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September 15, 2018 brings the post-industrial financial world to a ten-year milestone. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was officially shuttered on this day in 2008, rocking the entire planet. The event occurred just 110 days before a revolution its collapse helped to spawn: Bitcoin. A little-known economic philosopher, Ludwig von Mises, tried to warn many years ahead … Read more
The owner of cryptocurrency mining electric bicycle retailer, 50cycles, recently had his company’s accounts with HSBC and Barclays frozen within hours of transacting on peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading platform, Locabitcoins. Also Read: P2P Exchange Options Increasing for Crypto Traders in India HSBC and Barclays Freeze Accounts of 50cycles Scott Snaith, the owner of cryptocurrency mining electric bicycle … Read more
In a chilling but sadly all-too-familiar sequence of events, UK banks have been targeting cryptocurrency owners. Individuals who have cashed out large amounts of cryptocurrency – legitimately – have had their assets frozen and accounts locked without warning, fueled by fears of money laundering and a general distrust of bitcoin. One victim even claims to … Read more
U.K. investment bank Barclays is sponsoring a blockchain hackathon in order to find solutions to increase the efficiency of derivatives contracts post-trade processing Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Bitcoin has today seen seen solid growth to break back above $7,000, with Ethereum at $410 and most major crypto assets in the green Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Media attention sees Barclays appear to cover up crypto involvement, as two employees delete information from LinkedIn about a digital assets project at the bank Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The UK’s Barclays, arguably the most powerful international corporate bank in the world, filed two crypto-related patents this week. The 300 year-old legacy bank gobbled up exclusivity over cryptocurrency transfers and distributed ledger data storage. There appears to be a trend for companies, both in and out of the ecosystem, aiming to lock up the … Read more
Barclays has filed two patent applications relating to the transfer of digital currency and blockchain, published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
If you thought that only proof of work coins were susceptible to double spending attacks, you haven’t met tether. The world’s ninth largest crypto by market cap and second largest by volume is meant to be a haven in a sea of uncertainty, but even it’s not immune to jiggery-pokery, as we’ll learn in today’s … Read more
Ajit Tripathi of ConsenSys, formerly of Wall Street, compares crypto to a misbehaving — but learning — teenager and regulators to his parents in an interview with CT Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
