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Blockchain News
Latest Blockchain News ✅ – Stay up to date with the current news as it happens. Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other altcoins.
Here’s a quick summary of blockchain technology:
- Blockchain is a distributed public ledger which stores all transactions ever to have happened.
- It is immutable and accessible by anyone.
- Almost all cryptocurrencies have a blockchain.
- Transactions are split into blocks which are validated and secured by miners.
- Blockchain, more recently, has allowed the conception of smart contracts on platforms such as Ethereum.
- These blockchain-based smart contracts serve as a platform for programmable transactions, for example, ICO token sales.
BBVA Signs Agreement With Repsol to Develop Blockchain Financial Solutions
BBVA and Repsol have signed an agreement to work together on developing a blockchain financial solution that renews a 325-million-euro credit line. The revolving credit...
Bank for International Settlements: Cryptocurrencies Beyond the Hype
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) dedicated a full chapter to cryptocurrencies in its 2018 Annual Economic report prerelease. The report concluded that design...
Stellar Could Acquire Chain the San Francisco-Based Blockchain Startup
A San Francisco-based blockchain startup called Chain is making headlines in the crypto world. Fortune reports that cryptocurrency company Stellar is in talks to...
Enigma Announces Partnership With Intel to Bolster Its Development of Private,...
Enigma, a project aiming to provide blockchain solutions that allow for sensitive data storage on public ledgers, today announced a collaboration with major vendor...
Blockchain Browser Brave Starts Testing of On-device Ad Targeting
Based on a blockchain framework and using its cryptocurrency Basic Attention Token (BAT), pro-privacy browser Brave is testing its voluntary on-device ad targeting starting...
Two Blockchain Projects Blame Medium for Restricting Crypto Content
Medium, a popular publishing platform, is apparently following self-regulatory policies after it suspended blog posts from a few cryptocurrency projects. Two blockchain projects also...
IBM iX’s Robert Schwartz Believes Blockchain Could Bring “Loads of Disruption”
The technology industry could be using “bananas” to describe blockchain, says IBM iX’s global leader of agency services, Robert Schwartz. The executive noted that...
Belarus Issues Decree to Regulate and Legalize Blockchains and Smart Contracts
Belarus is a well-known name in the crypto circles, as one of the most digital currency-friendly nations in the world. On June 18, the...
UBS CEO Claims Blockchain Is an Opportunity for Businesses
UBS Group CEO Sergio Ermotti is not a fan of cryptocurrencies. However, he said that blockchains could be used to reduce costs in the financial services...
CryptoKitties’ in Decline, May Meet the Fate of Pokémon Go
New research from blockchain analysis sites Bloxy and Diar highlights the falling number of users on the popular digital pet service CryptoKitties. Dubbed the...
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