Mastercard Launches Crypto Credential Service for Cross Border Transfers

The asset management giant BlackRock’s (BLK) clients have “a little bit” interest in Ethereum, compared to bitcoin (BTC), head of digital assets Robert Mitchnick said.“I can say that for our client base, bitcoin is overwhelmingly the number one focus and a little bit Ethereum,” he said during a fireside chat at the Friday Bitcoin Investor

news In a daring, if baffling, evening raid thieves allegedly broke into the so-called Bitcoin Embassy on Formans Road in the U.K. city of Birmingham. The thieves attacked at 10pm on July 15, according to the Birmingham Mail. Recorded and posted to Facebook, the daring late-evening attack netted the thieves what looked like, at first,…

Jul 17, 2020 at 10:29 UTCUpdated Jul 17, 2020 at 10:34 UTCThailand Already Using Central Bank’s Digital CurrencyA senior figure at the Bank of Thailand (BOT) has confirmed they are already using a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for transactions with some businesses. Vachira Arromdee, the central bank's assistant governor, told reporters Wednesday they planned…

The first major arrest of a prominent messaging or social media company CEO may not be the last, Galaxy said. Telegram and Durov were probably resisting takedown or information requests, the report said. Some of the charges could be linked to Telegram's integration with TON or the blockchain's presumed use in illegal activity, Galaxy said.

Hyperbolic, one of the newer contenders in the race to apply blockchain tech to artificial intelligence, has raised $7 million in a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital and Lightspeed Faction. The AI boom has strained the global supply chain for graphics processing units (GPUs) and other hardware used to train AI models. Surging

Uniswap Labs, the team behind the decentralized finance (DeFi) juggernaut Uniswap, announced its vision for the next iteration of its crypto exchange platform: Uniswap v4.For the first time ever, Uniswap Labs is inviting community feedback on Uniswap v4 before its public launch. This strategy, focused on community input, is meant to underscore Uniswap's dedication to…

news Facebook’s Libra must achieve the highest standards of U.S. regulatory compliance prior to any launch, a U.S. Treasury official has said. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Switzerland, Sigal Mandelker, under secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, said not only Libra, but other cryptocurrencies operating in all or part of the U.S. will…

Jul 23, 2020 at 09:03 UTCUpdated Jul 23, 2020 at 09:16 UTC(Bumble Dee/Shutterstock)The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed two amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that could boost the use of blockchain technology in the nation’s military. While the amendments are yet to be set in stone, and are pending approval…

Mar 31, 2020 at 19:50 UTCUpdated Mar 31, 2020 at 20:11 UTCLightning Labs co-founder Olaoluwa Osuntokun at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin. (Credit: Lightning Labs)Bitcoin’s Lightning Becomes Latest Protocol to Court Publishers With MicropaymentsThe trouble with bitcoin payments these days may be a lack of spenders, not spending opportunities. On Monday, the Silicon Valley bitcoin…