Learn more about the particular cases when using cryptocurrencies is much more efficient than paying with cash or credit cards. Sounds too good to be true. Any risks or downsides? Despite all the benefits, you have to make some effort to start trading and to fully understand cryptocurrencies. Purchasing coins for the first time might […]
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The exchange, like others in India, faces an ongoing stranglehold on operations by the central bank. Indian cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin has fired half its staff, leaving the company with 14 workers, Indian daily news outlet The Economic Times reported on April 16. Citing regulatory uncertainty in the industry, Unocoin said it had made the decision […]
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France is reportedly going to try to convince other European Union member states to adopt cryptocurrency regulations similar to its own. France is reportedly going to try to convince other European Union member states to adopt cryptocurrency regulations similar to its own, Reuters reported on April 15. Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of the Economy […]
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Japanese crypto startup FXCoin revealed it has completed a third-party allotment of shares with SBI Holdings, as part of its aim to launch a licensed crypto exchange. Japanese crypto startup FXCoin revealed it has completed a third-party allotment of shares with financial services giant SBI Holdings. The development, which contributes to FXCoin’s aim of launching […]
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Lagos has an interest in crypto, but adoption is slow, with many only considering Bitcoin as an alternative means of receiving foreign payments. Data from Google Trends shows that Lagos, Nigeria ranks as the number one city based on the volume of online searches for Bitcoin (BTC). While this data may indicate a high level […]
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A Chinese blockchain researcher said that privacy, operability, and enterprise integration are major obstacles to the use of blockchain in finance. The use of blockchain technology in the financial sector still face many challenges according to a major Chinese researcher, local news agency Sohu reports on April 12. Wei Kai, head of blockchain research at […]
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Major Japanese bank Resona withdrew from Ripple-powered blockchain payment project MoneyTap without specifying the reasons. Major Japanese bank Resona will withdraw from Ripple-powered blockchain payment project MoneyTap on May 13, the bank announced on April 11. A subsidiary of Resona Group, the fifth largest banking group in Japan as of 2012, Resona Bank joined the […]
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Facebook and Telegram’s launch of coins will be more of a game changer for social media and banking than for crypto. Facebook is controversial, if nothing else. The world’s fifth-biggest company by market cap, it’s also the biggest social network by a comfortable margin. Yet, despite the fact that most of us use it, we’ve become increasingly […]
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Pakistan’s government is working to bring the nation into the crypto sector. Almost a year after a blanket ban on cryptocurrencies, Pakistan has come a long way in its attitude toward the space. A recent notice by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) declared that institutions willing to work in the sphere of “electronic money” […]
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Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire reaffirmed his stance, “in crypto we trust,” opposing centralized intermediaries to cryptographic proof. The crypto and blockchain industry is about a fundamental redesign of the basics of how civic society will ultimately function, according to Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire. The CEO provided his stance at a recent panel within the 2019 […]
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