The Malta Financial Services Authority appointed U.S.-based blockchain security firm to assist in tracking the compliance of crypto firms. The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has appointed blockchain security firm CipherTrace to monitor activity by crypto businesses in Malta, local news agency The Times of Malta reports on March 11. CipherTrace is now set to […]
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Adoption of Bitcoin payments by Kroger and Starbucks may be tipping point for crypto. It’s no secret that cryptocurrencies don’t receive many plaudits in the mainstream media as reliable means of payment. Critics have even claimed that Bitcoin “sucks” as a payment mechanism. Yet, despite that blinkered skepticism, cryptocurrency payments actually grew last year. Payment […]
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Dubai-based real estate giant Emaar will launch an ERC-20 token developed by Swiss blockchain startup Lykke. Dubai-based real estate giant Emaar has announced plans to launch a token and is considering holding an initial coin offering (ICO) in Europe, English-language local media Arabian Business reports on March 11. Per the article, the token will be […]
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The U.S. Marshals Service wants to set up a legal procedure for managing confiscated cryptocurrency. United States federal law enforcement agency, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), is looking to set up an agent for managing confiscated cryptocurrency, according to public documents released on March 5. The USMS has recently published two draft documents including a […]
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A user managed to create a transaction for 1 trillion EOS tokens, several times more than the entire circulating supply. Blockchain protocol EOS (EOS) has dismissed worries over a recent transaction that hypothetically would be worth over $3 trillion. As picked up by Whale Alert, a Twitter account monitoring large transactions on cryptocurrency blockchains, […]
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Swiss stock exchange SIX will possibly launch another crypto ETP for XRP soon, with a possibility to add indexes for four other altcoins. Switzerland’s largest stock exchange SIX will reportedly launch another crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) for XRP, crypto outlet The Block writes Monday, Mar. 11. Amun AG, a Swiss crypto startup that launched the […]
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sponsored A payments and cryptocurrency platform is offering free Netflix and Spotify subscriptions, and cashback on Expedia bookings to its Visa cardholders. A payments and cryptocurrency platform offering a Visa card that can be used anywhere has unveiled a range of cashback benefits designed to attract modern consumers and frequent travelers. Crypto.com says it now […]
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United States-based investment management company Invesco is launching a exchange-traded fund on the London Stock Exchange. United States-based investment management company Invesco is launching a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the London Stock Exchange (LSEG) today, March 11, financial newspaper Financial Times reports on March 9. Per the article, the Invesco Elwood Global Blockchain ETF […]
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The partnership will focus on developing new blockchain-based solutions for the credit union industry. Tech giant IBM is partnering with blockchain consortium and credit union service organization (CUSO) CULedger to develop new blockchain-based solutions for the credit union industry. The development was announced in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on March 11. IBM and […]
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Deutsche Borse Group, Swisscom, and Sygnum have entered into a partnership to build out a compliant financial market infrastructure for digital assets. Global market infrastructure provider Deutsche Borse Group, Swiss state-owned telecoms and ICT firm Swisscom, and Swiss and Singapore-based fintech company Sygnum have entered into a strategic partnership to build out a compliant financial […]
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