Singapore’s Central Bank Hires Accenture for Blockchain Interbank Payments Prototype
Professional services and consultancy giant Accenture has been appointed by Singapore’s central bank to develop a prototype blockchain solution for interbank payments.
Earlier this month,...
Terminally-ill Man Borrows over $300,000 to Invest in Bitcoin, is a Millionaire Now
Back in May, CCN covered the story of a redditor that went by “gingerbreadfutters.” The redditor published a thread in which he claimed to...
Australia’s Bitcoin Regulation Bill Gets the Green Light
Australian authorities are making progress with revisions to the AML/CTF bill which will include bitcoin exchanges under the scope of Australian legislation for the...
Ethereum Executes Byzantium Blockchain Software Upgrade
Ethereum has officially updated.
At 05.22 UTC, the fifth hard fork to occur on ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, enacted a batch...
Blockchain and Smart Cities: On the Way to the Second Capital of China
On Oct. 14, Peng Yijie, a powerful Chinese businessman, visited Chen Gang, the Communist Party Secretary of Xiong'an New Area and Vice Governor of Hebei Province.
Peng...
Estonia – Just One of Global Cryptography ‘Factorization’ Victims
A cryptography security flaw, present in 750,000 Estonian e-Residency cards and elsewhere, has a five-year history, researchers say.
Since news broke earlier this year that the code...
