The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that South Korean technology giant Samsung is launching its new KlaytnPhone blockchain smartphone with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet. Sources familiar with the situation report that KlaytnPhone will be a variation of the recently released flagship Samsung Galaxy Note 10, which will support a cryptocurrency wallet and blockchain applications. Sales…
The development of the digital currency planned by People’s Bank of China (PBoC) continues at full speed. According to CoinDesk’s confidential sources, the plan is for it to be released before Libra enters the market. A dedicated team from the central bank’s Digital Currency Research Laboratory is now developing the system in a separate facility…
The Global Cross-Enterprise Trading Unit, Mastercard Track, will provide access to the Marco Polo blockchain platform for trade finance. The Marco Polo platform, developed based on the R3 Corda, was launched in 2017. At present, such large financial institutions as BNP, Commerzbank and ING have already joined it. Now more than 25 organizations work on…
The appointed governor of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, spoke again about digital and cryptocurrencies. At a hearing of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Lagarde answered a number of questions, including some regarding cryptocurrencies. Lagarde said he was in favor of exploring the idea proposed by the Governor of the…
Blockchain.com, known for their wallet and blockexplorer, has started a fund of 50 million dollars to invest in startups. Sam Harrison leads fund Yahoo Finance reported on this news on Wednesday and cited two sources that confirm that Sam Harrison of Blockchain is leading the fund. The Harrison LinkedIn profile shows that he came to…
European Central Bank (ECB) presidential candidate Christine Lagarde called for a balanced approach to regulating digital currencies. In a statement to the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Lagarde emphasized that central banks should ensure stability and security in the financial sector. However, at the same time, regulators should be “open to…
In the regular media it is often written that the transaction costs of bitcoin are too high. Bitcoin could never be a success if you have to pay a few euros extra in fee for a cup of coffee. However, there is a pin to get in between. For example, more than $ 55 million…
The hash rate of Bitcoin increases, while energy consumption decreases Bitcoin’s energy consumption (BTC) is becoming more and more efficient, as the hash rate of Bitcoin continues to reach record highs. Data from the Statistician aggregator shows that, despite the fact that more computing power is dedicated to Bitcoin mining, less electricity is needed to…
The price of bitcoin behaves like the author of this article. When he can be found in the snack bar, he cannot make a choice either. In fact, there has been no clear trend since July, is the price of bitcoin going up or down in the longer term? No time to read today? Then…
The speculative forecasts of Bitcoin prices always attract a lot of attention. In the last two years, these have ranged from collapsing to zero to those who have supported parabolic growth to one million dollars. The latest prediction is an analytical piece by entrepreneur Harold Christopher Burger, who analyzed the long-term natural growth corridor of…
