A circular from the Central Bank of Tanzania shows that the bank is conducting a study to assess the extent of cryptocurrency impact on the Tanzanian economy.

After indications earlier this year that Apple might be interested in cryptocurrency, a company exec this week confirmed the company is indeed interested in digital money, as it has "interesting long-term potential."

Sovereign bonds are the bedrock of financial markets, but with a third now offering negative yields there could be severe consequences as the value of money is destroyed and inequality increases.

“Does anyone know what this crypto-thing means?” traditional finance is asking the digital world, with none other than Alexander Hamilton spitting fire on its behalf. Sort of. An “epic rap battle” produced by San Francisco venture capitalist firm Greylock pits the founding father and his centralized bank against the anonymous founder of decentralized currency, Satoshi …

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volumes, is  launching its native stablecoin. The upcoming stablecoin, dubbed Binance USD (BUSD), will be pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar, according to an announcement Thursday. A Binance spokesperson told The Block that BUSD will be built on the Ethereum blockchain, but notes that it may “migrate …

The crypto world went abuzz in February 2015 when the project formerly known as Darkcoin, Dash, introduced InstantSend and PrivateSend. The utility of masternodes had become apparent to end users by way of the fastest means of transaction at the time...

Distributed ledger and blockchain technology promise to have far-reaching implications for global trade and supply chains. However, the extent to which this new technology realizes its potential depends upon how well supply chain actors steward this development. To that end, the World Economic Forum has convened a multi-stakeholder community to design a framework to guide decision-making towards inclusivity, interoperability, and integrity. This highlights the most pressing concerns of a wide group of supply-chain decision-makers with blockchain deployment. It is the starting point for a series of white papers and the framework.

Following the launch of Tatum’s revolutionary Blockchain API Platform, International Financial System Ltd (“iFinancial”) have agreed to a global partnership with Tatum Limited (“Tatum”).