Markus Sjöman, Author at Toshi Times

Markus Sjöman

The 5th Biggest Crypto-Currency Exchange Bitfinex wants to move to Switzerland

One of the Leading Cryptocurrency Exchanges Considers Moving

Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest crypto exchange, wants to move to Switzerland reported by the Swiss business newspaper Handelszeitung. Many smaller companies in the blockchain industry have settled down in Switzerland in recent months. Now one of the biggest players in the blockchain exchange industry want to join: The Asian crypto exchange Bitfinex want to settle in Switzerland and regulate itself there. With the recent cryptoboom in last December,…

Eurasian Crypto Association Files a Lawsuit against Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yandex for Banning Crypto Ads

The Russian Association of Crypto-Currency and Block-Finish (RACIB) together with the industry associations of China and Korea plan to file a joint lawsuit against Google, Twitter, Facebook and Yandex in May for not allowing advertising for crypto-currencies, reported by local newspaper TASS on March 27. The announcement came from the president of RACIB, Yuri Pripachkin during the congress “Blokchein RF-2018”. He told, a one-time refusal of the specified companies from…

Ford Granted a Patent for Car-to-Car Crypto Communications Aimed to Reduce Traffic Jams

American car manufacturer Ford was awarded a new patent that suggest that one of the automotive industry stalwarts is considering adopting cryptocurrency transactions to help reduce traffic congestion. The patent is called “Vehicle-to-vehicle cooperation to marshal traffic” and it was originally filed back in September 2017. According to the original application, traffic jams are caused then the reduced traffic flow “is compounded due to the psychology of human drivers who…

World’s Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance Moving to Malta

Binance, founded last year in Hong Kong, has now grown to be the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange by its daily traded volume. Their move to Malta was confirmed by Chief Executive Officer Zhao Changpeng in an interview with Bloomberg. “Binance will soon start a “fiat-to-crypto exchange” on the European island nation, and is close to securing a deal with local banks that can provide access to deposits and withdrawals” Zhao…

Brother to Pablo Escobar Creates His Own Cryptocurrency and Claims Bitcoin is a Scam Created by U.S.A

In the space of cryptocurrencies, it seems that everything is possible. Roberto de Jesús Escobar Gaviria, biological brother to the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar has released his own cryptocurrency, called dietbitcoin (DDX) Escobar Inc, the legacy of Pablo Escobar protected by his brother Roberto Escobar, confirms the creation of the dietbitcoin to nextweb. “We at Escobar Inc are committed to support the cryptocurrency dietbitcoin fully and are managing the…

Stock Exchange Operator TMX Group is Launching a Cryptocurrency Brokerage

Canada-based stock exchange operator TMX group announced on Thursday that its wholly-owned-subsidiary, Shorcan Digital Currency Network (Shorcan DCN) has agreed on a partnership with Paycase Financial about launching a cryptocurrency exchange. The focus will be on Bitcoin and Ethereum at the launch and its planned to take place in the second quarter of 2018. Shorcan DCN model is to leverage the combination of Shorcan broker’s expertise in arranging clients in…

Internet Giant Google Working on Its Own Blockchain

Alphabhet Inc’s Google is working on a Blockchain-related technology that is aimed at supporting cloud business, according to Bloomberg News Blockchain- built services have provided many startups to offer different online services, reassuring customers that their data is more secure and more productively managed compared to the traditional methods of online data hosting. These new services are proven to be solid challengers to the technology companies that are operating in…

IT Giant Fujitsu Opens Blockchain Research & Innovation Center In Brussels

One of the world’s largest IT services company Fujitsu announced on Wednesday that they have launched a Blockchain Innovation Center in Brussels. The Fujitsu experts are devoted to researching about Blockchain and distributed ledger technology, and to undertake mutual projects with selected private and public sector organizations. “Located in the heart of Europe, the center underscores Fujitsu’s commitment to Blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies as a means to revolutionize…