In February 2017, it was announced that 2 banks and 3 money transfer companies from 4 countries (India, Singapore, Brazil and Canada) will use the Ripple platform to make real-time international payments. Coinone, a South Korean -based cryptocurrency exchange, has recently announced that it will use Ripple’s blockchain network to carry out cross-border transactions. Coinone Transfer, which...
Emurgo, a Japan-based blockchain startup, announced today that Cardano will combine ADA currency with Metaps Plus. Metaps Plus is one of South Korea's largest payment platforms with a volume of 10 million phones performing offline transactions in South Korea. This partnership aims to integrate the ADA tokens into more than 40,000 offline stores with...
Colt and PCCW Global have found significant new members who will conduct a blockchain experiment to reduce costs in the telecommunications industry. First introduced in March 2018, the proof-of-concept (PoC) was developed with the help of Clear, a blockchain startup company, and provided the use of blockchain technology to make automate inter-carrier settlement of wholesale international...
According to a statement made on May 8th, the Ukrainian National Securities and Exchange Commission (SSMCS) is considering cryptocurrencies as a financial product. Commissioner Timur Khromaev shared this announcement on Facebook following the annual conference of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)  on cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). According to Khromaev, the crypto industry has made significant progress over the...
It is recorded that the Chinese Ministry of Public Security has developed a blockchain system to store the evidence that police gathered from the scene in a safer way. According to a statement by the Chinese Intellectual Property Office, the ministry's research arm applied for a patent application in November 2017. The subject of this application deals...
One of the known blockchain startups, Circle is soon launching Monero as a part of its investment application. Monero is a cryptocurrency that is known with its privacy-focus. Circle recently included Zcash to the investment application and now the payment platform announces that it will support Monero as well. With these developments,...
Winklevoss IP, another company of Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss , the founders of Gemini's cryptographic money exchange, has benn awarded a patent system that would allow ETPs (custodial investment products) to hold cryptocurrencies. In the news, Winklevoss IP has confirmed that the system for transferring products such as Bitcoin, Ether,...
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) will fund a national initiative by developing a Blockchian-based system. In the statement, it is stated that SET has decided to support the local initiatives, which will be Blockchain-based, in the country by establishing a fundraising market. The official announcement of this new service, named...
The first version of the new regulations called Casper, which makes it possible to make various changes and updates in the ethereum network, was published with the signatures of developers and regulators. Danny Ryan, also known as the name behind Casper, posted on GitHub version 0.1.0 , which will give...
Bytecoin yesterday wrote a history of 166% increase in a few hours after being listed on top stock exchanges like Binance and Poloniex . The coin has no withdrawals or deposits in the last 20 hours , and the coin is completely frozen. Many investors have lost thousands...