Sanja Kon, CEO of Utrust, which is regulated in Estonia and currently processes payments in BTC, ETH, DASH and USDT, as well as its own UTK token and now Elrond eGold (EGLD), says merchants are much more amenable to settling in cryptocurrency these days. As far as earning yield on their crypto, Kon believes merchants want to invest in the blockchain universe. Source
Hedera’s public ledger consensus service was recently used to “gather, store, and order” millions of data points in a drone data trial sponsored by the United Kingdom government. As per an announcement, Hedera worked with Neuron Innovations, a London-based aviation technology company, to trial safe sharing of long-distance airspace by commercial, military, and government drones. Neuron has implemented an “aviation surveillance as a service” system to allow drones to seamlessly join existing air traffic. The aviation tech firm then utilized Hedera Network’s Hedera Consensus Service to “gather, store, and order”…
Pocket Network usage, as measured by the number of API calls processed by the protocol, has more than doubled on a monthly basis since last July. Weekly relays have increased from tens of thousands at the start of 2021 to over 2 billion in a single week in December, Pocket Network said in the press release. Source
The company said it’s the first Nasdaq-listed firm where shareholders have the option to receive a dividend with bitcoin. By paying in bitcoin, the company said it hopes to promote the adoption of crypto and blockchain technology. The move has been planned for a while, BTCS bought the bividend.com domain name in 2015. Source
New data from a crypto intelligence platform reveals that nearly 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC) left US-based crypto exchange Coinbase in the last seven days. Coinglass shows that Coinbase Pro users collectively withdrew 9,951 BTC worth $467.28 million in the last week alone as Bitcoin continues to struggle below the $50,000 level. The analytics firm also shows that Seychelles-based digital asset exchange OKEx recorded outflows of 2,196 BTC worth $103.12 million over the same timeframe. In the last 24 hours, OKEx users withdrew 748 BTC worth $35.12 million. While Coinbase and OKEx…
The stock exchange of Gibraltar, a British territory, has received a purchase offer by a blockchain firm called Valereum. The purchase, that is set to occur in the new year, if effective, might make the Gibraltar Stock Exchange the first bourse where cryptocurrencies and stocks could be traded with cryptocurrencies. Regulators are currently reviewing this offer. Gibraltar Could Become a Crypto Haven Gibraltar might make history as the territory in which the first mixed bourse, with crypto assets and stocks available for investors, operates. The main bourse of…
Chainalysis has announced that it plans to add bitcoin to its balance sheet. The news came as a surprise to crypto investors as it is usually expected that a firm so deeply ingrained in the blockchain technology ecosystem would own some crypto. According to the blog post on its website, the firm had previously not owned any cryptocurrencies and this will be the first time Chainalysis is purchasing BTC. Bitcoin has been purchased as an investment strategy by companies who are in and out of the blockchain space. The digital…
A law firm slammed BitClout with a Cease-and-Desist letter for using Brandon Curtis’s identity without consent. Controversial social network BitClout has received a cease-and-desist letter after the company conducted its financial round and added new investors. The legal warning addresses the alleged head of the social network Nadar Al-Naji for using the likeness of Brandon Curtis, the product lead at decentralized token exchange Rader Relay. BitClout Receives Cease-and-Desist Letter The law firm representing Curtis, Anderson Kill P.C. issued the cease-and-desist letter. The law firm said that Al-Naji breached California’s Civil…
Major financial institutions in Japan are moving into blockchain to streamline digital identity systems. Japan’s third-largest bank, Mizuho Bank, and local payment giant JCB are preparing to pilot a digital identity interoperability system based on blockchain technology. The new system will utilize a blockchain solution developed by Fujitsu Laboratories, Fujitsu announced on Oct. 15. The new joint initiative will allow the companies to verify mechanisms to securely transfer and link member ID information by multiple business operators. This data includes names, addresses and employers stored on a cloud platform built…
One of China’s largest chemical producers has launched a new Blockchain Warehouse Receipt Platform to help the industry combat the rising costs of operations and trade financing. An increased demand for more environmental and safety measures amid the pandemic has further driven costs up in China’s petrochemical trade. Small enterprises were already struggling to meet the credit conditions of financial lenders, as a lack of effective risk control and difficulties in securely tracking transaction processes of bulk commodities have led financial institutions to tighten lending on warehouse financing. Major players…