Santander Partners with Ripple to Bring Certainty and Speed to International Payments

As well as being one of the biggest banks in the world, Banco Santander also has a reputation as one of the finance industry’s most innovative organizations. Since the launch…

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Social Media Is Democracy’s Faultline: The Breakdown Weekly Recap

From PayPal crypto confirmed to action in central bank digital currencies, these were six themes shaping the week.

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Canadian Regulator Accuses Coinsquare of Wash Trading

Canada’s Ontario Securities Commission officially accuses Coinsquare of market manipulation.

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Twitter Hack: Jack Dorsey Receives Open Letter from U.S. Senator; FBI Reportedly Leading Inquiry

Following Wednesday’s serious security breach on Twitter, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley has sent an open letter to bitcoin-friendly Jack Dorsey, the CEO of the microblogging platform in a bid to…

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Litecoin in Jeopardy as Bears Attempt to Push Back Price to $39 Low

On July 5, Litecoin rebounded twice as price rallied to $46 high. Ironically, yesterday the coin had the second breakdown as price dropped to $41 price level. In other words,…

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Elections During COVID-19: Is it the Time for Blockchain Voting to Shine?

As countries brace for elections in the time of COVID-19, they are wondering how possible this can happen while social distancing measures prevail. Blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) seems…

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Microsoft to Take Part in Developing Corporate Blockchain in Russia

Global tech giant Microsoft is going to contribute to the development of a Russian corporate blockchain. The company’s representative office in the country signed a memorandum with a blockchain startup…

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Zap Announces $3.5 Million Seed Round

Lightning wallet provider Zap today formally announced a $3.5 million seed round fundraise from investors including Morgan Creek Digital and CMT Digital. The announcement follows recent news that Zap opened…

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Ask about Geth: Snapshot acceleration

This is part #1 of a series where anyone can ask questions about Geth and I’ll attempt to answer the highest voted one each week with a mini writeup. This…

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IOTA Readying for Chrysalis Phase 1; Hornet, Pollen, and IRI Updated

The IOTA development team is currently working on rolling out a fix to resolve synchronization issues faced by Pollen nodes as per an IOTA Foundation update released on July 16,…

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