As reported by leading Ethereum block explorer Etherscan, Ethereum hit over 1mn daily transactions on 28 June, the first time since May 2018 (see Exhibit 1). Exhibit 1: Daily Transactions of Ethereum Source: Etherscan There were 1,004,170 transactions confirmed on the Ethereum blockchain on 28 June, yet it is still lower than the peak on … Continue reading Ethereum Hit 1 million Daily Transactions since May 2018
After bidding a record $4.57 million for lunch with Warren Buffet, Justin Sun – the founder of Tron Foundation announced on Tuesday on his Weibo social media platform that he had to cancel the charity lunch, which was originally set for Thursday in San Francisco. Justin has been a well-known entrepreneur in China’s cryptocurrency community, … Continue reading Barred from Leaving China? Tron Founder Justin Sun Surfaces in San Francisco
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States once again delayedon deciding on the three Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposals according to the release of documents from the regulatory agency on Monday. The three ETFs proposed earlier in the year include Bitwise Asset Management, VanEck/Solid X and Wilshire Phoenix filed with exchanges NYSE Arca … Continue reading SEC Reschedules Decision-Making on Bitcoin ETF Proposals
Samsung’s Galaxy S10 range launched in March with the “Blockchain Keystore” feature offering the storage of cryptocurrencies and transactions for Ether and ERC-20 tokens. Samsung recently added Bitcoin to the Blockchain Keystore, on the blockchain-enabled smartphones. The newly added bitcoin features to the developer kit are available on the S10 models, as well as the Note10 and Note10+ devices. The … Continue reading Samsung Silently Adds Bitcoin Support for Blockchain Phones
Whatsapp, the Facebook-owned messaging platform has been engaging in preliminary talks with multiple Fintech establishments to launch digital payments in Indonesia. The digital payment system by Whatsapp could become the second country globally where it will be launched, as reported by Reuters. Facebook’s dealings with digital wallets could become a template for Whatsapp to adopt in other emerging markets … Continue reading Whatsapp is Close to Launching Digital Payments in Indonesia
Multinational banking giant, HSBC has reportedly become the first bank to complete a financial transaction using the blockchain trade platform, we.trade based in Europe. Based in Dublin and established in 2017, we.trade is a blockchain trade platform that runs on the IBM Hyperledger Fabric. The platform allows clients to manage, track, and securely open account trade transactions between SMEs in Europe. … Continue reading HSBC Becomes the First Bank to Finance Transaction via Hyperledger
The electronics giant Samsung, according to a press release on September 2, has revealed its intentions to present it’s blockchain-based corporate strategy next month at the annual Samsung Developer Conference 2019 in San Josè, California. The annual Samsung Developer Conference This recent update made by Samsung was followed by a move made last week, where … Continue reading Samsung to Expose Its Well-Crafted Blockchain Strategy In Annual Developers Conference
HKEX formally announced today its intention to merge with the London Stock Exchange Group. We are early in the process so I can’t go into too much detail at this stage, but after many months of consideration we believe we have put forward a proposal that is ambitious, far-reaching, and could have a transformative effect on global … Continue reading HKEX Executive Director, Chief Executive: The LSEG-HKEX Merger Proposal in Context
According to an announcement made yesterday, Moneygram had liaised with Visa with plans to launch a peer-to-peer debit card service. This was made known in the details of the recent news of the acquisition of payment service operator MoneyGram by Ripple. There was a lot of anticipation by the XRP community that this debit card … Continue reading Visa's New Debit Card Rumored to Use XRP for Payments
Bitcoin can be seen to continually reach the state of mass adoption as its recognition begins to enter the world football. The Bitcoin (BTC) symbol will now appear on the shirt sleeve of the football players of the Watford Football Club. The Premier League team had also made it known that it would accept bitcoin … Continue reading Bitcoin Begins to Attain Better Mass Adoption Status as Watford Accepts It in Sales of Merchandise