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Blockchain technology may be decentralizing the world, but there is one element of the distributed ledger technology ecosystem that is in dire need of urgent decentralization — cryptocurrency exchanges. Loopring, an open source decentralized exchange protocol, is aiming to accelerate the shift toward a widely-used decentralized exchange architecture and build the financial system of the future. […]

In nearly every way, the past two years have been uniquely disorienting. A high-altitude overview of the news includes a country voting to leave a union with the Brexit vote, a hotly contested U.S. presidential election, numerous conflicts around the world, and the emergence of new investment and financial services stemming from the rise of […]

The recent G20 financial summit in Buenos Aires is currently the fulcrum upon which the future of cryptocurrency regulation balances, with financial leaders from the top 20 largest economies in the world announcing a July deadline for the implementation of new regulatory standards. French Minister of Finance Bruno Le Maire, however, has taken a strong […]

In what is being perceived as a landmark judgment, a Dutch court has recently ruled in favor of an applicant who was owed 0.591 BTC by a private company about a crypto mining dispute. In keeping with the ruling, the court stated that Bitcoin meets all of the criteria that allow classification under the “properties […]

European banking powerhouse Santander is partnering with Ripple to create a new platform that will allow users to facilitate cross-border transactions seamlessly. While speaking at the International Fintech conference in London, Nathan Bostock, UK CEO of Santander, mentioned that his company had been testing Ripple’s popular xCurrent and RippleNet platforms for streamlining international payments. Bostock also […]

Amidst a bearish cryptocurrency market, Storm Token surged over 170% following its listing on Upbit, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. What is Storm Token? Storm Token is an ERC20 utility token that StormX, Inc. used to fund further development of the company’s mobile app, Storm Play. Storm Play utilizes blockchain technology to […]

One of the fastest growing crypto exchanges over the past year, Binance, announced on its official blog its intention to move operations to the European island of Malta. This decision comes after the difficulties experienced to operate under the conditions imposed by the Japanese government. A few weeks ago the Asian newspaper Nikkei reported that the […]

Recently, the US government rolled out a $4.3 billion medical records system to help care for the military.  While President Trump said the system would deliver “faster, better and far better quality care,” like many other Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems, it has fallen short of its goal. EHRs are used in healthcare to generate […]

Deposed search engine juggernaut Yahoo appears to be making a strategic pivot toward blockchain technology with the announcement of plans to launch its cryptocurrency exchange. Nikkei Asian Review reported on Friday that Yahoo Japan would acquire a 40% stake in Tokyo-based BitARG in April. According to the report, Yahoo Japan will spend the ensuing year […]

BitPay, a global payment service provider for bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), has implemented BCH support for its invoices. This means that BitPay’s customers can play with Bitcoin Cash with thousands of merchants worldwide. The popularity of Bitcoin Cash has gone up in recent times, with more merchants now than ever remitting with Bitcoin Cash. […]