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This English town wants to become the first climate-positive city by using blockchain technology. Advertisements According to a recent announcement, the Liverpool City Council has partnered with the nonprofit Poseidon Foundation to integrate blockchain technology into the city’s daily operations, with the goal of becoming a climate-positive city by the end of 2020. Through Poseidon’s […]

The commissioner discusses why she disagrees with the SEC’s denial, her vision of the SEC’s mission, and her status as a champion for capital markets. Advertisements Last week, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) denied a rule change proposal by the Winklevoss twins that would have allowed the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust to be publicly […]

IBM and settlement processing company CLS are working with a collection of tech and financial companies to create an online, blockchain-based app store. Advertisements On Monday, IBM announced a partnership with CLS to develop a project called LedgerConnect, which is intended to allow financial and software developer companies to share blockchain-related applications. According to the […]

Google has prohibited applications that mine cryptocurrencies on devices. Advertisements Cryptocurrency mining requires overwhelming electricity consumption, which has led to environmental concerns and worries about the stress endured by overclocked hardware. Technology giants are aware of these issues and now some, like Apple and Google, are taking preventative actions (likely to safeguard device health and […]

A recent report from the Canadian financial authority investigates central bank-issued digital currencies and how they might improve the economy. Advertisements Researcher S. Mohammad R. Davoodalhosseini of the Bank of Canada, the country’s central bank, published a working paper regarding the potential benefits of central bank-issued digital currencies (CBDCs). He reviews the state of CBDCs […]

You’ve got questions. Deva the Devcon Unicorn has answers. Advertisements Today, Deva the Devcon Unicorn took to the Ethereum Foundation blog to post an update on Devcon 4. In it, she succinctly answers some burning questions, the most important being “when’s the next wave of ticket sales?” General admission tickets will go back on sale […]

Earlier this week, Governor John Carney signed into law three bills that change the state’s corporate and trust laws to better accommodate blockchain technology. Advertisements With more than half of all Fortune 500 companies incorporated in Delaware, the state prides itself on a statutory framework attractive to businesses. The state doesn’t want to see its […]

The blockchain Dapp browser extension recently posted a retrospective about Wednesday’s events. Advertisements This morning, Kevin Serrano, writing on behalf of MetaMask, published a retrospective on Medium regarding the extension’s temporary removal from the Chrome Web Store. The MetaMask crew initially learned of the delisting when a team member noticed the extension’s absence from the […]

Although Switzerland has become a hotbed for initial coin offerings, the country’s financial regulator (FINMA) hasn’t taken kindly to violations of banking laws. Envion AG, which raised more than $100 million from investors, is the second major ICO that has stirred up controversy in Switzerland. Advertisements On July 26, 2018, FINMA – the Swiss Financial […]

Vietnam’s State Securities Commission says good night, cryptocurrency. Advertisements The State Securities Commission (SSC) in Vietnam has reportedly banned financial companies from using cryptocurrency. According to an announcement made by the SSC earlier this week, and reported by the government-affiliated English-language newspaper Viet Nam News, the country’s securities regulator has forbidden public companies, securities companies, […]