoin will be in the range of […]
Coinsquare, the largest Canadian bitcoin exchange, has acquired the decentralized StellarX exchange. The deal became a natural continuation of the BlockEQ XLM purse purchase in December 2018. StellarX has a new home! Read more: https: //t. Note that the playground is not […]
The cryptocurrency privacy-oriented development team Beam has published a plan to create a Mimblewimble-compatible Lightning Network protocol. Mimblewimble compatible Lightning Network https://t.co/2bCa4409nt #mimblewimble #SovereigntyByDesign – @Beamprivacy (@beamprivacy) February 12, 2019 So, representatives of the project claim that transaction processing speed in the Beam network three times higher than that of […]
JP Morgan Chase, the largest banking conglomerate, becomes the first US bank to create a cryptocurrency for instant transactions with large payments, according to CNBC . Every day, major financial institutions around the world transfer over $ 6 trillion. In the next few months, JP Morgan will conduct test tests of the JPM Coin digital token developed by the engineering service of the bank, which allows for real-time settlements between customers. The head of the blockchain project of JP Morgan Umar Farouk sees three main uses of the token: International payments . Large corporations transfer millions of dollars every day…
The largest daily trading volume, Binance, has announced the upcoming delisting of the following cryptocurrencies: CLOAK (CloakCoin), Modum (MOD), SALT, Substratum (SUB) and WINGS. #Binance Will Delist CLOAK, MOD, SALT, SUB and WINGShttps: //t.co/eTAqN4g5dU pic.twitter.com/Am4oXmUJE3 – Binance (@binance) February 15, 2019 All trades will be automatically stopped on February 22 at 10:00 UTC, after which tokens will be excluded from […]
It is expected that by the end of 2023 the global market for smart contracts (IC) will reach a capitalization of $ 300 million. Being implemented in projects of any industry, IC technology opens up new prospects for both developers and investors. Learn about the benefits of the promising cryptocurrency medium-risk risk project GetETH . Modern investors are literally "obsessed" with the crypto-sphere: the majority is betting on advanced decentralized blockchain projects based on smart contracts. The game is changing, but the rules remain the same: nobody canceled the high level of risk associated with the viability of the project…
Cryptocurrency assets manager Grayscale Investments presented an investment report for 2018, according to which, despite a steady quarterly decline in attracted investments in its products, ended the year with a record figure of $ 395.5 million. BREAKING: We are excited to share our 2018 Digital Asset Investment Report! 2018 Highlights include: • Total Capital Raised into Grayscale Products: […]
Petr Koziakov, Alexander Vasilyev and Grigory Vaisman announced the launch of a new cryptographic payment service Mercuryo. According to them, it will allow paying for any purchases in the crypt and making an immediate exchange of the main cryptocurrencies in dollars, euros and rubles. It is still impossible to pay with Bitcoin purchases in Russia. This problem was solved by Petr Koziakov, Alexander Vasiliev and Grigory Vaisman. On February 4, 2019, they announced the launch of a new cryptographic payment service, Mercuryo. Its development began a year ago and now the application works through a desktop computer on the Mercuryo.io…
Poloniex Cryptocurrency Exchange has announced the beginning of support for the privacy-oriented users of Grin cryptocurrency. GrinMW @ GrinMW @grincouncil #grin #mimblewimble https://t.co/A7YBRhzj59 – Poloniex Exchange 14, 2019 Trades will be available in BTC / GRIN and USDC / GRIN pairs. […]
