Stakeholders urge Nigeria to adopt compliance-focused crypto regulation

A high-profile UK Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) has resigned from two blockchain-related positions after media investigations into an allegedly undisclosed pay deal for his advisory role in a blockchain startup, FT Alphaville reported yesterday, August 1. Grant Shapps, the former chair of the Conservative party until his resignation in the throes of a 2015…

Private-sector behemoths in Japan are exploring digital currencies as a way to streamline large fund transfers and settlements. 264 Total views 19 Total shares A consortium of roughly 70 Japanese companies, including the country’s biggest financial institutions, have joined forces to trial and launch a new yen-based digital currency in fiscal 2022, sending a strong…

On Jan. 25, United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump ended the partial government shutdown, albeit temporarily. As a result of the funding package he signed on Friday, the government will be open for three weeks.While the future still seems unclear for U.S. government facilities, which are now returning to work after the 35-day standoff between…

ConsenSys has partnered with China’s Blockchain-based Service Network to accelerate the enterprise adoption of Ethereum apps in China. 1643 Total views 12 Total shares ConsenSys, one of the world’s largest blockchain software companies, has partnered with the Blockchain-based Service Network, a Chinese government-backed nationwide blockchain project,As part of the partnership, ConsenSys’ Ethereum-based distributed ledger protocol…

1. What is a zero-knowledge proof? A zero-knowledge proof is a digital protocol that allows for data to be shared between two parties without the use of a password or any other information associated with the transaction. In its most basic sense, a zero-knowledge proof (also commonly referred to as ZKP) can be thought of…

Bitcoin (BTC) suddenly fell another 7% on March 16 as a new week opened with fresh coronavirus turmoil across global markets.Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360BTC price sheds $1.4K in a dayData from Coin360 and Cointelegraph Markets showed BTC/USD abruptly crashing 7% in Monday trading, having already sealed 8% 24-hour losses.At press time, the pair…

Despite Bitcoin dropping 21% from its all-time high, the majority of Bitcoin held in wallets hasn't been sold or moved for the last six months.

It’s counterintuitive for a CEO to defend a competitor, particularly when that competitor is rolling out a feature similar to one we pioneered years ago. But given the debacle around Ledger’s new “Ledger Recover” feature, it’s time to provide a balanced perspective.The company is under fire for releasing an update to its wallet firmware that…