Mexican Port of Veracruz Trials Blockchain Tech

Blockchain-based logistics solutions provider, dexFreight has partnered with the Port of Veracruz, entering into a contract to undertake a proof of concept project.  The objective of the project is to develop and.

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ECB Executive: Bitcoin ‘Evil Spawn’ of Financial Crisis

Speaking at the Economics of Payments IX Conference yesterday, Benoît Coeuré, European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member, stated that Bitcoin is “the evil spawn of the financial crisis.” In a keynote.

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Sberbank CEO: Industrial Scale Adoption of Blockchain Tech in 1-2 Years

According to local Russian news agency, Tass, German Gref, CEO of Russia’s Sberbank, industrial scale adoption of blockchain technology will begin in earnest within the next 1-2 years. Gref believes.

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OKCoin Expands into Argentina and Latin America

OKCoin, one of the world’s largest digital asset exchanges, announced today the launch of its licensed cryptocurrency exchange platform in Argentina.  This is its first venture into Latin America and.

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IMF Warming to Digital Currency?

In a prepared speech published in advance of the Singapore Fintech Festival, the chair of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, suggests that the time is right for central banks.

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Stellar and Ripple Vie for a Piece of the Global Payments Market

There don’t seem to be many industries where cryptocurrency and blockchain technology don’t have the potential to cause some level of application or disruption.  However, some sectors and use cases.

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SWIFT Shuts Out Iran Making Crypto Adoption More Likely

The Society for Worldwide Inter-bank Financial Telecommunication or SWIFT as it’s more commonly known, has shut Iran out of it’s inter-bank financial messaging system.  This comes as a consequence of.

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The Move Away from Centralized Exchanges Continues

Satoshi Nakamuro had envisioned a currency which would be trustless and not controlled by any central authority. Further development and improvement is ongoing with the technology and it’s eco-system. However,.

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Seagate and IBM Fight Counterfeiting with Blockchain Tech

According to a press release on Thursday, Seagate are collaborating with IBM in order to combat the counterfeiting of their products using blockchain technology. The project is designed to assist the hard drive.

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