Payment giant Western Union is preparing for the "inevitable" rise of cryptocurrency and, without wasting time, was experimenting with cross-border transfers based on Ripple technology. Reports about it Daily HODL. According to Western Union Digital Senior Vice President Molly Shi, in the digital age, the company aims to remain competitive and efficient. Also, representatives of the American payment giant assume that the future may be […]
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New York-based payment startup SendFriend, focused on the use of XRP tokens for international money transfers, closed a $ 1.7 million round of financing from Barclays Bank and fintech company Ripple, CoinDesk reports. Mastercard Foundation, MIT Media Lab, Techstars Incubator, Mahindra Finance, 2020 Ventures and 8 Decimal Capital also took part in the round. Note that SendFriend got into the business accelerator […]
Security tokens are digital analogues of securities (English – securities), certifying property and giving owners the right to realize their…
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, expects before the end of the year to invest in the development of the Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt up to $ 25 million, reports CoinDesk. In the course of the last week's teleconference devoted to the results of the 4th quarter of 2018, ICE Chief Financial Officer Scott Hill said that investment in Bakkt during this fiscal year will be $ 20 million […]
The team of the Californian cryptostartap SFOX concluded that if in January of this year the market was dominated by…
The team of the Californian cryptostartap SFOX concluded that if in January of this year the market was dominated by “moderately bearish” sentiments, in February they changed to “moderately bullish”. Below is the SFOX multifactor index, the values of which depend on such variables as volatility, prevailing sentiment in the market, and also indicators of industry development. Associated with blockchain, cryptocurrency and ICO HIP several […]
Opponents of cryptocurrency often claim that cryptocoins are massively used in money laundering, trafficking in drugs, weapons, financial crimes, and…
Former engineer LedgerX, developer of Bitcoin Core and recognized master of high-speed typing Brian Bishop turned out to be a supporter of transhumanism ideas. In May last year, he and the scientist Max Berry, who previously worked at a major biotechnology company, opened their own enterprise, focused on creating designer babies and modifying the human germline. This is the big one kids, this article has […]
The start time of the Bakkt platform, supported by the Intercontinental Exchange, the operator of the NYSE, has been postponed…