JPMorgan’s Focus on Blockchain Is Part of Digital Transformation Roadmap, New Study Reveals

A study into JPMorgan’s digital transformation initiatives has revealed that blockchain is a key technology for the bank’s roadmap. A study into JPMorgan’s digital transformation initiatives has revealed that blockchain is a key technology for the bank’s roadmap, according to a press release published by ResearchAndMarkets.com (RM) October 3. RM has analyzed JPMorgan’s enterprise-wide strategies […]

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Israel Securities Authority Turns to Blockchain for Improving Cybersecurity

Israel’s national securities regulator has started using blockchain to improve the cybersecurity of its messaging system. The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has started to use blockchain to improve the cybersecurity of its messaging system, online newspaper Times of Israel reports today, October 3. The government regulator has reportedly embedded the technology into a system dubbed […]

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Brazil: Antitrust Watchdog Sends Questions to Crypto Exchanges After Bank Account Closures

Brazil’s antitrust regulator has obliged 10 crypto exchanges to answer questions about issues with their bank accounts. Brazil’s antitrust regulator has sent a questionnaire to crypto exchanges whose banks accounts have previously been closed, major Brazilian financial newspaper Valor Economico reports Tuesday, October 20. The Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), operated by the […]

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US Brokerage Firm TD Ameritrade to Invest in New Crypto Exchange

TD Ameritrade, along with other U.S. trading companies, has invested in a new crypto exchange, ErisX, launching in early 2019. Retail brokerage firm TD Ameritrade has announced that it is backing new crypto exchange ErisX, according to a press release published on the company’s website Wednesday, October 3. TD Ameritrade, which currently provides investment services to […]

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Oxford Business Law Blog: ‘Radical Rethink’ of Blockchain Regulation Is Imperative

An Oxford Business Law Blog contributor thinks that the process of blockchain regulation might help with mass adoption. Anastasios A. Antoniou, a member of the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum, thinks that blockchain has to find its place within a regulatory framework rather than evade it, according to his post published in the Oxford Business […]

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‘Ethical Questions’: Senior Executive Halts Wall Street Journal’s Own Cryptocurrency

The Wall Street Journal managed to issue two units of its own cryptocurrency before red tape stopped the experiment. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) created and then destroyed its own cryptocurrency in a bid to “understand” the industry, the publication revealed in a mini documentary Wednesday, October 3. WSJ Coin, which journalist Steven Russolillo hoped […]

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