EU lawmakers seek to ban geo-blocking of cryptocurrency users
Feb 21, 2017 06:13 am UTC| Digital Currency
A European Parliament committee has put forth a new proposal aiming to prevent location-based discrimination against consumers in the common currency area, including users of digital currencies, CoinDesk...
Moscow to host international blockchain conference on February 28
Feb 21, 2017 05:58 am UTC| Digital Currency
Moscow will be hosting an international blockchain technology conference on February 28, 2017, with the support of Open Systems publishing house. The international conference helps in the discussion of new tools and...
Ticino plans to launch local cryptocurrency ‘Ticinocoin’
Feb 21, 2017 04:43 am UTC| Digital Currency
Ticino, a region in southern Switzerland, has revealed its plans to issue its own local digital currency for everydayuse. The announcement comes on the heels of the City Council of Zug in the east Switzerland launching...
BABB App creates banking platform using Ethereum smart contracts
Feb 21, 2017 04:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
BABB App announced that it is building a bank that is based on the implementation of permissioned blockchain using Ethereum Smart Contracts banking platform, Finextra reported. The Ethereum smart contracts platform is...
Blockchain Intelligence Group rolls out QLUE version codename Deep Cove
Feb 21, 2017 04:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG), a Canada-based developer of blockchain technology solutions, has announced the launch of QLUE version codename Deep Cove. The company said that the objective behind developing the...
Exclusive: Bank of Korea, R3 consortium to carry out blockchain project
Feb 21, 2017 03:55 am UTC| Fintech Digital Currency
The Bank of Korea said it willcarry out the Proof-of-Concept project with R3 consortium by using blockchain technology. Kim Jung-hyuk, head of the e-finance planning team at the Bank of Koreas Financial Supervisory...
FxWirePro: BTC/CNY trades slightly above 61.8 fibo, further bullishness only above 7600 level
Feb 20, 2017 12:21 pm UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/CNY is seen trading slightly above on Monday. The pair has minor resistance at 7147 61.8% fibo and jumped till 7200 levels (BTCCHINA). It is currently trading around 7154 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of...
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