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'Boring Is the New Exciting': How Baseline Protocol Connected With 600 Corporates

Baseline Protocol, where companies can use the Ethereum public mainnet as a common frame of reference, has released its version 1.0.

By Ian Allison

Aug 26, 2020 at 2:08 p.m. UTC

Aug 26, 2020

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Business

Wirecard Fallout: Auditor EY Accused of Not Flagging $2.1B Black Hole Sooner

Following a sharp drop in the Wirecard stock price, the German shareholders' body holds EY responsible for not alerting the public sooner over the firm's accounting failures.

By Paddy Baker

Jun 29, 2020 at 12:54 p.m. UTC

Jun 29, 2020

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Italy

Italy's Leading Wire Service Is Using Ethereum to Thwart Copycats

Italy's ANSA newswire is trialing an ethereum-based system to track every article it publishes in an effort to prevent impersonators from publishing fake news under its banner.

By Danny Nelson

Apr 22, 2020 at 6:20 p.m. UTC

Apr 22, 2020

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Markets

Bankruptcy Trustee to Hand Quadriga Users' Information to Canadian Taxman

The bankruptcy trustee overseeing the winding up of crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, will be turning all user information over to the Canada Revenue Agency.

By Nikhilesh De

Mar 26, 2020 at 11:56 p.m. UTC

Mar 26, 2020

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Tech

Privacy

EY Open-Sources Tech It Says Slashes Cost of Private Ethereum Transactions

Lowering the costs of private transactions in this way makes the public ethereum blockchain more competitive with private chains, EY says.

By Daniel Palmer

Dec 19, 2019 at 12:11 p.m. UTC

Dec 19, 2019

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Tech

EY Launches Token and Smart Contract Testing Service in Open Beta

Now in public beta, EY's new review service assesses code quality and checks for malware.

By Paddy Baker

Dec 18, 2019 at 1:38 p.m. UTC

Dec 18, 2019

Markets

Accounting

EY Launches Blockchain Tool to Help Bring Accountability to Public Finances

The accounting giant is using blockchain tech to assist governments in improving transparency and accountability in the management of public funds.

By Daniel Palmer

Oct 16, 2019 at 12:48 p.m. UTC

Oct 16, 2019

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Privacy

WATCH: 'Big Four' Exec Says Privacy Is Key to Enterprise Blockchain Adoption

"Enterprises will not go on to the public mainnet without privacy and security," EY's Paul Brody told CoinDesk.

By Daniel Kuhn

Oct 15, 2019 at 10:01 a.m. UTC

Oct 15, 2019

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Markets

Exchanges

QuadrigaCX Founder's Widow Will Cough Up $9 Million to Repay Users

Bankruptcy trustee EY and the widow of QuadrigaCX founder Gerald Cotten have come to a settlement – with affected users of the defunct exchange getting a $9 million payout.

By Nikhilesh De

Oct 7, 2019 at 8:24 p.m. UTC

Oct 7, 2019

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