PrivatBank Becomes the First Ukrainian Bank to Integrate BitcoinUkraine’s biggest private bank PrivatBank launched a service for cryptocurrency payments. The first company to integrate this new service is online store Allo.
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PrivatBank Becomes the First Ukrainian Bank to Integrate Bitcoin
Ethereum-based Platform Develops a Smart Contract System for DronesAIRA developers announced their projects for drone controlling with smart contracts in Ethereum network. The system allows a human to hire a drone for a job. The robot would act as an autonomous agent executing the contract on its own accord, and would receive payments for the rendered services.
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The National Bank of Ukraine Concedes Integration of BitcoinAccording to Natalia Lapko, the head of payment systems department of the National Bank of Ukraine, the regulator concedes the possibility of integrating Bitcoin in Ukraine’s financial system. She told the bank is not going to “be in arrears of the global innovations” and has its eye on development of crypctocurrency markets both globally and […]
Ukrainian Bitcoin Agency KUNA Notifies Regulators of Upcoming Launch of a Bitcoin ExchangeKUNA Agency submitted a notification as to forthcoming launch of Ukraine’s first bitcoin exchange to the National Bank of Ukraine and to the head of the committee on securities and stock market of Ukrain, Timur Khromariov.
SWIFT Announces Possible Implementation of the Blockchain in Its Correspondent Banking ServicesSWIFT, the international communications platform for international banking, announced a possible “roadmap” that might include the blockchain technology. As for now, they speak of improving the correspondent banking area. According to the statement, the organization expects the amendments to become effective as of early 2016.
Russia’s Biggest Bank Considers Implementation of the Blockchain TechnologySberbank, Russia’s biggest state-owned bank, is planning to join R3 in order to develop its services with the blockchain technology. This was announced by the bank’s deputy chairman, Leo Khasis, in an interview to Kommersant.
Eugene Kaspersky: Cryptocurrency is a Most Brilliant InventionEugene Kaspersky, CEO of the Kaspersky Labs, called cryptocurrency the mankind’s most brilliant invention, however, he opted to stress that in geopolitical terms the world community is not ready to use it as yet.