Decentralized sports investment and funding firm SportyCo will reportedly not purchase English Championship football club Hull City AFC. Decentralized sports investment and funding firm SportyCo will reportedly not purchase English Championship football club Hull City AFC, the Next Web reported on May 1. Sources familiar with the matter reportedly told the Next Web that the […]
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Following closures of its PAC and Chicago office, Coinbase says its shifting focus to serve institutional investors. America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, is shifting its focus to serve the needs of a growing interest in crypto by institutional investors. This is the narrative coming from the company after some changes in the last 10 days. […]
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American digital asset manager Grayscale Investments introduced its pro-bitcoin advertising initiative “Drop Gold.” New York-based digital asset manager Grayscale Investments has introduced its pro-bitcoin (BTC) advertising initiative “Drop Gold” in a press release on May 1. The Drop Gold campaign is based on the emergence of bitcoin as an alternative to gold investments. In particular, […]
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Five Canadian banks will employ a blockchain-based user identification system developed by tech startup SecureKey Technologies. Five Canadian banks will be employing a blockchain-based user identification system developed by tech startup SecureKey Technologies, Bloomberg reports on May 1. Per the report, the Verified.Me digital identity system is now available to clients of the Royal Bank […]
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Over the past three years, the Dutch central bank faced a number of issues in applying blockchain in payments. The Netherlands’ central bank will continue to experiment with blockchain, but its to-date findings are “not that positive,” according to the bank’s director of payments. Finance publication The Banker reported on the comments on May 1. […]
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The plans significantly overtake pledged funding from the incumbent government, which has shown itself to be skeptical of the technology. Australia’s main opposition party would inject $3 million AUD ($2.1 million) into blockchain technology should it win next month’s federal election, tech news magazine ZDNet reported on May 1. Under plans previously outlined as part […]
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On-chain transaction volumes set a 14-month high in April, while Q2 2019 looks set to buck a longer downward trend. On-chain transactions on the bitcoin (BTC) network hit fresh highs not seen since 2017 in April, industry newsletter Diar noted on April 30, quoting blockchain data provider TokenAnalyst. Continuing a trend that had already started […]
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Bart Chilton, a former commissioner of the CFTC, has died at the age of 58. Last weekend, Bart Chilton, a former commissioner of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and early advocate for cryptocurrency regulation, died at the age of 58. Apart from his work for the regulator, he was best known as […]
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ITIF asks governments to put forth more effort in supporting legitimate blockchain innovation and adoption The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released recommendations for policymakers on how to regulate blockchain technology on April 30. Founded in 2006, ITIF is an independent nonprofit institute that provides policymakers with information, analysis and recommendations for handling new […]
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Amazon Web Services has made its Amazon Managed Blockchain generally available. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing platform subsidiary of retail giant Amazon, has made its Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) generally available, according to an announcement on April 30. The product will purportedly allow customers to set up blockchain networks within their organizations, and […]
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