Ethereum

Ethereum is an open source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform and operating system featuring smart contract functionality. It supports a modified version of Nakamoto consensus via transaction-based state transitions.

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PayPal Debuts Stablecoin Pegged to US Dollar
PayPal Debuts Stablecoin Pegged to US Dollar
August 07, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

PayPal has introduced a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin amid new regulations around digital currencies. Announced Monday (Aug. 7), PayPal USD is “designed to contribute to the opportunity...

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BoE Says Blockchain Not Yet Critical to Financial System
BoE Says Blockchain Not Yet Critical to Financial System
December 22, 2022  |  Blockchain

The BoE has said blockchain technology isn’t yet a critical infrastructure in the financial system. But it holds open the possibility that some blockchains may...

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Visa Explores Automatic Recurring Payments Via Blockchain
Visa Explores Automatic Recurring Payments Via Blockchain
December 20, 2022  |  Blockchain

Visa is exploring ways to allow automatic recurring payments through a blockchain like Ethereum. Blockchain adoption is increasing but setting up automatic recurring payments is...

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FV Debuts Puerto Rico’s 1st Bank-Based Digital Asset Custody Service
FV Debuts Puerto Rico’s 1st Bank-Based Digital Asset Custody Service
November 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Puerto Rico’s FV Bank has launched digital asset custody and settlement services for clients around the world, becoming the first bank in the commonwealth to...

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User Experience Must Improve for Crypto to Gain Cross-Border Payments Use
User Experience Must Improve for Crypto to Gain Cross-Border Payments Use
November 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Whether you’re talking about remittances sent home by migrant workers or other larger sums moving from one country to another, cross-border payments are the part...

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90% Decline in Ethereum 2.0 Fees May Not Last
90% Decline in Ethereum 2.0 Fees May Not Last
November 02, 2022  |  Blockchain

The two biggest hurdles to greater use of Ethereum blockchain transactions have historically been high transaction fees and the enormous environmental cost. Alongside the merge...

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Today in Crypto: Coinbase Touts ML Site Security; Voyager Creditors Against Granting Firm Execs Immunity
Today in Crypto: Coinbase Touts ML Site Security; Voyager Creditors Against Granting Firm Execs Immunity
October 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase has touted its machine learning team’s ability to develop modeling techniques to find bad actors, keeping users’ accounts safe, a company blog said. The...

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Select BNY Mellon Customers Can Now Deposit Bitcoin, Ether
Select BNY Mellon Customers Can Now Deposit Bitcoin, Ether
October 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The biggest bank in the country and the first of the larger financial institutions in the U.S. is now accepting cryptocurrency deposits for bitcoin and...

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Want to Stop Crypto Hacks? Make Them Reversible
Want to Stop Crypto Hacks? Make Them Reversible
September 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

What if an immutable and irreversible cryptocurrency transaction wasn’t? That’s the idea trio of Stanford University researchers proposed this week as a way to combat...

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