Coming from a University Education in Computer Science, I am interested in blockchains and Bitcoin since 2014 and even mined at the time. The rumors of Bitcoin bubble made me run away, but I have com
The Japanese police agency said it received 669 reports of suspected money laundering using cryptocurrency. They have been since eight months to 2017. According to Japan’s Nikkei Asia Review , the country’s National Police Agency (NPA) released a report on Thursday. It indicating that cases were reported from April...
Ripple today announced a new alliance with five banks, remittance agencies in four different countries. Itaú Unibanco in Brazil, IndusInd in India, InstaReM in Singapore, Beetech in Brazil, Zip Remit in Canada will incorporate ripple platform to help real-time international payment. IndesInd, InstaReM, Itaú Unibanco will use xCurrent for real-time...
Florida yacht dealer Denison Yachting announced that it would be possible to purchase high-end yachts that were in Miami International Boat Show using bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. CEO of the Denison Yachting Bob Denison said, “It is our job as the dealer or broker to make purchases as easy as...
The cyber security team in Cisco reports that the Ukrainian hacker group called Coinhoarder steals a $50 million cryptocurrency from a user of Bitcoin Wallet’s from Blockchain.info. It’s a simple thing to purchase Google’s ads for cryptocurrency related searches and direct it to a fake Blockchain....
Ripple announced today an agreement with the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA). As SAMA will support Ripple’s cross-border payment technology for banks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). SAMA and Ripple have created a pilot program to support KSA banks to use the xCurrent. Ripple solution that enables...
In an interview with CNN Money International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) Managing Director Christine Lagarde stated that cryptocurrency has many dark activity behind the scene, so the IMF tries to prevent their use for money laundering or terrorist financing. She said We are actively engaged in anti money laundering and countering...
