Monthly Archives: May 2019

Big Four audit firm Ernst & Young (EY) is providing its proprietary blockchain solution for a major new platform that helps consumers across Asia determine the quality, provenance and authenticity of imported European wines. The news was revealed in an official EY press release on May 23.The e-commerce platform, dubbed Tattoo, has been developed for…

China updated its cryptocurrency rankings on May 23 — with eos retaining the top spot and bitcoin moving up three places.The government-sponsored index assessed each blockchain on three criteria: technology, application and innovation.Joining EOS in the top five was tron, ether, steem and ontology.Despite its dominance in the crypto industry overall, Bitcoin was in 12th…

On May 24, New York-based blockchain firm ConsenSys released a new Blockchain and DApp Developer Job Kit to help aspiring Ethereum blockchain developers enter the market.Citing Linkedin’s 2018 U.S Emerging Jobs Report, Consensys notes that blockchain developer rotes have topped the professional network’s list for highest-growth positions in 2018, ostensibly increasing 33-fold in prevalence as…

Korea’s oldest bank, Shinhan Bank, has launched a blockchain-enabled lending platform to speed up the loan process, South Korean news agency Yonhap reports on May 27.Shinhan Bank’s blockchain-powered loan system intends to boost cost and time efficiencies in the lending process, reportedly enabling the public to apply for loans online and get their credits without…

E-cash inventor David Chaum says he believes the real killer app for blockchain and cryptocurrencies will be privacy-oriented messaging systems integrated with payments. Chaum made his remarks in an interview on the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast on May 27.Chaum — a trailblazing American cryptographer who invented a secure, privacy-preserving digital currency back in 1982 —…

An app that claims to give users the chance to earn $45 a day in free bitcoin (BTC) is a scam, according to a tweet by an “independent malware hunter” posted on May 20.The software, known as Bitcoin Collector, is advertised on a website that supposedly enables users to share a unique URL with their friends with payouts of…

A unit of German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom will work with Binance-listed project Fetch.AI (FET) to develop decentralized IoT network innovations, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 22.Fetch.AI, a Cambridge-based tech startup, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Deutsche Telekom’s T-Labs to build and implement autonomous agents (AEAs) on…

A GitHub user seeming uploaded the first version of the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain light client on May 25.Per the readme information file on GitHub, the client — if configured properly — connects to a full node for the TON blockchain testnet and sends some queries to it. The apparent existence of a testnet…

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Taotao will launch its trading service on May 30, Cointelegraph Japan reported Monday, quoting a social media update.Taotao, which is 40% owned by internet giant Yahoo! Japan’s YJFX, will initially offer trading in bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH).Margin trading will also be available in litecoin (LTC), XRP and bitcoin cash (BCH) in…

Monday, May 27 —  following a mild correction yesterday, the crypto markets have seen strong positive momentum today, with bitcoin (BTC) soaring to its highest price point in over a year. Virtually all of the top 50 cryptocurrencies are seeing solid green, as Coin360 data shows.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360Bitcoin has reported over 9% in…