Brazilian crypto trading platform Atlas Quantum has recently suffered a major data breach which led to the exposure of clients’ personal data, the company’s official Facebook page stated Sunday, August 26. Atlas Quantum discovered the breach on Saturday, August 25, and has already started an investigation. The company informed users that the security incident has not affected funds from users’ accounts, thought they admitted that plenty of personal data has been leaked. As soon as Atlas Quantum found the leak, they took measures to protect the database from further attacks. Some of the platform’s functions were temporarily paused after the …

Five major banks from each BRICS member state signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the development of distributed ledger technology (DLT), according to an official press release July 26. During the 10th International BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, banks from the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa agreed to a joint study of DLT technology like blockchain, “in the interests of the development of the digital economy.” BRICS countries have met annually since 2009 to discuss initiatives for economic, cultural, and political cooperation between member states. The State Corporation Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs …

Brazil’s central bank has created a permissioned digital ledger platform that will enable data sharing among financial regulators, Finextra reports today, June 20. The ledger, called the Information Integration Platform for Regulators (Pier), will be used by regulators to exchange information on general authorization processes of financial institutions, ranging from administrative processes to the conduct of employees. Additional information not related to administrative sanctioning processes can also be shared if mutual interest is shown. Pier, developed by the Banco Central de Brasil’s IT department (Deinf), will connect the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (CVM), and the National Pension Funds …

Banking group Santander will be partnering with Ripple to release an international money transfer app using Ripple’s Blockchain xCurrent and RippleNet platforms, Business Insider reports today, March 24. When speaking about the upcoming app release at the International Fintech conference in London yesterday, March 23, Nathan Bostock, the UK CEO of Santander said: “This spring, if not [sic] one beats us to it, we will be the first large retail bank to carry out cross-border payments at scale with Blockchain technology.” At the end of January of this year, Ana Botin, the CEO of Santander, had mentioned the app launch …

The cryptocurrency Dash has made waves over the past months as the price has continued to increase. A new win for the currency has come from a partnership with CoinBR, a Brazilian cryptocurrency company. The connection is a particular win for Dash, as the cryptocurrency, through the CoinBR platform, is now able to be used throughout the country at more than 13,000 locations that support the CoinBR platform. The announcement was made via Twitter: A CoinBR é a plataforma brasileira ~real/oficial~ que disponibiliza Dash aos seus usuários. — COINBR (@coinbrnet) July 6, 2017 Dash expansion The Dash network has been …

This December 6th & 7th, laBITconf RIO 2014 will not only be the first world-class Bitcoin Conference to be hosted in Brazil, but also the most important conference of the year in Latin America. Cointelegraph is proud to announce that it will be the official media sponsor of laBITconf RIO 2014. laBITconf Agenda This year's laBITconf RIO 2014 will be building on the success of laBITconf Buenos Aires 2013, which was declared “best conference of 2013” by several well-traveled Bitcoin gurus including Andreas Antonopoulos, Anthony Di Iorio, and Nic Cary. The conference will feature more than 25 presentations and over …

Innovative ideas from vastly different fields have often joined forces for the greater good. Da Vinci was at heart an engineer but is remembered for his art much more than his machines. It was his love for the symmetry of mechanics that inspired his art however. When Bill Gates started Microsoft instead of hiring programmers he sought out people with advanced degrees in the sciences, physicists, chemists, mathematicians. Now, a recent announcement from a small company named LPP Fusion however seems to have brought together two very different fields. The researchers at LPP are on the cutting edge of science …