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Dec 19, 2019 at 12:11 UTCUpdated Dec 19, 2019 at 12:15 UTCAccounting multinational EY has released blockchain technology that it claims greatly reduces the cost of private transactions.In an announcement on Thursday, the firm said the third-generation of its zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) tech for the ethereum blockchain – originally dubbed Nightfall – is now available…

With more traders betting on bitcoin than tech stocks and ether briefly reaching an all-time high, CoinDesk’s Market’s Daily is back with the latest news roundup.Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here.This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.Today's stories: Bank of America’s January survey of fund managers indicated bitcoin is now seeing the most…

May 15, 2020 at 13:02 UTCCredit: Cineberg / Shutterstock.comVisa looks to be laying the groundwork for a future in which fiat currencies, like the U.S. dollar, could be easily turned into a central bank digital currency (CBDC).The California-based payments giant, which processes upwards of 100 million transactions every day on average, has filed a patent…

Crypto custodian Prime Trust invested millions in a stablecoin that then collapsed.CEO’s statement the latest in a series of mismanagement allegations to plague the crypto sector.Crypto custodian Prime Trust lost $6 million of client funds and $2 million from its own treasury in a doomed investment in the terraUSD algorithmic stablecoin, CEO Jor Law said…

news Prime Trust won’t charge its clients to custody digital assets any longer. The Nevada trust company announced Thursday that, effective immediately, it had lowered its fee for storing cryptocurrencies and tokens to $0, in line with what it charges to custody stocks and bonds. Prime Trust began to custody crypto assets last year, when it offered cold storage…

Sep 30, 2020 at 10:07 UTCUpdated Sep 30, 2020 at 10:09 UTC(Antonio Zugaldia / Wikimedia Commons)A token for rewarding content on a specific Reddit forum now has the unusual honor of being thousands of times bigger than the entire global economy… kind of.MOON, a community token for the r/Cryptocurrency subreddit, technically has a market cap…

An Indian court has ordered the takedown of websites using Mudrex's brand to scam people. The Ministry of Communications was given a week to comply with the order. Cryptocurrency exchange Mudrex won a court order asking India's Ministry of Communication to take down as many as 38 websites using the company's name to carry out

Atlas Protocol is getting initial backing from Softbank China Capital and BV (Baidu Venture), who are betting on onchain data as a marketing asset.

NEWS Oct 11, 2018 at 12:00 UTC The People's Bank of China (PBoC) is looking to recruit blockchain tech and legal experts as it continues development of its central bank digital currency. According to various employment ads posted on Tuesday, the central bank is currently hiring four engineers with expertise on system architecture, chip design, blockchain…