Tether introduces 'Hadron' real-world asset tokenization platform

Only seven weeks after leaving Coinbase’s legal team, Brian P. Brooks will be taking over at the U.S. Treasury’s banking-focused bureau. 956 Total views 33 Total shares Per a May 21 announcement from the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), former chief legal counsel at Coinbase Brian P. Brooks will step…

The number of Americans who own cryptocurrencies has almost doubled in 2019, from 7.95% in 2018 to 14.4%, according to a new survey by Finder.36.5 million Americans own cryptoFinder, an Australia-based financial services firm, has surveyed 2,068 Americans to figure out that 36.5 million people in the United States own some form of crypto to…

Memecoin buyers are playing the crypto-equivalent of Powerball — with many "playing" hoping for "life-changing money" yet only a few will walk away with the jackpot, says Matrixport’s head of research.Memecoins have seen a huge resurgence over the last week. Crypto tokens such as Pepe (PEPE) and Milady (LADYS) have boasted staggering price surges despite…

Samsung SDS, the IT subsidiary of global tech giant Samsung, has announced a joint initiative to launch a new blockchain-based traceability product.To develop the new project, Samsung SDS partnered with American software firm Pega and Tech Mahindra, a subsidiary of major Indian multinational conglomerate holding company Mahindra Group, according to a press release on Oct.…

Greta Menzies, the co-founder of Chain Collective, says that blockchain can change the “economics of data between consumers and businesses.” 51 Total views 1 Total shares Web2 lets big tech companies collect consumer data without paying the people behind the statistics. However, the advent of Web3 technologies may change the way data is collected and…

The move comes after Polygon allocated $1 billion to the advancement of zero knowledge technology. 847 Total views 29 Total shares On Monday, Polygon (MATIC), a layer-two Ethereum (ETH) scaling solution that is known for its fast transaction times and negligible gas fees, announced the launch of Plonky2, a zero-knowledge scaling technology, claimed to be…

Bitcoin (BTC) changed the world as a decentralized and non-governmental form of currency that can facilitate peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions that transcend national borders. But, despite this functionality, Bitcoin’s role as a payment mechanism has been called into question due to its low transaction throughput.The Bitcoin blockchain can handle up to seven transactions per second, which means…

The operator of a Bulgarian crypto exchange has received a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering in connection with an Eastern European cybercrime syndicate. 2539 Total views 16 Total shares Rossen Iossifov, the convicted owner of the RG Coins crypto exchange platform has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for money laundering.As previously reported by…