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Bitcoin’s Top Rival Is Up 90% and Ready to Ditch Mining
March 4th, 2017
Ethereum’s developers set course for mining-free model Blockchain seen as potential backbone for business, finance Marco Streng’s computer servers are what make Ethereum tick. Thousands strong, they whir day and night, solving the complex math riddles that are essential ...
Japanese Giant Hitachi Tests Blockchain Tech for 150 Million Member Rewards Program
February 28th, 2017
Hitachi, a major and decades-old Japanese conglomerate and multinational is implementing a blockchain platform onto its popular point management and rewards platform, PointInfinity. Japanese blockchain developer and bitcoin exchange Tech Bureau is providing ‘Mijin’ its private blockchain solution to ...
Wall Street Blockchain Alliance Adds Blockchain Intelligence Group as Corporate Member
February 23rd, 2017
The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a 501 (c)(6) non-profit trade association, has announced that Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) has joined the organization as its newest corporate member. BIG’s proprietary Blockbits, BitRank and Qlue products provide real-time search, data ...
Swiss canton to launch its own cryptocurrency
February 21st, 2017
Ticino, the southernmost canton of Switzerland, is planning to issue its own local digital currency for everyday use. Its circulation may be confined to Ticino territory. The future cryptocurrency called ticinocoin (TIC) is a brainchild of computer scientists Claudio ...
Will South Africa issue a national digital currency?
February 15th, 2017
The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) is open to issuing a national digital currency, which would likely be based on Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). “If we go the route of issuing a digital currency, the objective would ...
University of Luxembourg: Researchers develop Zcash cryptocurrency
February 13th, 2017
Scientists at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg have developed an important mathematical algorithm called “Equihash”. Equihash is a core component for the new cryptocurrency Zcash, which offers more privacy and ...
Venezuelan authorities arrest 4 bitcoin miners
January 27th, 2017
Venezuelan authorities have arrested four people allegedly involved with a cryptocurrency-mining operation based in a small city about an hour and a half’s drive from Caracas, according to local media reports. Three men and one woman with ages ranging ...
What’s next for blockchain and cryptocurrency
January 24th, 2017
In May of 2010, someone on a Bitcoin forum by the name of Lazlo claimed to have bought two pizzas for 10,000 bitcoins. It was the first time anyone had purchased anything with the new digital currency, which at ...
Daimler Financial Services acquires PayCash Europe SA
January 18th, 2017
PayCash Europe SA will become the electronic payment system for services provided by the Daimler Group under the new “ Mercedes pay” brand name “Mercedes pay” enables payments on-the-go with a smartphone Bodo Uebber, Member of the Board of ...
Israel to Tax Digital Currency Sales as Property
January 17th, 2017
In a statement released this week, the Israel Tax Authority (ITA) announced that it has decided to treat digital currencies like Bitcoin as assets rather than as foreign currencies for the purpose of taxation. That announcement has come more ...
