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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), one of the largest financial market institutions in Spain, has become the very first bank to issue a corporate loan with the help of blockchain technology, according to a report published on April 25 by Financial Times.

Chinese online shopping website Taobao, owned by financial market giant Alibaba, has published a report stating the company will place a ban on all digital currencies, various ICOs, and other ventures related to the cryptocurrency market. The new policy has come into force as of April 17.

Fake news might start online, but it can have serious offline consequences for businesses, individuals and communities. While social networks have to tackle the problem of misleading or inflammatory content, there also needs to be a way to mitigate its effects in the real world. That’s where Vizsafe comes in, by providing a platform for people on the ground to report on the accuracy or otherwise of information that – if left unchecked – could result in unnecessary concern, disruption and lost revenues.

Everyday the cryptocurrency market is shaken by different kinds of bitcoin news. They usually report about bitcoin price changes but this time the headlines were captured by a young Californian, who has turned the financial technology into a piece of art.  

The government institutions or affiliated structures of Egypt broke the Internet connection of the country’s citizens using the "AdHose" program, which redirects traffic to Monero mining or shows extra advertisements. This information was published in a report by the explorers of the University of Toronto on Friday.

Two influential Turkish political forces, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have recently come up with the idea to create the first blockchain-based Turkish digital currency, similar to Bitcoin or Litecoin, called Turkcoin.

The state of Illinois has proclaimed the first official blockchain government report, evolved from a lead to examine how the technology may help encourage financial market development in the state. Use cases and potential legislative proposals for installing the financial technology to boost current government processes were mentioned in a statement issued along with the report.

The U.S. Census Bureau publishes a monthly report that measures the strength U.S. retail industry. By surveying 4,900 firms each month, the Census Bureau is able to report the total sales for the previous month as well as the percentage change from month to month.

The BTC price is getting hard to track as it’s speed is literally becoming cosmic.