The Bank of England has moved closer to adopting a negative interest rate policy. The central bank has asked commercial banks in the U.K. to provide details of how ready they are to deal with negative interest rates, asserting that ...
Using weak seed phrases means instant loss of funds on the Bitcoin network. The concept of a blockchain “dark forest” has been popularized recently by Ethereum and the existence of front-running bots that will copy any profitable transaction pending for ...
IBM’s new blockchain-based COVID-19 application puts privacy first. A new application powered by the IBM blockchain aims to help people around the world return to physical encounters amid the coronavirus pandemic. IBM Watson Health, a healthcare-focused arm of tech giant ...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has made an application to trademark “digital Euro” as it continues to make progress in potentially launching a central bank digital currency (CBDC). An ECB spokesperson confirmed that the central bank had filed a trademark ...
The post-BitMEX trading arena is not skewed to selling despite BTC/USD nearing $11,500, CryptoQuant data shows. A Bitcoin (BTC) sell-off and associated price fall are “not going to happen,” a well-known the CEO of a well-known analytics tool has said. ...
Ripple’s David Schwartz has revealed that he sold 40,000 Ether at $1 each as part of a risk management plan made with his spouse in 2012. Ripple’s Chief Technology Officer, David Schwartz, has revealed that he and his wife decided ...
UK media boss and former banker Alexander Lebedev has revealed he is looking to launch a decentralized finance powered “bank 2.0.” Alexander Lebedev, the owner of U.K. newspapers Evening Standard and The Independent, along with Russian publication Novaya Gazeta, has ...
Grayscale Investments says the registration statement on Form 10 that it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of the Ethereum Trust has become effective. This means Ethereum Trust is now an official SEC reporting company ...
Blockchain technology was initially thought to be an all-in-one solution, where all the transactions would take place on a single chain. However, this idea was deemed impractical with time due to certain limitations and constraints arising within the system scalability ...
Kraken has identified a decreasing correlation between Bitcoin and the legacy financial markets. A report published by major U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken has identified signs the correlation between Bitcoin (BTC), the greenback, and legacy markets, is continuin to weaken. Kraken’s ...