US Navy launches ‘PARANOID’ blockchain security tech to private sector

China Shipbuilding Industry Company Limited (CSICL) is going to explore how it can apply blockchain to financing its upstream suppliers, reports official Chinese newspaper People’s Daily on March 27. CSICL is a subsidiary of one of the two largest Chinese shipping conglomerates, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC).CSICL signed a strategic cooperation agreement on supply chain…

Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum, has failed to break out once more against Bitcoin (BTC) with BTC/USD rallying by more than 8% on March 18.There are two likely reasons why the ETH/BTC pair is failing to break through an important resistance level.First, BTC rallied strongly in a short squeeze after the majority of the…

Governments around the globe have also become more aware of the crypto market and the various ways in which it can be regulated. Despite a growing adoption rate and involvement of mainstream financial giants, however, naysayers continue to portray crypto as a tool for miscreants and criminals.Several crypto platforms and decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols have been…

Crypto market aggregator CoinGecko has joined the network of blockchain analytics and anti-money laundering (AML) company Coinfirm. This partnership will reportedly allow CoinGecko to improve its exchange Trust Score algorithm, as well as provide users with a means to report scams and hacks.The companies shared a press release with Cointelegraph on Aug. 16. According to…

Year-to-date, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) is up 40% against the United States dollar, and other major cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum and Litecoin have also demonstrated strong gains in the past four months.Performance of crypto assets in the past month. Source: coin360.ioLitecoin, for instance, recorded a staggering 208% increase in value since January — outperforming…

One of the first punitive measures leveled against Russia in response to the military invasion of Ukraine was the implementation of economic sanctions aimed at isolating the country from the international financial system. On March 12, Russian banks lost access to the international payments and messaging network SWIFT, and private sector payment companies, such as…