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Leading Swiss online retailer Digitec Galaxus has announced that customers are now able to make purchases worth over CHF 200 (about $200) in cryptocurrency. Adrian Zmudzinski (Cointelegraph) explains that the system opens 15-minute-time windows for customers, during...

Samsung SDS, the Internet technology solutions unit of Samsung Group, has launched a new platform, called Deliver, which connects different blockchains such as Ethereum and Hyperledger. The platform is currently used for export but it could soon be applied in various...

Alzbeta Klein (Axios) lists the advantages of the blockchain in monitoring the steps that follow the Paris Agreement. The technology can verify if and how objectives have been achieved. Moreover, data collected can be updated by users at any time. Another essential...

Theodoric Meyer (Politico) analyzes the growing phenomenon of blockchain lobbies. The number almost tripled within a year (from the end of 2017 to the end of 2018). Part of lobbying on blockchain issues is about positioning clients in front of members of Congress and...

IBM has launched an international blockchain-based payment network using the Stellar protocol. Rachel Wolfson (Forbes) explains that transactions are carried out in real time in dozens of countries using cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. Six international banks have...

Joseph Young (CCN) reports a news published in fnnews, a mainstream financial media outlet in South Korea. Kakao, the biggest digital conglomerate in the country, has included a crypto wallet to allow cryptocurrency sending, receiving and storage. The decision of the...

Commercial Bank became the first one in Qatar to use the blockchain thanks to the collaboration with R3, an American blockchain-based software company.Robin Marshall, Chief IT Officer at Commercial Bank, said that the bank has taken this step as it is already very...

Starting this year, French commercial courts will use a blockchain-based platform to improve the national judicial system. Ana Alexandre (Cointelegraph) explains that in a pilot project the National Council of Clerks reduced the time needed to update the registry from...

Blockchain is favoring the transition to a financial ecosystem in which banks are disappearing and cash is less and less used. Technology can bring benefits especially in the developing world and in small to middle-income countries, where regulated financial services...

Chrissa McFarlane (Forbes) underlines the importance of consortia formed by various organizations, sometimes even competitors, to increase interoperability and bring more efficiency while maintaining a high level of privacy and security. In healthcare all the actors...

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) made a deal with crypto security firm to monitor the risk of financial crimes. Daniel Palmer (Coindesk) explains that the suspect wallets will be analyzed through the blockchain and the MFSA will track the risks related to...

With the possible launch of the stable coins by Facebook and Telegram, it is time to regulate stable coins. Ike Brannon (Forbes) lists the advantages guaranteed by economic transactions on blockchain: money transfers in real time and in a safer and cheaper way. The...