Source: Adobe/torwaiphoto Sports fans heading to the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, will need to make use of blockchain technology – with organizers of the two-week-long competition set to issue all tickets using a blockchain network. Per China News, the organizers have struck a deal with Demai, an online ticketing platform that e-commerce giant […]
Haruhiko Kuroda. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bloomberg With regulators and financial chiefs around the world lining up to express their concerns and doubts over Facebook’s forthcoming Libra cryptocurrency, it looks like one of Japan’s biggest financial players would rather look on the bright side. At a press conference, Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko […]
Source: Adobe/dennizn Bancor, an on-chain liquidity protocol for Ethereum and other blockchains, has discovered a security vulnerability. The team informs that upon discovery it has used a white-hack attack to migrate all funds at risk to safety, and all user funds are secure. Trading within the system is now back to normal. (Updated at 14:30 […]
Source: Adobe/Tomasz Zajda The crypto market is hot right now, and rocketing coin prices are raising the stakes for new whale investors who are aiming to get a piece of decentralized finance (DeFi) by buying ethereum (ETH), according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. According to the latest analysis by Philip Gradwell, Chief Economist at Chainalysis, […]
Source: iStock/fotopoly After China announced its new focus on the blockchain technology last week, South Korea follows suit with additional investments. The country’s government will invest some USD 12.8 million in blockchain projects in 2020, the Ministry of Science and ICT has confirmed. Per Fn News, the ministry has outlined a range of spending plans […]