Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 204 of 298

Bank of France has “Great Interest” in Stablecoin Initiatives

May 14, 2019

Regulators are not renowned for their great love of cryptocurrencies. Just last week, Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, attacked bitcoin, saying the cryptocurrency is not a currency a...

Samsung to Bring Crypto Support on Budget Galaxy Phones

May 14, 2019

South Korean electronics giant Samsung is set to add cryptocurrency storage support to its budget phones, the company confirmed in an official post. The leading phone manufacturer first entered the digital a...

TRON is a Highly Centralized Project, Ex-CTO Says

May 13, 2019

TRON’s co-founder Lucien Chen has left the position of CTO at the company, citing the excessive centralization of the decentralized project. “The reason for leaving is very simple. As a technical man, I feel...

Bitpanda Starts Offering Digital Trading for Gold and Silver

May 13, 2019

Austrian crypto trading platform Bitpanda has introduced trading services for digitized gold and silver along with digital assets. The digitized mental trading instruments are backed by physically stored met...

eBay to Add Crypto Payment Option, Leaked Ads Show

May 13, 2019

E-commerce giant eBay might add cryptocurrency payments options on its platform, according to leaked ad images from the annual Consensus crypto event The images from the conference show that the company is d...

WeChat Bans Merchants From Dealing in Cryptocurrencies

May 7, 2019

Messaging application WeChat has taken action to prevent merchants using its services from dealing in cryptocurrencies. At the end of April, the company released a new policy for merchants that prohibits the...

Dukascoin Now Available for Trading in FX, Crypto and More

May 7, 2019

Swiss foreign exchange (forex) bank, Dukascopy Bank, has expanded the capabilities of its cryptocurrency Dukascoin. According to the statement released this Tuesday, traders can now use Dukascoins for its mar...

Blockchain And Smart Contract Tech Improves PepsiCo Ad Campaign By 28%

May 6, 2019

A media agency network has successfully used blockchain technology to increase the efficiency of an advertising campaign for PepsiCo by 28%. Mindshare, the media agency network that is part of WPP, partnered...

Square Records $65 Million in Bitcoin Revenue in Q1 2019

May 2, 2019

US-based mobile payment company Square revealed that it has recorded a new high with its Bitcoin sales on its Cash App. The unaudited quarterly report of Square showed that the company registered a Bitcoin r...

HTC to Launch Exodus 2 Blockchain Smartphone Later in 2019

April 30, 2019

HTC unveiled plans to launch the second generation of its flagship blockchain-focused smartphone, the Exodus 2, as the struggling manufacturer says the first version’s sales met its expectations. Phil Chen, ...