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The largest aerospace concern Boeing joined the governing board of the corporate blockchain network Hedera Hashgraph. According to CoinDesk, the company became the tenth member of the board, joining FIS Global, Tata Communications, Nomura Holdings, IBM and its other members. The project solution allows for micropayments, storing files in a distributed network, supports smart contracts and the ability to connect private networks to public ones. For this development […]

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) published a report stating that terrorist organizations ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hamas receive funding in the cryptocurrency using the Telegram messenger. It is reported by Jewish News Syndicate. In particular, MEMRI noted that in January representatives of Izz al-Din al-Kassam (the military wing of Hamas) used the Telegram and WhatsApp messengers, and […]

The blockchain consortium Hyperledger added support for the Pantheon Ethereum client, developed by the technical division of the ConsenSys startup. The initiative was called Hyperledger Besu. Thrilled to have another project join the Hyperledger greenhouse! Please welcome Hyperledger Besu, a Java-based #ethereum client formerly known as Pantheon. 1st Hyperledger project that can operate on a public blockchain. Read the blog by @PegaSysEng: https://t.co/Zclcy34S84 pic.twitter.com/9TpGS4fl5G – […]

Japanese corporation SBI Holdings intends to pay dividends to shareholders in XRP-equivalent through the VCTrade exchange. This is stated in a press release. So, everyone who owns more than 100 shares of the company will receive 30 XRPs per account on VCTrade, which was launched last year. Moreover, the type of stock is not important. Note that shareholders can apply for dividends […]

The payment system of the Telegram Open Network (TON) project, despite its scope, is unlikely to be actively used by the Russians. This was in a comment by RIA Novosti the director of the ANO "Digital Platforms" Arseny Shcheltsin. In his opinion, the project will be primarily interesting as a development environment. “Our citizens sometimes do not attract cashbacks of 20-30%, they are unlikely to be mass […]

The planned Ethereum hard fork called Istanbul can be postponed due to the Parity team’s unwillingness to deploy key upgrades to the Ropsten test network at the indicated time. About this with reference to the words of company representatives Trustnodes writes. Activating Istanbul on the test network should be the last step before launching the update on the main network. However, Parity developer Wei Tang said: “For […]

The largest social network Facebook has announced a set of specialists who must ensure that the Calibra mobile wallet and the Libra digital currency comply with legal requirements. It is reported by CoinDesk. In particular, among the published vacancies, there is a specialist who will deal with the analysis of regulatory requirements and the formation of a policy for the implementation of appropriate control. This employee is expected to interact with the Calibra Legal & Political Team […]

According to the founder and CEO of the consulting company deVere Group, Nigel Green, the mark of $ 10,000 can now be considered the official bottom for the price of bitcoin, according to the business publication London Loves Business. “Looking at the bitcoin charts this year, I believe that the new normal bottom of bitcoin is $ 10,000. The rebound is from this level. Bitcoin fell a little […]