CaixaBank adds we.trade to its service catalog, becoming one of Europe’s first bank to give customers access to blockchain technology. On Jan. 3 Spain-based CaixaBank added the blockchain-powered finance platform We.trade to its list of services. CaixaBank has now become one of the first banks in Europe to provide its customers access to blockchain technology. […]
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Telegram will still have to prove that its bank records comply with foreign data privacy laws despite a U.S. court denying a Jan. 2 application by the SEC. The District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied a request by the United States’ securities regulator to make Telegram reveal its bank records. […]
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BitBox, the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange of internet messaging giant Line, announced that it will delist XRP on Jan. 16. BitBox, the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange operated by internet messaging giant Line, announced that it will delist XRP on Jan. 16. Cointelegraph Japan reported BitBox’s decision earlier today. The announcement published on the exchange’s website on Jan. […]
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb establishes its own research and development center. South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has established its own research and development (R&D) center. According to an announcement on Jan. 6, the initiative makes Bithumb the first company with a blockchain and cryptocurrency research center in South Korea. Bithumb expressed high hopes for […]
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Virginia’s state legislature looks to study blockchain technology in a bid to protect voter records and election results. In the United States, Virginia’s state legislature looks to study blockchain to improve elections and voting. Prefiled on Dec. 27 and scheduled for offering on Jan. 8, a new bill requesting further study into blockchain-based elections has […]
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Launched in 2019, TaxBit’s tax reporting solution was built by not just developers but a team of CPAs, tax attorneys and software developers. TaxBit, a crypto-oriented tax compliance firm, has raised $5 million in a seed round that saw participation from the Winklevoss twins’ family office, Winklevoss Capital. In a Jan. 6 announcement, TaxBit said […]
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Fans of Italian professional soccer club Juventus have used blockchain platform Socios to vote on Blur’s Song 2 as the official goal song at home games. Fans of Italian professional soccer club Juventus have used the Socios platform to vote on the song to be played when they score a goal in their home stadium. […]
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We asked prominent crypto and blockchain actors how they would summarize the year 2019 for the industry. Alexander Zaidelson, CEO of Beam I think the year of 2019 was a year of big hopes for wider adoption and some disappointments. The Libra debacle was one of the big events that, in my view, influenced the […]
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From Switzerland and Malta to North Korea and Iran: Overview of experimental crypto regulations around the globe. This is the final part of a three-part series covering the regulatory landscape for cryptos in 2019 and thinking about the prospects for 2020. The first two parts covered the “Insiders” of Europe, North America and the Pacific […]
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Crypto lending is fast becoming an important sector in the crypto market, hence the need to review the top crypto lending platforms. The proliferation of crypto lending platforms is the latest crypto solution bridging the gap with the traditional financial industry. These platforms offer institutional and retail investors the opportunity to access banking services previously […]
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