Civic Technologies, a San Francisco-based innovator in digital identity solutions, announced on June 16 that its Civic Wallet is now available in the App Store and Google Play. Civic Wallet has also formed a partnership with Circle Medical, a San Francisco hospital. Together, they will act as a Covid-19 vaccination-proofing tool for Circle Medical’s employees.
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Ray Schuetz received a Masters Degree in computer science from The University of Texas (Austin). Ray has been working as a full-time blockchain consultant for the past 3 years. In his spare time, Ray enjoys writing for EthereumCryptocurrency.com and other crypto news publications.
In a hearing on June 17 before the House Committee on Financial Services, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell got into an exchange with Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) over the subject of a central bank digital currency. Is there any progress on the digital dollar? Emmer asked “What substantive recent actions has the Fed
A year after removing Bitcoin SV from its exchange in April 2019 and the mining pool operated by leading crypto exchange Binance now produces more blocks than anyone else. According to crypto statistics and services platform Coin Dance, Binance Pool is the largest miner of Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV) blocks as of June 16. Binance
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China’s second-largest online retailer, JD.com, is teaming with blockchain privacy platform ARPA to protect the financial data of major clients. Specifically, the data platform for the firm’s subsidiary JD Digits (formerly JD Finance) will integrate with ARPA’s blockchain-based network, which uses technology known as secure multi-party computation (sMPC). JD Digits was formed to help other
After a week of searches, it appears that the culprit behind at least two of the anomalous high fee transactions on Ether (ETH) was found. As reported by Chinese blockchain analytics company PeckShield on June 16, the originating address appears to be coming from Korean platform GoodCycle, a recently launched peer-to-peer exchange that provides “investment”
Nobody is in charge of Ethereum. It suffers from a chronic lack of governance, a lack of structure. And as a result, it is in crisis. That’s one theory, anyway. “Ethereum governance has failed. We are a de facto technocracy, where a small group of technocrats, the core devs, have final say over what goes
Investors who settled claims against the self-proclaimed “fastest blockchain in the world” ATBCoin LLC have requested that a New York federal judge intervene to enforce the $250,000 agreement. In April, the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit levied at ATBCoin over its 2017 initial coin offering, or ICO, that raised $20 million agreed to a
Researchers in Australia have identified a bug that caused that country’s contact tracing app to malfunction, it was announced Monday. Governments around the world have introduced contact tracing apps to track the spread of the coronavirus. But, as in Australia, so far it’s unclear how much of a benefit these systems are having. Critics complain
Over the past few years, blockchain technology has become synonymous with cryptocurrencies, but it is important to note that the technology in itself has a wide variety of uses. Plenty of companies that have nothing to do with cryptocurrencies are now exploring ways in which to incorporate blockchain technology into operations. Walmart is one of
Russ Albert Medlin — co-founder of alleged crypto Ponzi scheme BitClub — was arrested in South Jakarta under accusation of sexual assault on minors. Local news outlet Jakarta Globe reported on June 16 that local law enforcement arrested Medlin on Monday. Jakarta Police chief Yusri Yunus explained that law enforcement received “tip-offs from the public
Each week we ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and we throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week our 6 Questions go to Michelle O’Connor, VP of Marketing at Uphold Michelle is passionate about building the future of inclusive
Recently, several altcoins have been showing strength. A few good examples are Theta Token (THETA), Zilliqa (ZIL), and Elrond (ERD). However, the large caps are lagging heavily and the only large-cap performing well has been Cardano (ADA). As smaller cap altcoins begin to lift off, some investors might be wondering exactly what is needed for
In brief: The owner of the Ethereum address that paid approximately $5 Million in ETH fees has finally been identified. According to the team at PeckShied, it belongs to a small P2P exchange in Korea called Good Cycle. The Good Cycle crypto exchange appears to be a Ponzi Scheme. The mystery owner of the Ethereum
Turkish real estate firm Antalya Homes announced that its customers can now pay for properties listed on its platform with Bitcoin (BTC). According to a June 15 announcement, Antalya Homes claims to have recorded the highest-valued real estate sale ever made while using Bitcoin as a payment in Turkey. Per the company, the coronavirus pandemic
Bitcoin (BTC) futures daily trading volume plunged sharply from about $20 billion on June 11 to about $5 billion on June 13. This is a negative sign because the volume increased during the sharp fall on June 11 but reduced during the rebound on June 12 and 13. On June 14, the top-ranked cryptocurrency on