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Report: Samsung Planning New Blockchain Mainnet Featuring Samsung Coin
Samsung may be developing a public-private blockchain based on Ethereum (ETH) along with a new asset dubbed Samsung Coin.
tags: Fintech CryptoAssets Blockchain
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French Lender Societe Generale Issues $112 Million Bond on Ethereum – CoinDesk
Societe Generale issued EUR100 million of covered bonds in the form of a security token on the ethereum blockchain. However the bank issued the securities to itself and no outside buyers were involved.
tags: Fintech Blockchain Ethereum
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IMF Spring Meetings: Digital Money Is Imminent, But No Decentralization in Sight
Nice summary of Fintech activities at the IMF/WB Spring Meetings.
tags: Blockchain CryptoAssets Fintech CBDC
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Researchers: DEXs plagued by malicious trading bots
“Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges” uncovers a number of significant details surrounding the activity of malicious trading bots on decentralized exchanges.
tags: Fintech Liquidity CryptoAssets
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Life’s a breach: banks settle uncomfortably into GDPR
The EU’s GDPR requires reporting of data breaches to authorities within 72 hours. The maximum penalty for failing to do so is 4% of a year’s revenue. The number of breaches reported across Europe varies widely.