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Ireland chooses BNY Mellon to manage Apple escrow fund

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland has chosen Bank of New York Mellon to administer an escrow fund of up to 15 …read more Source: Reuters Tech News

Cryptocurrencies are risky for consumers, says BoE’s Haldane

LONDON (Reuters) – Cryptocurrencies pose a risk to British consumers, though not to the financial system as a whole, the …read more Source: Reuters Tech News

Venezuela to sell petro cryptocurrency via Dicom forex system

CARACAS (Reuters) – The Venezuela government will start auctioning its new petro cryptocurrency to private companies via its Dicom foreign …read more Source: Reuters Tech News

Virtual currencies are commodities, U.S. judge rules

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Virtual currencies like bitcoin can be regulated as commodities by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, …read more Source: Reuters Tech News

Coinbase announces launch of cryptocurrency index fund

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Digital asset exchange Coinbase announced on Tuesday the launch of its first-ever index fund, marking the …read more Source: Reuters Tech News

World Economic Forum leads creation of fintech cyber security consortium

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The World Economic Forum has led the creation of an industry consortium focused on improving the …read more Source: Reuters Tech News

BlackBerry sues Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram over patent infringement

(Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd on Tuesday filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook Inc and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, …read more Source: Reuters Tech News

U.S. agency proposes nearly $1 billion to revamp Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands communications

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. telecoms regulator proposed on Tuesday directing $954 million to restore and expand …read more Source: Reuters Tech News

YNAP in line with 5-year plan, core profit margins to rise in 2018: CEO

MILAN (Reuters) – Yoox Net-A-Porter (YNAP) is in line with its five-year plan and core profit margins will rise …read more Source: Reuters Tech News

Daimler’s R&D chief sees nickel rich batteries gaining traction

GENEVA (Reuters) – The car industry is moving towards making electric car batteries with a higher ratio of nickel, Ola …read more Source: Reuters Tech News