Search Results for: Digital currency
Bitcoin crushed every other currency in 2016. Here are five reasons why
December 20th, 2016
Bitcoin, that nebulous digital currency that trades in cyberspace and is “mined” by code-cracking computers, emerged as a better bet this year than every major currency, stock index and commodity contract. The electronic coin that trades – and is ...
A Baht-Yuan cross-currency settlement system using blockchain technology
December 19th, 2016
KASIKORNBANK, in cooperation with International Business Settlement Co., Ltd. (IBS), a Chinese FinTech giant, has developed a real-time Sino-Thai settlement system based on the Next Generation Settlement Network (NGSN) which helps save time and costs while providing the utmost ...
Bitcoin-Inspired Technology Starts to Reshape Currency Markets
September 27th, 2016
Product likely to lower the costs of cross-border transactions Bitcoin-inspired ledger technology is taking its first steps in foreign-exchange markets. Companies that provide payments systems to banks are unveiling products that use distributed ledgers to lower the costs of ...
Bitcoin vs Litecoin vs Dogecoin – Cryptocurrency compared
September 22nd, 2016
Cryptocurrency was made mainstream by Bitcoin a few years back and with its popularity rising, everyone seems to want a piece of the cake. The currency was launched in 2008 by Japanese pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto to encourage the growth ...
Coinbase Adds Ethereum; Plans to Support Any Cryptocurrency With Potential
September 19th, 2016
Coinbase, one of the largest Bitcoin wallet service providers and cryptocurrency trading platforms, has added support for Ethereum as a part of its initiative to integrate more cryptocurrencies in the near future that carry massive potential. Brian Armstrong, the ...
Cryptocurrency exchanges under attack, risking repeat of Mt. Gox debacle
August 31st, 2016
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cybertheft — the second largest by an exchange since hackers took roughly ...
Four Major Banks Plan to Create Their Own Cryptocurrency
August 25th, 2016
Few major international banks may soon have their own cryptocurrency. According to a recent media report, the banks that are initially going to be part of this initiative includes UBS, BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank and Banco Santander. These four major banks, who also happen to ...
Multi-platform software wallet Jaxx now stores Dash, the seventh most valued cryptocurrency in the world
August 17th, 2016
Multi-platform software wallet Jaxx now stores Dash, the seventh most valued cryptocurrency in the world with a market cap of about $80 million. Jaxx is available across nine platforms and devices including Android and iOS Mobile, Android and iOS Tablet, Firefox and Chrome Extensions, ...
Bitcoin trading booms, lures currency traders
August 16th, 2016
Bitcoin trading volume is soaring in Japan as wild price movements spur an increasing number of currency speculators to shift into the digital-money market. Japan’s leading bitcoin exchange operator said Monday that it surpassed 200,000 customers this month, rising ...
Coinbase will start trading bitcoin rival ethereum on its cryptocurrency exchange
May 20th, 2016
Ethereum is having a moment. Coinbase, a bitcoin-only exchange, is planning to add support for ethereum, the company said today (May 19). Coinbase exchange users will be able to buy and sell ether, the virtual currency unit behind ethereum ...
