Tom Mutton, director of financial technology development at the Bank of England, said at the Future of Fintech conference that government digital currencies would be the safest money. Mutton said that before the …
Analysts at the U.S. investment bank Morgan Stanley estimate that if the digital euro is widely adopted, it could “absorb” about 8% of funds from banks operating in the European Union. The researchers’ …
Shares of mining companies fell to their lowest levels in recent months in mid-May, but such securities have since shown significant recovery. Since May 21, shares of Riot Blockchain, Marathon Patent Group, and …
Goldman Sachs, a large investment bank, announced plans to launch trading with Ethereum futures and options. The products are expected to appear on the bank’s platform in the coming months. According to Goldman …
Tesla will resume selling electric cars for bitcoin when it is confirmed that at least half of the miners have switched to renewable energy, Elon Musk said. The price of digital gold rose …
The governor of Texas has signed a new law amending and adapting commercial law to account for blockchain and digital assets, as well as defining virtual currencies. Late last week, Texas Governor Greg …
Payments company Square and Blockstream will form a joint venture to mine BTC using solar energy to demonstrate that Bitcoin mining can be environmentally friendly. Under the terms of the agreement, Square will …
NortonLifeLock, a major U.S. information security company, has added support for Ethereum mining to its cloud platform. Currently, only selected customers of the Norton 360 platform have access to the feature. In the …
The European Central Bank (ECB) has released a major report in which analysts assess the international role of the euro and discuss the prospects of digital currencies. The report’s authors believe that central …
Tesla’s rival, Canadian electric car maker Daymak, plans to release a Spiritus car that will mine BTC and DOGE cryptocurrencies while it’s parked. According to Daymak, the future Spiritus electric vehicle will include …
For the fourth month in a row, the volume of trading on cryptocurrency exchanges exceeds $1 trillion, and in May, for the first time in history, the volume exceeded $2 trillion. The total …
Sweden’s central bank is working with the commercial bank Handelsbanken to test the digital krone and the ability to process payments in the state cryptocurrency. In April, the Swedish Central Bank said it …
