The XRP ledger network now has the ability to delete wallets, thanks to a community vote. XRP users can now delete their wallets on the XRP network if they so desire — an update put in place after the community majority voted in favor of the change. “After maintaining an 80% consensus during the mandatory…
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A Chainlink node operator has moved its data to a new “unstoppable” domain on the Ethereum blockchain. A Chainlink (Link) node provider is launching an “unstoppable” domain with oracalized crypto price feeds. Vulcan Link is placing Chainlink’s crypto price feeds on a “.crypto” domain. The domains are sold by Unstoppable Domains and reside on the…
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Euro symbol in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. After years of discussions over the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) and its controversial quantitative easing program, Germany’s Constitutional Court has decided that it has some legal challenges. However, German’s top court ruled that the ECB can continue purchasing bonds and…
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Several exchanges gained regulatory paperwork, VC Trade exchange announced a 1,700% spike in pre-tax fiscal year profit, and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan included Rakuten Wallet, GMO Coin and DMM crypto exchanges achieving regulatory registration, SBI Holdings’ VC Trade exchange announcing a 1,700% increase in fiscal year…
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The Stellar Development Foundation unveiled a partnership with Elliptic, adding transparency capabilities for Stellar-based businesses. The Stellar Development Foundation, or SDF, a non-profit tasked with fostering Stellar’s network growth, unveiled new ties with crypto risk-management operation, Elliptic, on April 30. The partnership sees the SDF calling on Elliptic’s crypto risk expertise for businesses and financial institutions…
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How did you celebrate your seventh birthday? With a cake, party games and balloons? Not so for the biggest crypto market data provider CoinMarketCap, whose operators decided to fete the seventh anniversary of the site’s founding by asking all-comers to take part in a roast on that most unforgiving of platforms, Twitter. In an accompanying…
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The Cryptoverse aims to change (or replace) the traditional financial sector, but at the same time it suffers from the same problem – both sectors are heavily dominated by men. But it seems that it is already changing as new data shows that more women are getting interested in this nascent industry. The largest crypto…
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It is the start of a new month all over the world, but in Japan, it may the start of a new era for the crypto industry, as a set of new legal amendments comes into force, changing the way that businesses dealing with cryptoassets need to operate in the country. As of May 1,…
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Source: a video screnshot, Youtube/FRANCE24 English As conventional currencies struggle to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, citizens around the world are railing against traditional finance, and looking for new alternatives to cash. In Europe, an Italian town has taken to minting its own currency in a bid to save the local economy. Euronews reports that…
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The Russian government has revealed plans that could see it gain access to citizens’ confidential banking data – in a development that some think will drive Russians a step closer to cryptocurrencies. The move comes shortly after forecasts indicated that socially distancing Russians, whose coronavirus lockdown has now been extended until at least May 11,…
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