Blockchain Adoption


Policy

Regulate Ledgers and Not Individual Crypto Providers, BIS Study Says

To make cross-border payments easier, you need to change your whole way of thinking, the authors of the BIS study found.

International regulators at BIS want to make cross-border payments cheaper. (Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images)

Finance

S. Korea’s SK Square to Spend $1.6B on Semiconductors, Blockchain

The company, which acquired a 35% stake in crypto exchange Korbit in November, has been jumping into the crypto sector.

South Korea (Alex Veprik/Getty Images)

Finance

Jack Dorsey Takes Square Deep Down the Bitcoin Rabbit Hole

The payments giant’s name change to Block caps off a transformational year.

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Finance

Chia Network to Help Costa Rican Government Track Climate Change

The blockchain and smart transaction platform will supply technical services for the Central American country’s climate change metrics system.

Costa Rica (Sterlinglanier Lanier/Unsplash)

Tech

Demystifying Blockchain for Your Clients

Blockchain technology is here to stay, so it’s important for advisors to understand it for their clients and practice.

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Finance

China’s BSN to Launch Portals in Turkey, Uzbekistan

The Chinese-built blockchain-as-a-service platform continues to expand around the world.

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Finance

Is Mozilla Trying to Sabotage Distributed Identity?

The browser developer’s straw-man objections to the W3C standard raise questions of motive.

Disputed Game, 1850. Artist Thomas Hewes Hinckley. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Finance

Blockchain Technology at Pivot Moment Mirrors Broadband, CMCC Global Says

Where some see regulatory threats, CMCC Global’s co-founder sees opportunity.

Blockchain is at a pivot moment, said CMCC Global's Charlie Morris. (Pascal Bernardon/Unsplash)

Markets

Most Executives See Digital Assets as Strong Fiat Alternative in Next 5-10 Years: Deloitte

Cybersecurity, regulation and privacy are seen as the biggest obstacles to global adoption of digital assets, according to a Deloitte survey.

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