Category: Adoption

Grammy-nominated record producer joins the Bitcoin club

Multi-platinum record producer buys Bitcoin, is welcomed into the club by Pomp.

October 7, 2020
Crypto For Congress Puts “American-Made” Bitcoin Into The Hands Of Policymakers

This week, the Chamber of Digital Commerce PAC sent all 535 members of the United States Congress about 0.0047 BTC ($50 worth at the time), in an effort to educate the country’s legislators around cryptocurrency and blockchain technology that it calls Crypto For Congress. Leveraging Federal Election Commission rules that allow for cryptocurrency-based campaign contributions…

October 7, 2020
Markets will decide on regulations, not the government: Currency Comptroller

The government is great at setting up regulatory frameworks, not building products, says Currency Comptroller Brian Brooks

October 6, 2020
Bank of Canada raises concerns and risks around digital currencies

Bank of Canada analysts raised concerns over the use of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as countries around the world weight the use of digital tokens instead of paper-based money. Titled the “Security and convenience of a central bank digital currency,” the bank said CBDC users are likely to face three major risks from storing…

October 6, 2020
Cardano update: IOHK fired up for DeFi, mobile clients for Daedalus, and CBDCs

With multiple teams both inside and outside of IOHK currently working on Daedalus and Goguen, the first week of October has been largely uneventful for Cardano. Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, grabbed the opportunity to discuss what lies ahead for Cardano in the next few years, revealing that mobile clients for the Daedalus wallet…

October 6, 2020
These China-based notaries are using the Blockchain to manage their client’s cases

They’ve been quietly handling thousands of cases for months now.

October 5, 2020
U.K. politician doubles down on Bitcoin despite anti-crypto stance of BOE governor

Despite Bitcoin trading far below its previous all-time high of $20,000, there are more prominent investors, celebrities, and politicians adopting the cryptocurrency than ever before. This much was made clear when Godfrey Bloom, a U.K. politician that is also an economist of the Austrian school, announced this week that he has purchased Bitcoin, adding to…

October 5, 2020
Thai central bank issues $1.6B in government bonds on IBM blockchain

The Bank of Thailand has issued the world’s first blockchain-based government savings bond platform.

October 5, 2020
Thai central bank issues $1.6B in government bonds on IBM blockchain

The Bank of Thailand has issued the world’s first blockchain-based government savings bond platform.

October 5, 2020
Officials voiced privacy concerns over China’s blockchain-powered hospital

Despite pushing for greater blockchain implementation, privacy was a sticking point for some officials.

October 4, 2020