Computing Facebook’s currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback Jun 20, 2019 Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate partners. Just hours after…
Computing Italy’s Banking Sector Will Boost Reconciliations With Blockchain Jun 20, 2019 The Italian Banking Association (ABI) will deploy blockchain technology to run reconciliations beginning March 2020, Finextra reported. The first…
Computing Will Facebook’s Libra Be an On-Ramp or Dead End for Crypto? Jun 20, 2019 Facebook’s announcement that it would create a stablecoin on a blockchain means more as a competitive answer to WeChat and Alipay’s payment services…
Computing Facebook’s ambitious cryptocurrency plan greeted by wall of regulatory Jun 20, 2019 The social network’s announcement Tuesday caught the attention of senior Congressional finance committee members, global regulators, former…
Computing NVIDIA going full stack for ARM boosts supercomputing presence Jun 19, 2019 NVIDIA and ARM make one power couple for supercomputing. NVIDIA has announced its chips will work with ARM processors. Outside observers got busy…
Computing IBM Announces New Multicloud Update to Blockchain Jun 19, 2019 IBM has announced upgrades to its Blockchain Platform, according to a report by Ledger Insights on June 18. The new IBM Blockchain Platform will…
Computing Facebook Releases Cryptocurrency White Paper for Libra Currency Jun 18, 2019 Social media giant Facebook has released the white paper for its long-awaited cryptocurrency and blockchain-based financial infrastructure project…
Computing Russia’s Central Bank Is Considering Launching a Digital Currency Jun 18, 2019 The head of Russia’s central bank has said the institution could one day launch its own digital currency. Chairwoman Elvira Nabiullina told a student…
Computing How AMD’s Zen 2 Architecture Boosts Performance-Per-Watt Jun 14, 2019 With the launch date of AMD’s upcoming Zen 2 architecture fast approaching, the company has pulled back the curtain and given us a view into…
Computing Bitcoin’s Price Rise to $8,300 Isn’t Backed by High Volumes Jun 14, 2019 A clear divergence between prices and trading volumes on the charts suggests bitcoin’s (BTC) recent $800 rally could be short-lived.Prices are…