Six EU Nations Sign Agreement to Regulate Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
The Government of Malta this week announced the signing of a joint declaration of cooperation on Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT). They joined a group of six other Southern...
AI Requires the Computational Capacity that Blockchain Provides
Centralized data servers might not cope with the power AI needs. At best, they can be least slow and expensive. Could blockchain-based decentralized marketplaces for computational...
World Bank Group Chief Says Blockchain Has ‘Huge Potential’ After Bond Success
The president of the World Bank has said Blockchain holds “huge potential” and that “embracing technology” is essential to it meeting its aims. Kim: World Bank ‘Not...
XRP is Not Being Used By Banks, Ripple Exec Says
Ripple chief cryptographer David Schwartz has said the company’s payment system “is not a distributed ledger,” while revealing doubts from banks about Blockchain. ‘We...
Colorado: A Tale of Two Blockchain Bills
Forget the Rocky Mountains. The US state of Colorado is hoping to make a name for itself as a blockchain hub in America. They’ve put through two bills supporting this, but only one...
BBVA Issues First Ever Corporate Loan on the Distributed Ledger
Spain’s Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), a multinational Spanish banking group, has officially become the first global bank to issue a loan using Bitcoin’s...
UK Banks – scared of the regulator… or competition?
It is a fact that UK banks are unwilling to provide their services to distributed ledger technology (DLT) companies. However, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has questioned...
Cambridge University Acknowledges Need For Blockchain Education
For the longest time, there has been a shift in though from Bitcoin to blockchain in the financial world. The increasing Bitcoin hype poses one interesting question: what is...
R3 CEV Is Only The First Step of Distributed Ledger Technology In Finance
To many people, it seems inevitable that the blockchain will be a part of global financial services in the years to come. With multiple financial players actively working on projects...
Bank of England Considers Distributed Ledger Technology To Revamp UK Financial Infrastructure
Hardly anyone can deny the financial ecosystem will need to undergo an overdue change sooner rather than later. The legacy system is not able to keep up with growing consumer demands...