Cryptocurrencies

An Israeli startup has launched the first cryptocurrency, Beam, with custom privacy settings. The Beam cryptocurrency was launched on January 3 on the MimbleWimble protocol and offers a radically new approach to digital transactions, emphasizing the ability to hide the amounts being transferred using "blinding

From time to time you can hear claims that the Ethereum cryptocurrency uses too much energy during mining and is therefore inefficient and harmful to the environment. After repeated claims of this kind, Ethereum decided to switch to Proof-of-Stake...

A blockchain platform for processing payment data was launched by the General Treasury of the Republic of Chile (TGR), which oversees the payment of taxes and other fees in the country. The solution, operating in pilot mode, is designed to eliminate problems and discrepancies between institutions receiving government

The Estonian regulated exchange DX.Exchange will start offering shares of AlphaBet, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft Corporation, Tesla, Netflix, Baidu, Intel Corporation and Nvidia in the form of digital tokens as early as January 7. Tokenization of classic assets, which many consider the trend of 2019, in action...

Many companies are now using cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. And no wonder, since in recent years cryptocurrencies have literally driven the whole world crazy. More and more individuals and companies rely on them for making payments. The casino industry has been no exception...

The American multinational company Visa has announced that it is acquiring the startup Earthport. Specifically, Earthport is one of Ripple's leading partners, creating solutions for ultra-fast money transfers between financial institutions using Ripple's technologies and network...

Today Bitcoin celebrates its first 10-year anniversary. On January 3, 2009, a person or group of people under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto launched the main network of the first cryptocurrency, mining the genesis block with 50 bitcoins. This marked the beginning of a new history of finance, with the decentralization

With the implementation of a new system developed by Thailand's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), it will be possible to verify voters during elections using a mobile phone...

You can now pay at the Retail Row store, which specializes in merchandise featuring the branding of the online game Fortnite, using the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) as well. In addition to the usual payment methods such as PayPal and bank cards, Retail Row supports the GloBee payment service. The latter enables

The TRON development team is expanding. Over the past eight months, the development team has grown from two to more than 40 people. This was announced by the project's protocol lead Marcus Zhao in a YouTube interview...