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September 23rd ’19 sees the launch of this year’s most anticipated platform, Bakkt, by the New York stock exchange. Bakkt’s goal is to make Bitcoin a mainstream investment and finally onboard the worlds investment advisors & managers. When ICE Futures U.S., one of the world’s largest commodities markets, opens trading at 8
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According to a press release on September 18, the U.S. SEC has taken legal actions against a blockchain and crypto company called ICOBox and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov for illegally distributing $14 million worth of the company’s digital token and operating as an unregistered broker for other digital asset offerings.The
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According to a recent report, North Korea has started working on creating its own cryptocurrency in an attempt to emerge out of the setbacks imposed on the dictatorial state by international sanctions.Previously, Pyongyang had shown curiosity over digital transactions and has now assembled a team of national professionals joining global
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Every year Ripple Swell attracts exciting speakers like Bill Clinton and Dr Rajan, Chief Economist, Head of Research at IMF at last years event. Ripple also tend to make special announcements, last year xRapid came online for example which had been much anticipated all that year. Swell 2019 is an invitation only
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Earlier on, when Bitcoin (BTC) arrived on the scene, most cryptocurrency enthusiasts held on to their coins, as there were only so many places they could be spent. Nowadays, the list of marketplaces and retailers accepting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is significantly larger, providing crypto enthusiasts with more options
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Dr. Umar Ardo, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria, rescued his kidnapped daughter by paying a $15,000 (N5.4 million) ransom in Bitcoin to her kidnappers. This is one of the first times that such a case has been reported in which the kidnappers have demanded the
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The use of malware to steal vital information is not a new concept in the world today. However, it seems that this sub-culture of malware producers are constantly sharpening their swords, making them more adapted to survive in the victim’s device.The latest on the book is one malware dubbed InnfiRAT
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An IT company in Armenia has been accused of illegally accessing electricity and using it to mine cryptocurrencies.$150,000 in powerOn Sept. 21, in an announcement from the Armenian National Security Service, the organization accused an IT company of illegally mining cryptocurrencies from inside a hydropower plant.The state agency reported
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World-famous credit card company AMEX has been on RippleNet since Nov 2016 and has seen great things across its UK/US payments corridor. We found it quite interesting when to hear AMEX talking SWIFT vs Ripple and the future of cross-border payments we had to look into it. Ripple’s cross-border payments product offers
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The University of St. Gallen in Switzerland is setting its sights on blockchain technology to fight fake diplomas, a type of fraud that has been on the rise globally in recent years.Degree certificationAccording to a CNN Money Switzerland interview from Sept. 19, the University of St. Gallen has announced
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