Binance’s First Crypto-Fiat Exchange in Uganda Goes Live

The Binance Uganda fiat-to-crypto exchange has gone live, users can now buy Bitcoin and Ethereum with Ugandan shillings. The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance has launched its fiat-to-crypto exchange in Uganda today, Oct. 24, according to an official announcement on Medium. Binance Uganda, Binance’s first fiat-to-crypto exchange in Uganda, has officially launched live trading, enabling […]

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Johnny Depp to Produce Film Within Crypto-Powered Content Distribution Platform TaTaTu

Johnny Depp is teaming up with crypto-powered social entertainment platform TaTaTu to produce content via his own production firm. U.S. actor and producer Johnny Depp is partnering with crypto-powered social entertainment platform TaTaTu, according to a report by film industry media Hollywood Reporter posted Monday, Oct. 22. As a part of the new agreement, the […]

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Japanese Financial Watchdog Grants Self-Regulatory Status to Local Crypto Exchanges

Japan’s Financial Service Agency has certified self-regulatory body JVCEA to oversee the local cryptocurrency industry. Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has given the local crypto industry self-regulatory status, certifying the Japanese Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) to oversee the space, Cointelegraph Japan reports Wednesday, Oct. 24. The FSA expects the self-regulatory body to set rules […]

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Taiwan Will Issue Draft ICO Rules By June 2019, Regulator Says

Taiwan’s financial regulator plans to outline official regulations for ICOs next year, reversing a hands-off policy adopted in 2017. Taiwan plans to release draft Initial Coin Offering (ICO) regulation by June 2019, local English-language daily news outlet Taipei Times reported Tuesday, Oct. 23. The publication quoted plans from Wellington Koo, chairman of Taiwanese finance regulator […]

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Police Arrest Indian Crypto Exchange Co-Founder for Unregistered ‘Illegal’ Bitcoin ATM

Police have seized an allegedly unregistered Bitcoin ATM machine in India and arrested its owner, the co-founder of domestic crypto exchange Unocoin. The co-founder of Indian crypto exchange Unocoin has been arrested shortly after setting up an allegedly unregistered Bitcoin (BTC) ATM machine in Bangalore, English-language daily Times of India reports Oct. 24. The 37-year-old […]

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Dash CEO Ryan Taylor: Central Bank-Issued Cryptocurrencies Are the ‘Inevitable Future’

The CEO of Dash, Ryan Taylor, told Cointelegraph that he believes that central bank-issued cryptocurrencies are the “inevitable future.” The CEO of Dash Core Group, Ryan Taylor, told Cointelegraph in an interview Oct. 23 that  central bank-issued cryptocurrencies are the “inevitable future,” but it will be people who “will decide what form of money they […]

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HSBC Exec at Money20/20: Blockchain, CBDCs Pose ‘Great Challenge’ to Interbank Settlement

Money 20/20: blockchain and central bank digital currencies represent a “great challenge” to existing real-time gross settlement systems, says HSBC exec. A senior executive from U.K.-based bank HSBC has said that time-efficient distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) represent a “great challenge” to existing real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems, Cointelegraph learned […]

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New Protocol to Enable Transfers between Bitcoin and Ethereum Blockchains

sponsored An open-source protocol is enabling users to transfer value from one blockchain to another, preventing isolation and removing barriers to trading. A new protocol is allowing users to complete cross-chain transactions – meaning value can be transferred between different blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. The open-source technology is known as the Open Federated […]

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