Two New Zealand churches have denied allowing a crypto Ponzi scheme to preach to their congregations, and say they are launching legal action. A New Zealand church accused of colluding with a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme in targeting the congregation, has denied knowingly participating in illegal activity in a Facebook statement on May 2. The Samoan Independent Seventh Day […]
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A linkup of the banks’ respective blockchain-based platforms enabled a payment without an intermediary. The central banks of Singapore and Canada have successfully used their blockchain networks to send each other digital currency, a joint press release confirmed on May 2. As part of the distributed ledger technology (DLT) projects being pursued by both banks, […]
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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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Dave Ramsden said that crypto assets are too volatile to be a store of value. Dave Ramsden, deputy governor of the United Kingdom’s central bank, has said that crypto assets are too volatile to be a store of value. Ramsden made his comments in an interview with CNBC published on April 30. Bank of England […]
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Japan and South Korea took the remaining spots in the top three countries, still far behind the U.S. The United States, Japan and South Korea are the world’s biggest fans of cryptocurrency exchanges, new research from software firm DataLight reported April 29. After investigating the origin of traders who use well-known exchanges, DataLight — which […]
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Bitfinex and Tether deny the New York attorney general’s claims of a lost $850 million, and Samsung considers a Samsung Coin. Top stories this week Bitfinex Allegedly Covers $850 Million Loss With Tether Funds The New York attorney general’s office alleged this week that crypto exchange Bitfinex lost $850 million and subsequently used funds from […]
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The Ministry of Finance in Austria is considering the establishment of a regulatory sandbox for the fintech industry. The Ministry of Finance in Austria is considering establishing a regulatory sandbox for the fintech industry, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reports on April 26. The country’s Finance Minister Hartwig Loeger said that the FinTech Advisory Council — which […]
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Members of a local church ended up buying into the Ponzi scheme after a sales pitch, the central bank confirms. A church in the Pacific nation of Samoa is at the center of scrutiny after ministers invited notorious cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme OneCoin to preach to its congregation, New Zealand-based media network Radio NZ reported on […]
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SMBC becomes the network’s latest major member, following BNP Paribas and ING. Major Japanese bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), will leverage R3’s Marco Polo blockchain network for trade finance, local cryptocurrency news outlet CoinDesk Japan reported on April 25. SMBC, which is Japan’s third-largest bank by assets, plans to roll out blockchain services in […]
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As the IMF and the bosses of central banks gather to talk digital money, concerns of stability and institutional trust dominate the discussion. The custodians of global financial order have been prominent in crypto news recently. The weekend kicked off with the announcement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining forces with the World Bank to launch […]
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