World Bank Taps Australia’s CommBank to Issue Its First Blockchain Bond

Online gaming giant Steam is kicking blockchain-based video games off its platform.Valve, the company behind Steam, updated its rules and guidelines yesterday to note that “applications built on blockchain technology that issue or allow exchange of cryptocurrencies or NFTs” will not be allowed to be published on its platform.SpacePirate Games, the creators behind Age of…

news A new patent application from IBM describes a blockchain-based web browser. Filed on August 6 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, IBM’s patent is for a web browser backed by a peer-to-peer network. The browser collects pre-specified information from web browsing sessions, according to the patent. The information is then transferred to…

Jun 16, 2020 at 12:19 UTCUpdated Jun 16, 2020 at 12:20 UTCBitcoin clocked highs near $9,600 this morning, having trapped bears on the wrong side of the market with a brief dip below $9,000 on Monday.  Analysts say a risk reset in the traditional markets fueled bitcoin’s rise from $8,900 to $9,580 in the last…

Bitcoin financial services firm Onramp has launched a spot bitcoin (BTC) trust for high net worth investors, that takes advantage of the cryptocurrency’s multi-signature (multisig) capability to enable what Onramp calls multi-party custody – where a group of separate custodians each hold a private key in a multisig arrangement.Onramp has recruited qualified custodian Kingdom Trust…

Nearly half of all initial coin offerings (ICOs) in 2017 and 2018 failed to raise any funds, while another 40 percent raised more than $1 million each, a new research report claims. Research and consulting firm GreySpark Partners studied the ICO market across the past several years, finding that as many as 890 token sales…

Brazil’s executive branch has designated the country’s Central Bank and its Securities Commission as responsible for overseeing the crypto market, according to a decree published on Wednesday.The Securities Commission will exercise control over assets considered securities, while the Central Bank will determine the rules that exchanges must follow, including licensing requirements to operate, the decree…

In the face of mounting urgency to address climate change, the quest for innovative solutions to foster sustainable growth and resilience is more critical than ever. Coming from the realm of digital currencies, blockchain technology emerges as a trailblazing force, poised to drive a transformative shift within the green economy and catalyze climate-friendly investment and…

news Trustology, the digital asset custody provider built by former bankers from UBS, BNY Mellon and Bank of America, has released a custodial wallet designed to brave the gamut of decentralized finance (DeFi). The first version of the wallet, a suite of technologies called TrustVault, looked like a straightforward crypto wallet phone app, but behind the scenes,…

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