On Sept. 20, the SEC requested more comments for the VanEck SolidX ETF case. On Sept. 20, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requested more comments on its decision on the listing and trading of a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) created by New York-based firms VanEck and SolidX. Consequently, the regulator’s decision […]
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Paris: The Assemblée Nationale is debating about a new legal framework allowing ICOs to gain a ‘quality’ certification issued by the French monetary authority. Today, the Assemblée Nationale (the French parliament’s lower house) is initiating a debate about a legal project introduced last June by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, which […]
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Emergent Technology, the blockchain technology company, announced on Tuesday (Sept. 25) that it has made a strategic investment in T Stamp Inc. In a press release, Emergent Technology said T Stamp, which is known as Trust Stamp, makes artificial intelligence and biometric hashing technology for the purpose of verifying identities. Emergent Technology said it is […]
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Ripple community members were reacting September 25 after the Wall Street Journal claimed co-founder Jed McCaleb had “dramatically” stepped up a sell-off of his XRP token holdings. WSJ: Sales ‘Highlight Crypto Startup Complications’ According to the publication, McCaleb, who since leaving Ripple to start payment network Stellar has been under an agreement to only sell […]
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ICE’s Bakkt platform will begin its operations with physical Bitcoin futures, the company has said on social media. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) confirmed its Bakkt cryptocurrency platform’s first offering will take the form of physical Bitcoin futures. ICE, which also operates the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) released new details Tuesday, September 25. Bakkt, which ICE […]
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The crypto market and blockchain sector in South Korea is thriving with the involvement of major banks and conglomerates. The crypto market and blockchain sector of South Korea, the third-largest digital asset exchange market in the world behind the United States and Japan, have some of the most robust systems and infrastructure in place to […]
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In an official announcement Tuesday, Google said that it will allow registered crypto exchanges to advertise in the U.S. and Japan. Google is set to update its ad policy in October, reallowing some crypto businesses to advertise on its platform. The company announced this in an official post Tuesday, September 25. According to the official […]
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Mt.Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi sold $230 million in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in the final round of sell-offs at the defunct exchange. Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee of defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt.Gox, released a new statement Tuesday, September 25. According to the document, Kobayashi has liquidated almost 26 billion yen ($230 million) in Bitcoin and Bitcoin […]
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75 more banks have joined JPMorgan’s cross-border payment platform powered by its own blockchain. JPMorgan has expanded its blockchain payment platform to over 75 multinational banks. The goal of the participants’ combined efforts is to fight off competition from outside of the banking sector, Financial Times reports September 25. Speaking to the publication, analyst Jason […]
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Both Ripple (XRP) and Ethereum (ETH) take hefty price hits as market tumbles across the board. Tuesday, September 25: amid a market-wide tumble, Ripple (XRP) and Ethereum (ETH) are seeing another day of steep losses. Both coins are shedding percentage value in the double-digits, as data from Coin360 shows. Market visualization by Coin360 While Ethereum […]
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