Cryptocurrency & Blockchain breaking news

As Bitminer Factory is approaching the launch of their ICO — Initial Contract Offering on the 21st of July, here is an overview of the work our Operations Team is undertaking this month.

Smart technology firm OraSaifu has announced a new payment product in the form of a multi-cryptocurrency hardware wallet secured by high-grade security. The digital card screen display wallet will be expected to hit global markets in mid-July 2018.

As crypto payments become more widespread, B2Broker continues to permeate the space with its cryptocurrency payment gateway solution.

Ubank (https://www.ubank.ru/), the leading mobile payment app in Eastern Europe,  introduced the first version of Ubcoin Market (https://ubcoin.io/en/product#universe) - a global peer-to-peer platform that is designed to bring 200 mln new investors to crypto. Ubcoin is an eBay-like Ethereum-powered marketplace that allows people to exchange real goods for cryptocurrency and vice versa. Ubcoin will be part of the Ubank mobile app that is pre-installed by Samsung in 10 countries and has over 16 mln installations worldwide. In July 2018 Ubank announced that it started partnership with LG Electronics about having Ubank available for LG users.

One day, it will be possible for all consumers to charge their purchased items on their charge card or credit cards using cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. Mastercard won a patent on July 17 to bergh a method that would properly manage "fractional reserves of all blockchain currency." At this moment in time, all Mastercard bearers can only pay for items using official currency the government has announced as legal tender, said the Mastercard's Senior Vice President for communications, Seth Eisen.

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, don't at present set an economic menace to world stability but need "watchful monitoring" as the whole market is quickly changing, according to an international forum on financial regulation. The Financial Stability Board (FSB), based in Basel, Switzerland, said that the extremely fickle currencies bring up much interest about investor and consumer protection and that the data on financial institutions' exposure to crypto remains rare.

The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Program has proclaimed that blockchain and crypto will be part of the curriculum, a visible indication that cryptocurrencies have grasped Wall Street's big attention. Cryptocurrency topics will immediately be put under a fresh reading known as "Fintech in Investment Management," side by side with subjects like Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

TRUTH, the blockchain media arm of RYVL, an agile marketing and communications network, has built an alpha, blockchain-powered digital data platform - the Truth Data Cloud. It uses smart contracts and AI to bring transparency to the trade in digital consumer data by advertisers and agencies. giving the consumer ultimate control of who uses it.

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has consulted over 120 member states, financial market industries, and other societies on the matter of a new rapidly-growing fintech. As a result, a panel of 20 experts was arranged to explore possible ways of blockchain development in the digital area.