A case of complacency on compliance? As noted in a report that debuted on Tuesday (Sept. 25) from Verizon Communications, full compliance with the PCI DSS (short for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) dropped last year, the first decline seen in six years. The headline numbers: 52.5 percent of the organizations surveyed were in […]
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Margin trading involves borrowing money to perform trades of a higher value – and taking a position on whether the value of a cryptocurrency will fall or rise. Is margin trading available on all crypto exchanges? Most of them – but not all. As we mentioned earlier, the likes of OKEx and Kraken have rolled […]
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Ukraine’s state bank is considering releasing a state-owned digital currency based on blockchain to increase the rate of non-cash payments. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is considering launching a state-owned digital currency based on blockchain, local news outlet Vesti Ukraine reported Tuesday, September 25. NBU says that the blockchain-based hryvnia, or e-hryvnia, has to […]
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Crypto markets see another flush of green, Ripple and Bitcoin Cash grow significantly, and Bitcoin trades above $6,500. Wednesday, September 26: following a slight sell-off, crypto markets are seeing another flush of green with virtually all of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap in the green. Gains among the top 20 coins by market […]
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A site visitor’s gaze is being shared via Tobii Pro Sprint. Eye-tracking firm Tobii is out Wednesday with its first web-based eye-tracker, a lightweight product that is designed for fast user experience testing. Called the Tobii Pro Sprint, it offers a strip-shaped USB-linked camera that sits under a user’s computer screen, plus an extension […]
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Japanese regulators have approved SBI Ripple Asia’s license to operate as an electronic payment service, the company has confirmed. Financial services company SBI Holdings announced it had secured a license from Japanese regulators for its joint money transfer operation with Ripple in a statement Wednesday, September 26. SBI Ripple Asia, a venture under development with […]
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China’s crypto mining giant Bitmain has filed a draft application for listing shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Chinese crypto mining giant Bitmain has filed a draft application for listing the company’s shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), according to an official application document published Wednesday, September 26. Bitmain has provided a […]
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New research into publicly available records shows that U.S. government agencies have tripled their investment in blockchain intelligence firms this year. New research into publicly available records shows that U.S. government agencies have tripled their investment in blockchain intelligence firms this year, according to a Diar report published September 24. As Diar outlines, blockchain analysis […]
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Suspicions were running high over EOS once again September 26 after four senior executives resigned from parent company Block.one to start a spin-off venture. Block.one: Four Execs, Two Contractors Walk The latest episode in the chequered history of both the platform and Block.one, now ex-senior vice president of tech operations David Moss led an exodus […]
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Inspire Brands announced that it will acquire Sonic for approximately $2.3 billion. The agreement was unanimously approved by Sonic’s Board of Directors, and represents a premium of approximately 19 percent per share to Sonic’s closing stock price on September 24, 2018 ($43.50 per share). “This value-maximizing transaction validates the actions we have taken over the […]
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