Norges Bank explores possibility of introducing central bank digital currency
May 21, 2018 05:06 am UTC| Digital Currency
Norges Bank last week published a paper on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) prepared by a working group set up by the central bank. The working group has completed an initial phase of a study of CBDCs. The paper...
Crypto exchange Coincheck to delist Monero, Augur, Dash and Zcash
May 21, 2018 04:19 am UTC| Digital Currency
Troubled cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has announced that will be delisting a number of cryptos from its platform. The company said that the announcement is in line with the business improvement order received from...
NYDFS grants BitLicense to crypto firm Genesis Global Trading
May 21, 2018 03:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
Genesis Global Trading, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, has received BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS), allowing it to offer digital currency trading...
HTC Creating a Blockchain Phone to Increase Cryptocurrency Nodes
May 18, 2018 18:04 pm UTC| Technology Digital Currency
As cryptocurrency and blockchain become more and more a household name, innovators are finding ways to ride the tidal wave that its created. A wave that can potentially bring in millions, if not billions, in cash given...
China Government announces Top 10 Cryptocurrencies
May 18, 2018 18:02 pm UTC| Digital Currency
China has recently released its top 10 public blockchain rating list, with Ethereum coming at the lead with a score of 129.4. The three criteria used in the assessment are technology, innovation, and...
China Government Crypto currency rankings
May 18, 2018 10:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
Chinas Ministry of Industry and Information technology has published its first cryptocurrency rankings based on three criteria technology, application, and innovation. They ranked Ethereum as the worlds best blockchain...
Blockchain startup Decentral announces Jaxx Liberty and a native token ‘Unity’
May 18, 2018 06:37 am UTC| Digital Currency
Canadian blockchain company Decentral has announced Decentral Project at the official after-party of crypto conference Consensus 2018. The company also unveiled the first three of the projects many initiatives: Jaxx...
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