PR: Propy Launches the First Pilot in the US for Blockchain Land Registry

Propy Inc. (Palo Alto, California, USA) announced, that they had launched a pilot project to develop a global real estate conveyance management system and global real estate data model as a blockchain. The blockchain-based solution would revolutionize global real estate purchasing and registration processes worldwide, according to the company. The post PR: Propy Launches the … Read more

Why Venezuela’s New National Cryptocurrency El Petro Will Fail

Washington and legacy media are in a tizzy about Venezuela reportedly thwarting international sanctions by way of a dreaded state-backed cryptocurrency. A closer look reveals several stumbling blocks for the Bolivarian Republic: nonexistent reserves, hyperinflation, centralization, and the impossibility of actual redemption. The attempt will fail, if it’s ever rolled out, adding woes to a region … Read more

BitFlyer Receives Regulatory Approval to Operate in the European Union

Europe has always been a relatively tepid market when it comes to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It almost seems as if there is a genuine disinterest in what this new form of money can mean for Europeans. That situation may soon come to change, as Japan’s bitFlyer exchange is expanding to Europe. More competition among European … Read more

New Research: Laundering of Illicit Funds Less than 1% of Bitcoin Transactions

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center of Sanctions and Illicit Finance in conjunction with blockchain analytics company, Elliptic, has published a study seeking to track the circulations of illicit funds within the bitcoin economy from 2013 to 2016. The research concludes that the share of funds of illicit origin comprises less than one percent … Read more

South Korea Urges 23 Countries, EU, and IMF to Collaborate on Curbing Crypto Trading

The South Korean government has called for financial regulators and central bankers of 23 other countries as well as 12 organizations, including the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, to collaborate on curbing cryptocurrency trading. Also read: Russian Regulators Draft Law to Restrict Crypto Mining, Payments, and Token Sales Other Regulators Urged to Take Action … Read more

EU Finance Commissioner: The Political Body Has No Plans to React to Bitcoin

Some members of the European Union have been discussing the popularity of the decentralized currency bitcoin, and the EU’s political body recently added “digital currencies” to its anti-money laundering statutes. However, the EU commissioner for financial affairs, Pierre Moscovici, explains in a recent interview that at this stage politicians have no plans to “react” just … Read more