Zap CEO Jack Mallers told Coindesk on Thursday (Jan. 30) his latest lightning wallet upgrade is a U.S. dollar clearing system that tackles numerous issues that the current cryptocurrency payment options have. Mallers said this dollar-denominated front end is situated to attract “normies” into the...
Zermatt, a ski resort town of 5,400 residents in Switzerland, has decreed that cryptocurrency bitcoin can now be utilized to pay taxes and other government services, Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Swiss company Overfuture has been approved to incorporate for an initial public offering (IPO) that offers tokenized shares on a blockchain, according to a report Wednesday (Jan. 29) by Coindesk. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Bitcoin prices, trading and shopping are down but criminal activity involving the cryptocurrency is at an all-time high, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Tuesday (Jan. 28). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
The National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG) in India has published a report recommending that laws around blockchain should be based on what the technology does, and not the technology itself, according to a report Tuesday (Jan. 28) by The Economic Times. Get the Full...
Ukraine’s financial watchdog has announced that it will monitor transactions that exceed $1,200, said Oksana Makarova, the head of the country’s Ministry of Finance, according to a Monday (Jan. 27) report by Coindesk. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
The U.K.’s Lancashire Cricket Club is now selling tickets for all domestic and international fixtures at Emirates Old Trafford in 2020 through a blockchain-based platform, according to the Ticketing Business on Friday (Jan. 24). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Chiliz, a blockchain venture based in Malta, is introducing a crypto exchange with entertainment and sports tokens, according to Cointelegraph. The new exchange will be at Chiliz.net, and will launch in February after Fan Token Offerings for the Socios.com — a fan-voting platform powered by...
A startup in San Francisco called the Real Items Foundation has developed a plugin for Shopify that will use blockchain technology to make sure items being sold on the site are authentic, according to a report by Cointelegraph. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
