Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of crypto exchange Binance, says the Chinese President’s endorsement of blockchain will inevitably drive mass adoption of crypto. Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of crypto exchange Binance, says the Chinese President’s endorsement of blockchain will inevitably drive mass adoption of crypto. In an interview with Bloomberg Markets: Asia on Nov. […]
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With 15,000 users, Pepo is a social media product that wants to engage the crypto community. During day two of BlockShow Asia 2019, Pepo founder and CEO Jason Goldberg hosted a keynote to present his new product. With 15,000 users and more than 45,000 peer-to-peer transactions to its credit, Pepo aims to change the way […]
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Ahead of its hard fork, Bitcoin Cash sees suspicious hashing power sources cause a ruckus. An upcoming planned hard fork in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) will impose relatively simple technical changes to its consensus mechanism that will not split the chain, despite some turbulent undercurrents in the coin’s community regarding issues which have recently become difficult […]
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Financial institutions are paying lots of attention to crypto, but they need a little more from it first. Institutional investors aren’t being overlooked at BlockShow Asia 2019. At a panel titled “Unlocking Yield In Cryptocurrency Assets — Encouraging Institutions To Enter The Industry,” a number of crypto leaders shared their thoughts on how to make […]
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Regulators in the Chinese autonomous province of Inner Mongolia intend to dispatch inspection units to assure the clean-up of local crypto mining companies. Regulators in the Chinese autonomous province of Inner Mongolia continue to crack down on the province’s crypto mining companies. The Global Times reported on Nov. 13 that northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous […]
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Three firms that collectively raised about $40 million through unregulated ICOs in 2017 missed the deadlines set forward in their settlements with the SEC. Several firms that collectively raised about $40 million through unregulated initial coin offerings (ICOs) in 2017 missed their deadlines to repay investors following charges by the United States Securities and Exchange […]
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The People’s Bank of China will pilot a restriction on large-scale cash transactions in three different regions, possibly paving the way for its upcoming digital currency. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it will pilot a restriction on large-scale cash transactions in three different regions across the country, with one expert calling the […]
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We need a high level of evaluation for how this data is gathered instead. The security experts at BlockShow Asia 2019 agree: creating a unified blacklist for scammers and fraudsters is not only difficult, but it’s not enough to solve these issues within the crypto space. Cryptocurrency service providers like exchanges already maintain their own […]
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Pundi X has integrated its XPOS gateway into Ingenico’s mobile portable POS solution APOS A8 to allow payments via Android. French payment firm Ingenico has partnered with Singapore-based crypto startup Pundi X to enable its customers to receive payments in crypto using smartphones. Pundi X has integrated its point-of-sale payment gateway (XPOS) into Ingenico’s mobile […]
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Compound secured $25 million in an investment round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z Crypto. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has led a $25 million funding round for crypto lending startup Compound. On Nov. 14, Fortune reported that Compound, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol, secured $25 million in an investment […]
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