Industry Veteran Scott Scalf Joins AlphaPoint To Develop Blockchain And Related Technologies

Blockchain solution provider AlphaPoint has announced that banking industry veteran Scott Scalf is joining its executive team. Scalf, who was previously director of trade lifecycle systems at Deutsche Bank Global Technology, joins the firm as executive vice president of development operations. “The financial sector is undergoing a profound technological shift as firms and institutions embrace the blockchain and related technologies. More than ever, it’s important that veteran leadership helps drive innovation in the space,” said Joe Ventura, AlphaPoint's founder. Ventura suggested that,....

AlphaPoint's funding will enable them to further develop their exchange platform. AlphaPoint is a digital currency exchange platform. AlphaPoint boasts its ability to handle up to 1,000,000 trades per second. It currently supports Bitcoin, Litecoin, Peercoin, Feathercoin, Namecoin, and Terracoin. Both startups and existing exchanges can use this platform. Today, CNBC announced that AlphaPoint received $1.35 million in funding from investments. Funding from Multiple Investors. AlphaPoint received its $1.35 million in funding from multiple investors, including Robin Hood Ventures, Ben....

Futures trader of the CME Group is teaming up with BitGo and Alphapoint to develop a Blockchain gold solution for the UK’s Royal Mint. Royal Mint Gold (RMG), a development of which is already in progress, aims to “provide a fast, cost-effective and cryptographically secure method of buying, holding and trading spot gold.” “An RMG is a digital representation of real gold sitting in the Royal Mint vaults,” Sandra Ro, head of digitization at CME Group, said in a release. “When you purchase RMGs you will effectively have real gold that is allocated from a direct ownership standpoint that is....

On February 2, 2022, the blockchain infrastructure provider Alphapoint has announced that the Salvadoran government has chosen the firm to operate the bitcoin wallet Chivo. The bitcoin wallet is the largest fintech application in the country and Alphapoint “supports the frontend and backend infrastructure that powers the wallet and integrates the entire ecosystem.” Alphapoint to Support Chivo Wallet’s Frontend and Backend Infrastructure The Central American nation of El Salvador has announced it has appointed Alphapoint to handle the country’s bitcoin....

American astronaut Scott Kelly recognizes that blockchain has a lot of potential and believes that it will someday contribute to space development. After celebrities, athletes and politicians jumped into the nonfungible token (NFT) mania, the growing industry has pulled in a veteran astronaut to share his time in space through NFTs.In a Cointelegraph interview, Scott Kelly, a retired United States astronaut, shared that he has a “growing curiosity” about blockchain technology and NFTs. According to Kelly, he has been keeping an eye on blockchain for six years and has seen its potential.“I....