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Ripple has teamed up with MoneyGram make MoneyGram’s money transfers faster and more efficient. Image by Mike Mozart. Advertisements Ripple and MoneyGram Collaborate to Test Money Transfers through xRapid Network Ripple has teamed up with MoneyGram make MoneyGram’s money transfers faster and more efficient through Ripple’s xRapid payment network. As reported by CNBC, Ripple’s XRP increased 15 […]

The troubled exchange is being sued for allegedly making deceptive statements and false promises, attempting to skirt legal liability, and planning to leave customers holding the bag. Advertisements Several years ago, the cryptocurrency exchange, Vircurex, halted trading and to date, it has not returned all assets to its customers. This week, a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed in the Colorado […]

The Financial Stability Oversight Council recently created a working group to examine cryptocurrency. However, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin appears unperturbed by any financial threat posed by bitcoin, notwithstanding potential losses by speculators. Advertisements On Friday morning, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin spoke with David Rubenstein, president of the Economic Club of Washington, DC. In a segment […]

January 12, 2018 12:40 AM Advertisements A bill submitted to the US House of Representatives would require a taskforce on financial technology to be created. On January 10, Ted Budd (R- NC) introduced a bill to the House of Representatives that calls for the formation of a FinTech taskforce, among other things. It was then […]

ETHNews surveys efforts by Lithuania, Switzerland, and Ukraine to regulate and study blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in their respective nations. Advertisements Blockchain technology is taking off, and to keep pace with the development of disruptive platforms, governments around the globe are responding. The Bank of Lithuania has revealed plans this week for a regulatory sandbox […]

DigiByte is a fork of bitcoin and was released on January 10, 2014. A fork of bitcoin means that DigiByte used the same programming as bitcoin to get started but changed the programming to make it better. DigiByte is currently 39th in terms of market capitalization. Advertisements How DigiByte is different from bitcoin Among the […]

Esports.com, ICO targeting the billion dollar esports industry, has successfully completed one of the most anticipated ICOs in the gaming industry. The platform sold 24 million ERT tokens and ended its sales on the 28th of December.  The unprecedented demand for tokens resulted in the company reaching its target cap ahead of schedule, accumulating sufficient […]

Credit:iStock.com/Adrian Bysiak Advertisements I’ve often heard that wisdom is the rarest commodity on Earth, but I never fully grasped its meaning till yesterday. I was reading conflicting reports about Korea’s impending regulations—none of which is written in stone—and then ETH prices fell by double digits. I was shocked. One report said that Korean authorities were […]

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) is planning on selling “Rock Tokens” to raise USD 6 million. Photo by Igor Grochev. Rumors of a Ban on Cryptocurrency Trading in South Korea According to the Guardian, there are rumors of an upcoming ban cryptocurrency trading in South Korea due to concerns over tax evasion. The market price of Bitcoin […]

What if there were no exchanges to hack? Advertisements As a new generation of crypto users begin to invest in the technology, developers are growing concerned about its infrastructure. They’ve seen this happen before – new users enter the space attracted by big gains, then suddenly, a catastrophic failure, usually at the very exchanges designed […]