Malaysia: Domestic Finance Watchdog Seeks Public Feedback on ICO Regulatory Framework

Malaysia’s financial regulator wants feedback from the public about ICOs and crowdfunding regulatory frameworks. The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has issued two consultation papers seeking public feedback on the regulatory frameworks for initial coin offerings (ICOs) and property crowdfunding. The request was noted in a press release published on the SC’s website Wednesday, March 6. […]

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US State of Colorado to Examine Blockchain Implementation in Water Rights Management

The Colorado General Assembly has requested the local water institute to study the implementation of blockchain. The United States state of Colorado is examining the possibility of implementing blockchain in water rights management. The corresponding bill was published on Colorado’s General Assembly website on Wednesday, Mar. 6. Senator Jack Tate (R), together with representatives Jeni […]

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‘For Trustworthy Startups Only’: BlockShow Announces New Crypto Conference in Singapore

sponsored The new BlockShow conference will focus on the most promising projects that have weathered the challenges of the recent crypto bear market. BlockShow, an international blockchain event powered by Cointelegraph, announced its new conference, BlockShow Asia 2019, which will be held at Marina Bay Sands Expo in Singapore on Nov. 14-15. The conference will […]

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Coinbase Bought Neutrino for $13.5 Million, Acquisition Contract Allegedly Shows

Coinbase had spent $13.5 million to purchase controversial blockchain intelligence startup Neutrino, documents allegedly show. Major United States cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase had bought blockchain intelligence startup Neutrino for $13.5 million, according to an acquisition contract reportedly obtained by Bitcoin Magazine on Wednesday, Mar. 6. The legal document, whose authenticity has not been independently verified by […]

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Alibaba Exec: E-Commerce Giant Considering Blockchain Use in Complex Supply Chains

Chinese e-commerce giant conglomerate Alibaba Group is considering blockchain tech application for cross-border supply chains. Liu Song, vice president of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, has said in an interview that the company is considering blockchain tech implementation for cross-border  supply chains. Song’s remarks were noted in an article published by China’s largest state-owned newspaper, […]

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Ripple CEO Says JPM Coin Lacks Interoperability: ‘Just Use the Dollar, I Don’t Get It!’

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the recently-announced stablecoin from U.S. banking giant JPMorgan Chase lacks interoperability. Ripple (XRP) CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the recently-announced digital asset from United States banking giant JPMorgan Chase lacks the interoperability that would make it a significant innovation. Garlinghouse made his remarks during an interview at the 4th Annual DC […]

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CFTC Chair: Blockchain Could Have Transformed Regulators Real-Time Response to 2008 Crash

The chairman of the CFTC says that blockchain would have transformed regulators’ real-time responses to the 2008 global financial crash. Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (СFTC), has said that blockchain would have transformed regulators’ real-time responses to the the 2008 global financial crash, if it had been in use […]

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Swiss Stock Exchange SIX to Use R3 Corda Enterprise for Blockchain-Based Trading Platform

SIX Swiss Exchange will use R3’s Corda Enterprise platform for its forthcoming blockchain-powered digital exchange. Switzerland‘s principal stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, has chosen to use blockchain consortium R3’s Corda Enterprise platform for its forthcoming blockchain-powered digital exchange. The news was revealed during the R3-hosted Corda Day event in Singapore on March 6. The SIX […]

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