A look into the QuadrigaCX case. For the second week, QuadrigaCX’s crisis remains one of the hottest topics in the crypto world. After the CEO of the Canadian exchange, 30-year-old Geral Cotten, suddenly died, the exchange has allegedly lost access to its cold wallets, where as much as 190 million Canadian dollars ($145 million) in […]
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The $200 million legal proceedings over the de facto defunct exchange have interest from a raft of law firms. Embattled Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has become the subject of a bidding war as lawyers meet to win creditor representation, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 12. The hearing at the Nova Scotia Supreme Court on Feb. 14 […]
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A new partnership between IBM and Boehringer Ingelheim aims to test whether blockchain provides a proper level of data integrity, transparency, and patient safety. The Canadian unit of American tech giant IBM has partnered with pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim to deploy blockchain in clinical recordkeeping, according to a press release published on Feb. 12. The […]
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Crypto asset brokerage Voyager Digital — co-founded by the ex-CTO of Uber — has gone public on Canada’s TSX Venture Exchange. Crypto asset brokerage Voyager Digital — co-founded by the ex-CTO of Uber — has gone public on Canada’s TSX Venture Exchange. The news was announced in an official tweet from Voyager on Feb. 11. […]
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The Ontario Securities Commission is reportedly “looking into” crypto exchange QuadrigaCX in connection to “the potential harm to Ontario investors.” The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has initiated a probe into Canada’s major cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, Reuters reported on Feb. 8. The Ontario Securities Commission reportedly told Reuters that “given the potential harm to Ontario investors, […]
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The British Columbia Securities Commission reportedly said that it did not regulate crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, since it had no indication that it was trading in securities. Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX is reportedly not regulated by the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), the province’s financial regulator, Reuters reported on Feb. 7. Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX was […]
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A report says that ICOs in Q4 2018 raised 25 percent less than in Q3, while the total amount of completed ICOs dropped. Initial coin offerings (ICOs) in Q4 2018 raised 25 percent less than in Q3, while the total amount of completed ICOs increased, according to a report by ICO rating service ICObench shared […]
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Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science introduced a blockchain platform for tracking diamonds. Last week, Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science introduced a blockchain-enabled platform for tracking diamonds. Indeed, blockchain has been bringing transparency into the diamond industry — a complex ecosystem where corruption and irresponsible mining appear to be largely present. Self-regulation in the […]
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The Chamber of Digital Commerce has united with the Blockchain Association of Canada to become the Chamber of Digital Commerce Canada Canada’s largest blockchain trade association, the Chamber of Digital Commerce has united with the Blockchain Association of Canada (BAC), which will now go by the Chamber of Digital Commerce Canada. The merger was announced […]
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Canadian cryptocurrency exchange is in hot water. Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX is in hot water: Following the sudden death of its 30-year-old founder, Gerald Cotten, the exchange has allegedly lost access to its cold wallets, where most of the funds were stored. Now, the exchange has taken to court to avoid the collapse, but some […]
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