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Ripple Launches Xpring.io with Wallet and Brings More Updates

Ripple is still on the role with developments it seems, as the California-based blockchain company now announced a developer portal, as well as a number of updates and additions to their to Xpring, XRP Ledger, Interledger, and their blog.Ripple states that this is a part of their effort to build...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How to Increase Women’s (And Men’s) Interest in Bitcoin + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Adoption news92% of surveyed women said that they would be more likely to invest if Bitcoin had a longer track record,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

80 Japanese Banks Eye JPMorgan’s Blockchain

More than 80 Japanese banks have declared interest in joining JPMorgan Chase’s blockchain-based payment information network, the Interbank Information Network (IIN), making the country’s banking sector possibly the largest national player in the system powered by Quorum, a permissioned...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Bakkt Launches Two New Products + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Trading news Bakkt, a digital asset trading platform, said it launched Bitcoin monthly options and Bitcoin cash settled...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto 2020: Technology Trends Next Year and Beyond

Experts are predicting an increase in consumer crypto platforms that harness advances in scalable technology. New coins will emerge, but they will increasingly co-exist and offer complementary advantages.Crypto is ten years old now, but how significantly has its underlying technology changed since...

, by Simon Chandler

EOS to Show its Beta Voice on Valentine’s Day 2020

EOS developer Block.one says it will be ready to launch the beta version for its forthcoming Voice social networking platform on February 14, 2020.Block.one, the company behind EOS and the EOSIO protocol, first made its social media intentions clear in June this year, when it announced it would be...

, by Tim Alper

Brave Triples Daily Users, Surpasses 3 Million + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Adoption newsBrave, the first decentralized browser based on blockchain technology that lets users earn tokens (BAT) as...

, by Tim Alper

Chinese Central Bank Issues USD 2.8m Worth of Blockchain Bonds

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has issued some USD 2.8 billion worth of blockchain-issued financial bonds to small business loans in China.Per reports from Xinhua and Naeil Shinmun, the central bank says that it used its “own independently developed blockchain bond issuance...

, by Tim Alper

The Future of Money and the Payment System

This is a lecture by Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, held at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, on December 5, 2019.Main highlights:(Read the whole text below)Theoretically speaking, money is a social convention, hence anything...

, by Agustín Carstens

First Blockchain Free Trade Zone in China + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Adoption newsThe Chinese island province of Hainan is set to create the nation’s first blockchain free trade zone...

, by Tim Alper

Hive Blockchain Lost ‘Last Analyst’; Reports Record Income, Still Makes Loss

The first publicly listed blockchain infrastructure company, Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd., reportedly lost the last analyst covering it, and the price of its shares is far from the early days of it going public. Meanwhile, the company reported an income increase of c. 84% in Q3, compared to...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Following Canaan, OneConnect Cuts its IPO Ambitions in Half

OneConnect Financial Technology, a unit of China’s major insurer Ping An, aims to raise up to USD 504 million in an initial public offering (IPO), compared to USD 1 billion, reportedly considered in June this year. The IPO was launched yesterday after the company reduced both its target...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Top 4 Major Challenges For DLT, According to 200 Businessmen

Four most pressing challenges facing distributed ledger technology (DLT) industry today are identified in the November 2019 paper on blockchain in trade, titled: “A Reality Check.” The paper was written by Deepesh Patel, Editorial Director at Trade Finance Global (TFG), a trade finance...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Nordea Employees Banned From Buying Bitcoin + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Regulation newsNordea Bank is free to prevent its employees from investing in Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

IMF Wants Crypto Mining Answers from Georgia + More News

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Mining newsThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Georgia to report on its crypto mining industry. The...

, by Tim Alper

How One Ethereum Developer Created a Dilemma For the Whole Cryptoverse

After an Ethereum developer was arrested for giving a speech at a North Korean’s blockchain conference, the Cryptoworld is faced with another moral dilemma that it will have to find a way to resolve for the future: is this an example of a man persecuted for exercising his free speech rights...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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