Dutch banking giant ING wants to “improve” the anonymity credentials of enterprise blockchain use. Dutch multinational banking and financial services corporation ING confirmed the release of its open source blockchain tool Zero-Knowledge Set Membership (ZKSM) in a press release Monday, Oct. 21. ZKSM, which functions as a privacy “improvement” to distributed ledger technology (DLT), such […]
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Investment giant Fidelity is turning to digital assets services, and Steve Wozniak gets into blockchain. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more — a week on Cointelegraph […]
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Fiat deposits are available on Bitfinex, but rumors about its insolvency haven’t been fully dispelled. On October 8, Hong-Kong-based exchange Bitfinex has announced that it is not under the immediate threat of insolvency and the related rumors are unsubstantiated, as well as false. According to the company’s press release, all cryptocurrency and fiat withdrawals are […]
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Crypto markets are seeing minor losses across the board, as low volatility continues, and most fluctuations are capped within a 2 percent range. Friday, Oct. 19: crypto markets are seeing minor losses across the board, as low volatility continues. The top 10 cryptocurrencies are seeing an equal amount of positive and negative fluctuations, but almost […]
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Sberbank’s CEO says governments are not ready to give way to decentralized currencies – at least not within the next 10 years. Herman Gref, CEO of state-owned Sberbank – Russia’s largest banking conglomerate – believes that global governments won’t “let go” of centralized models to “allow” decentralized cryptocurrencies to flourish within the next 10 years, […]
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Crypto and blockchain-related merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has surged by over 200 percent in 2018, according to data compiled by JMP Securities. In what has been dubbed a “deal frenzy,” crypto and blockchain-related merger and acquisition (M&A) activity has surged by over 200 percent in 2018, CNBC reported Oct. 18. Data compiled by JMP […]
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Tether’s offshore operations detract from its transparency versus other stablecoins, Mike Novogratz told Bloomberg. Stablecoin Tether (USDT) should create more “transparency” about its operations, cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur Michael Novogratz told Bloomberg Oct. 18. Speaking in an interview, Novogratz, whose Galaxy Digital investment company is active in the cryptocurrency space, said he favored alternative stablecoins […]
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The government of Bermuda has licensed the first ICO in the country under a new regulatory regime that was introduced this summer. The government of Bermuda has awarded the first certification for an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) under the island nation’s new regulatory regime for crypto and blockchain business, the country’s only daily newspaper, the […]
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will partner with Coil and Ripple to implement Interledger and develop “pro-poor” payment systems on its mobile platform Mojaloop. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is partnering with Ripple Labs Inc. and digital payments firm Coil to implement the Interledger Protocol, the Foundation’s Deputy Director and Principal Technologist Miller […]
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U.S. crypto wallet and blockchain security firm BitGo gets $15 million from banking giant Goldman Sachs and Galaxy Digital’s Mike Novogratz. U.S. banking giant Goldman Sachs and its former partner Mike Novogratz, now CEO of crypto investment firm Galaxy Digital, have recently invested in U.S. crypto custody service BitGo, Bloomberg reports Wednesday, Oct. 18. In […]
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