An Israeli startup has launched the first cryptocurrency, Beam, with custom privacy settings. The Beam cryptocurrency was launched on January 3 on the MimbleWimble protocol and offers a radically new approach to digital transactions, emphasizing the ability to hide the amounts being transferred using "blinding factors"...

From time to time you can hear claims that the Ethereum cryptocurrency uses too much energy during mining and is therefore inefficient and harmful to the environment. After repeated claims of this kind, Ethereum decided to switch to Proof-of-Stake...

A blockchain platform for processing payment data was launched by the General Treasury of the Republic of Chile (TGR), which oversees the payment of taxes and other fees in the country. The solution, operating in pilot mode, is designed to eliminate problems and discrepancies between institutions receiving government payments, financial intermediaries and citizens...

The Estonian regulated exchange DX.Exchange will start offering shares of AlphaBet, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft Corporation, Tesla, Netflix, Baidu, Intel Corporation and Nvidia in the form of digital tokens as early as January 7. Tokenization of classic assets, which many consider the trend of 2019, in action...

The American multinational company Visa has announced that it is acquiring the startup Earthport. Specifically, Earthport is one of Ripple's leading partners, creating solutions for ultra-fast money transfers between financial institutions using Ripple's technologies and network...