The recently observed price increases in bitcoin have caused the search volume on Google to rise. According to statistics on Google Trends, this pattern of bitcoin price increases correlating with increased search volumes, has been observed frequently in the past. But there are also other findings. Google Trends is an online service provided by Google […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) could save around $3billion billion in administrative costs by adopting blockchain technology. This information was released by a report published by the World Economic Forum. The aim of the study was to analyze factual examples of applications of blockchain technology and to concretize them. Mirek Dusek, who is a member […]
The Australian central bank (Australian Reserve Bank, ARB) is currently investigating the possibility of a Digital Central Bank Currency (CBDC). The Bank has revealed that it wishes to simulate the use of a CBDC in a wholesale payment system. Many central banks are currently looking at digital currencies, mainly as a result of Facebook’s plans […]
The U.S. Treasury Department, which is responsible for the administration of government revenue, is testing blockchain technology to track federal grant payments. The pepartment intends to use a proof-of-concept program that will serve as a blockchain-based letter of credit for grant recipients, according to Craig Fischer said. Fischer is the head of the innovation program at the Treasury department and announced this at a conference, according to Federal […]
Basel-based Thierry Gilgen is launching a digital trading platform together with business partners. This platform collects and analyzes real-time data. It enables everyone to operate with the same resources of a bank, so to speak. The Business Parc advised and mediates experts. Thierry Gilgen is bubbling with energy. With the start-up and system “MachinaTrader“, the […]
(Source: JD Lasica via flickr.com) At the end of November, Stephan Roth asked the daring question: “is Andrew Yang crypto’s man”? To the ears of crypto fanatics, attempting to provide an affirmative answer to such a question, is heresy. For crypto-hardliners, the notion that the highly libertarian crypto-movement could be advanced by a political figure […]
