June 2019

Interbank messaging giant SWIFT will soon allow DLT-based trade platforms to make use of its GPI platform for traceable, near-instant payments.

Earlier, the Pound Sterling retreated from the earlier struck 1-month peak but analysts say that was really attributed to a Dollar selloff more than any single event.

Michael Arrington has also dived into blockchain capital investments with his $100m firm, Arrington XRP Capital.

Facebook is seeking a data professional to work on its crypto wallet Calibra, as well as a policy specialist to help with regulatory hurdles.

Bitcoin appears to be powering to the best second quarter price gain on record and the best quarterly performance overall since late 2017.

The Government of New Zealand plans to introduce a deposit protection regime that would protect the New Zealand citizens if a bank collapsed, according to the Finance Minister Grant Robertson.

The Bank for International Settlements has expressed concerns over the expected disruption as big tech firms like Facebook enter the financial space.

This is a post about a lossless DAI lottery called PoolTogether. But it’s really about how Facebook’s Libra project will make money for its big backers.

Global markets headed broadly higher on Monday, with bitcoin enjoying the biggest gains as the cryptocurrency traded above the $11,000 mark for the first time since March 2018.

The buck stops with Zuck in the looming fight between the world’s governments and Facebook over Libra.