Taiwan’s Financial Watchdog to Establish STO-Related Fundraising Mechanism This Year

The Taiwanese finance regulator plans to introduce a new STO-related fundraising mechanism, scheduled for release in June 2019. Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) will establish a new fundraising mechanism based on security token offerings (STOs), according to an article published by financial news outlet Taiwan Economic Daily on Monday, March 4. The FSC, an independent […]

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Russian Railways to Consider Blockchain Use for Users of Discounted Transport Services

The blockchain use agreement between the national Russian pension fund and Russian Railways is set to be sealed later this year. Russia’s national pension fund is settling an agreement with Russian Railways to use blockchain for tracking transport passengers that qualify for discounted services, Moscow-based news agency Rambler News Service (RNS) reports on March 1. […]

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Gulf Region’s Burgeoning Renewable Energy Sector Should Leverage Blockchain, Experts Argue

Blockchain can make the infrastructure of new renewable energy markets across the Gulf Cooperation Council more secure, the exec noted. Blockchain can make the infrastructure of new renewable energy markets across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) more secure, resilient and cost-efficient, experts from United States-based tech consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton have said. Middle East […]

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Coinbase: Former Provider Sold User Data to Third Parties, Prompting Neutrino Acquisition

Christine Sandler, Coinbase’s director of institutional sales, has defended the crypto exchange’s controversial acquisition of Neutrino. Christine Sandler, Coinbase’s director of institutional sales, has defended the crypto exchange’s controversial acquisition of blockchain intelligence firm Neutrino. In an interview with financial news channel Cheddar on March 1, Sandler said that previous client data providers were selling […]

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Hodler’s Digest, Feb. 25–March 3: Top Stories, Price Movements, Quotes and FUD of the Week

Facebook is getting serious about crypto, Samsung’s new smartphone will support more cryptos, and more in this Hodler’s Digest. Top Stories This Week Nasdaq Begins Listing Brave New Coin’s Bitcoin and Ethereum Price Indexes Nasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock exchange, began its live listing of two crypto price indexes from United States blockchain and crypto […]

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Bloomberg: Crypto Companies Still Run Into Trouble Opening Bank Accounts

Bloomberg reports that companies in the cryptocurrency industry still have trouble opening bank accounts. Companies in the cryptocurrency industry still have trouble opening bank accounts, major financial publication Bloomberg reported on March 3. The report cites the complaint of Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of quantitative crypto trading company Alameda Research, that “the standard answer of ‘just […]

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