U.S. postal authority files patent for a Blockchain-based voting system
Soon it will be November 3, the day when the U.S. will decide whether Donald Trump can take up his second term in office. In…
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US banks obtain permission to hold crypto-currencies
This week, the US supervisory authority, Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), announced in an open letter that nationally licensed banks are allowed to…
InCore Bank cooperates with Kraken, one of the leading crypto exchanges worldwide
In line with its recently communicated strategy for digital assets, InCore Bank is now the first financial institution in Switzerland to offer banking services to…
FED document discusses risks for commercial banks through CBDC’s
In a 32-page document entitled “Central Bank Digital Currency”, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia examined the future of the monetary system in connection with…
Visa files patent application for digital currency on the Blockchain
The US company Visa has filed a patent application for its own digital currency based on blockchain technology. The application was already submitted to the…
Reddit launches Subreddit Token
The use of the tokens will revolve around subreddit-specific digital rewards and rewards within the Reddit platform, including a “special membership” and voting privileges. The…
JPMorgan Chase provides banking services for US crypto exchanges
The step of the major US bank JPMorgan Chase to accept two well-known crypto exchanges as customers with immediate effect could be followed by other…
Macro investor Paul Tudor Jones sees Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation
The investor Paul Tudor Jones has compared Bitcoin with the role played by gold in the 1970s. The digital currency is supposed to serve as…
Americans sometimes use helicopter money to buy Bitcoin
The Bitcoin price has fallen sharply in recent months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but this has not reduced public interest in crypto-currencies. Some…
Binance takes over Coinmarketcap
This acquisition has been hiding in plain sight for some time. The crypto exchange Binance takes over the popular US crypto information service Coinmarketcap. Coinmarketcap…