EU Outlines Tech Specs for Nodes in Its Blockchain Services Testnet
Participating member states can stage their testnet nodes on hardware with specs roughly equivalent to a PC gamer’s tower. Source
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Bitcoin Gets Status of ‘Money’ Under D.C. Financial Services Law
In a court case hearing involving the use of Bitcoin for transferring funds for illicit activities of drug trafficking, the District Court of Colombia has considered Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as “money”.On Friday, July 24, a Federal Court announced that the world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin gets the status of “money” under
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Opera Extends Its Crypto Wallet Services to UK
Opera users in the UK can now utilize their Opera built-in crypto wallets to trade Ethereum as more digital assets will be added in the near future.After two years of live testing its built-in crypto wallet, the Opera web browser has today begun offering its crypto services to the UK
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American Regulators Open For US Banks To Offer Cryptocurrency Custodial Services – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs
The United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has swung open the doors to allow
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New Russian Law Bans Bitcoin Payments for Goods and Services
Russian lawmakers have passed a bill that gives legal status to cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin – but bans them from being used to pay for goods and services.Legislators approved the Digital Financial Assets (DFA) bill on July 22 after its third and final reading.It had already won backing from
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China’s Blockchain-based Services Network (BSN) Integrates with First Public Blockchain, Nervos – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs
Nervos is officially integrating with China’s Blockchain-based Services Network (BSN) (Chinese version) and (English version) as the first
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BNP Paribas Joins IBM Cloud for Financial Services
BNP Paribas has committed to joining the IBM Cloud for Financial Services as its anchor client in Europe. It is the first step in creating an ecosystem for the platform on the European continent. Technology giant IBM (NYSE: IBM) has revealed that several financial institutions have joined the IBM Cloud for
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Gibraltar Financial Services Commission Grants DLT Licence to Currency.com – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs
Regulated crypto assets platform Currency.com has been awarded a full Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) licence that will allow
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140 Government Services Applications Are Using Blockchain
The Beijing government will release its first blockchain application blueprint on government services in China today, according to the local news on July 15. According to the blueprint, 140 government service applications are already on the blockchain. These applications are divided into three categories: "data sharing and exchange", "business collaborative processing"
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SEBA Digital Bank To Offer Asset Securitization Services on the Public Corda Network Using DASL – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs
FINMA-licenced Swiss Bank SEBA is partnering with Digital Asset Shared Ledger (DASL) – the liquidity network for digital assets. The two plan
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