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RBC tests distributed ledger for remittances and loyalty programme
February 26th, 2016
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the latest financial services giant to go public with its distributed ledger progress, confirming that it is working with Ripple on cross-border payments and experimenting with a blockchain-based loyalty platform. RBC, which ...
New Digital Currency Zcash Promises Total Anonymity and Privacy
February 18th, 2016
The creators of a new digital currency say that mathematical algorithms will ensure that its users keep their transactions counterparties and amounts encrypted. While digital currencies such as Bitcoin are known for their pseudonymity, it is often possible to ...
Password cracking attacks on Bitcoin wallets net $103,000
February 16th, 2016
Hackers have siphoned about $103,000 out of Bitcoin accounts that were protected with an alternative security measure, according to research that tracked six years’ worth of transactions. Account-holders used easy-to-remember passwords to protect their accounts instead of the long cryptographic ...
IBM Bets on Bitcoin Ledger
February 16th, 2016
International Business Machines Inc. is becoming the biggest backer of a technology that underpins the Bitcoin digital currency. In the coming year, IBM will begin testing its own variation on the transactional software known as blockchain, aiming to simplify life for ...
Here’s what the future of bitcoin looks like — and it’s bright
February 15th, 2016
Bitcoin has been proclaimed dead 89 times. It has been labeled a Ponzi scheme and a failed experiment. Writers have argued for it to be forgotten and for developers to move on to greener pastures. But moving beyond this ...
The Schism Over Bitcoin Is How Bitcoin Is Supposed to Work
February 12th, 2016
THE BITCOIN COMMUNITY can’t even agree on whether it’s breaking up. Last month, Mike Hearn—an ex-Googler and one of the biggest names working on the software underpinning bitcoin—made more than a few headlines when he called the digital currency “a failed ...
Bitcoin: A 21st Century Currency Explained By a Wall Street Veteran
February 8th, 2016
Jason Leibowitz is a former Wall Street professional who pivoted careers in 2014 to focus full-time on digital currency. In this paper, Leibowitz answers questions about how bitcoin was created, how it works and why it matters. It has been ...
Commonwealth report calls for clearer legislation for virtual currencies
February 5th, 2016
Virtual currencies offer countries a cost-effective, fast and accessible alternative to settling financial payments, but unclear laws and regulations are preventing their responsible development and encouraging their exploitation by criminals, says a new Commonwealth report. Virtual currencies, which allow ...
Japan’s Largest Bank developed its own digital currency
February 4th, 2016
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (MUFG) has revealed that it has developed its own digital currency nicknamed “MUFG coin” as part of its research into blockchain and distributed ledger technology. According to The Asahi Shimbun, the digital currency project seeks ...
EC focuses on monitoring, not regulating, virtual currencies
January 29th, 2016
The European Commission is examining whether virtual currencies need to be regulated in the wake of last November’s terrorist attacks in Paris, but is currently more focused on monitoring the likes of bitcoin than on rushing out new rules. ...
