Washington-based financial experts allege that North Korea hires people with access to E.U. cryptocurrency wallets to launder and exchange crypto into fiat money. North Korea is “increasingly” using cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions imposed by the U.S., according to two Washington-based experts cited by news site Asia Times on September 24. Lourdes Miranda and Ross Delston […]
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Dairy Farmers of America has partnered with food fintech startup ripe.io to launch a blockchain-backed platform for its food supply chain. Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a U.S. national milk marketing cooperative, has teamed up with food fintech startup ripe.io to pilot a blockchain-powered project aimed at improving the food supply chain, according to an […]
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Australian shopping mall operator with 70 locations across the country is testing Power Ledger’s blockchain solution for solar energy management. Australian firm Vicinity has announced it will trial a blockchain solution for its energy network. The company revealed this Thursday, September 25 in an official press release. Vicinity – with more than $42 billion in […]
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On Sept. 20, the SEC requested more comments for the VanEck SolidX ETF case. On Sept. 20, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requested more comments on its decision on the listing and trading of a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) created by New York-based firms VanEck and SolidX. Consequently, the regulator’s decision […]
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Paris: The Assemblée Nationale is debating about a new legal framework allowing ICOs to gain a ‘quality’ certification issued by the French monetary authority. Today, the Assemblée Nationale (the French parliament’s lower house) is initiating a debate about a legal project introduced last June by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, which […]
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ICE’s Bakkt platform will begin its operations with physical Bitcoin futures, the company has said on social media. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) confirmed its Bakkt cryptocurrency platform’s first offering will take the form of physical Bitcoin futures. ICE, which also operates the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) released new details Tuesday, September 25. Bakkt, which ICE […]
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The crypto market and blockchain sector in South Korea is thriving with the involvement of major banks and conglomerates. The crypto market and blockchain sector of South Korea, the third-largest digital asset exchange market in the world behind the United States and Japan, have some of the most robust systems and infrastructure in place to […]
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In an official announcement Tuesday, Google said that it will allow registered crypto exchanges to advertise in the U.S. and Japan. Google is set to update its ad policy in October, reallowing some crypto businesses to advertise on its platform. The company announced this in an official post Tuesday, September 25. According to the official […]
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Mt.Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi sold $230 million in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash in the final round of sell-offs at the defunct exchange. Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee of defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt.Gox, released a new statement Tuesday, September 25. According to the document, Kobayashi has liquidated almost 26 billion yen ($230 million) in Bitcoin and Bitcoin […]
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75 more banks have joined JPMorgan’s cross-border payment platform powered by its own blockchain. JPMorgan has expanded its blockchain payment platform to over 75 multinational banks. The goal of the participants’ combined efforts is to fight off competition from outside of the banking sector, Financial Times reports September 25. Speaking to the publication, analyst Jason […]
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