Wendy McElroy: How the Blockchain Provides Private Justice
The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 6 How the Blockchain Provides Private Justice…
German Federal Economic Ministry Wants to Combat Tax Fraud with Blockchain
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is planning to fight tax evasion schemes by using blockchain, German business news outlet WirtschaftsWoche…
SWIFT India, MonetaGo Partner On Blockchain Pilot To Help Banks Combat Fraud
SWIFT India has partnered with FinTech firm MonetaGo to improve the efficiency and security of banks financial products and procedures using blockchain technology. SWIFT India…
Bitcoin [BTC]’s problems are plentiful, says ECB while stating 69% of banks are researching CBDCs
Coming close after the 10th anniversary of the Bitcoin [BTC] whitepaper, it seems that central banks around the world have begun feeling the creeping fear…
“Wall Street’s Bookkeeper” Enters Test Phase of DLT Replatforming Along With 15 Major Banks
On Nov. 6, the post-trade market infrastructure behemoth, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), announced that it is entering the test phase of its…
Russia: Sberbank CEO Says Industrial Scale Blockchain Adoption Is 1-2 Years Away
The head of major state-owned Russian bank Sberbank has forecast that blockchain adoption will happen on an industrial scale in one to two years, local…
IMF's Christine Lagarde Encourages Banks to Explore State-Backed Virtual Currencies
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, recently expressed her positive views on the creation of virtual currencies issued by central banks.…
Swiss Crypto Bank Startup Expects to Receive Banking, Securities Dealer License in 2019
The CEO of Swiss startup SEBA Crypto AG said in an interview that five “large asset managers” from both Germany and abroad have shown interest…
15 Banks to Test DTCC's Market Infrastructure Using Blockchain
Post-trade market infrastructure giant DTCC has initiated the testing phase to re-platform its credit derivatives on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and cloud. The trial will…
Europe's top banks ease past ECB's latest stress tests; Barclays ranks lowest
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has released its 2018 stress test results. In the tests, the banks are benchmarked against a core tier ratio —…
Korea’s Top Financial Regulator: Crypto Exchanges Should Face ‘No Problems’ With Banks
The chairman of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has affirmed that crypto exchanges should face no issues with banking provisions, local media platform Token…
IBM Says Central Banks Would Back Digital Currencies If Technology Improves
Central banks could use digital currencies if distributed ledger technology (DLT) is improved. According to a new IBM research report, a central bank digital currency…