A research by Matt Alhborg, a data-scientist and researcher at dlab.vc during a black-out in Venezuela reveals how Venezuela dominates the crypto scene is South America. It also suggests that Bitcoin…
Continue ReadingBlockchain start-up and XRP proponent Ripple says it’s raised a $200 million investment round, lifting its valuation to $10 billion. Despite this move, critics worry whether Ripple and its XRP…
Continue ReadingZhou Xiaochuan, former governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), believes that digital currency and blockchain should continue to be a focus for China moving forward, citing the use…
Continue ReadingAn estimate by the World Bank pegged 2016’s global remittance market at $573 billion, and a whopping $422 billion of that went to developing countries. The simple act of transferring…
Continue ReadingFive major banks in South Korea have joined the Interbank Information Network (IIN) — JPMorgan’s blockchain payments project. This news further increases the Asian presence in the IIN initiative. Over…
Continue ReadingThe Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) announced a successful trial of instant cross-border transfers in Asia in a press release published on July 18. Per the release, the…
Continue ReadingTimothy Cook Draper, popularly known as Tim Draper, is an American venture capital investor and early Bitcoin investor. He has for long supported cryptocurrencies and reiterated the same in a…
Continue ReadingFacebook’s cryptocurrency project is gathering steam as the Social Media Giant is expected to make formal announcements on the project by the end of this month. The reports that have…
Continue ReadingDash is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, aimed towards providing low-cost remittances around the world. The Dash Core team under CEO Ryan Taylor, responsible for the development and adoption of Dash has…
Continue ReadingThe US White House is reportedly planning to target remittance payments made by illegal Mexican immigrants in an attempt to curb the inflow of illegal arrivals through the southern border.…
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