German Gov’t Approves New Plan to Block Private ‘Parallel Currencies’

Germany’s government has approved a blockchain strategy that aims to prevent stablecoins from becoming alternative currencies and threatening state sovereignty. Germany’s government has approved a blockchain strategy that aims to prevent stablecoins from becoming alternative currencies and threatening state sovereignty. Reuters reported on Sept. 18 that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet passed the strategy earlier today, […]

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Japanese Messaging Giant Line Rolls Out Crypto Trading Platform Bitmax

Following FSA approval, Line launches its crypto exchange Bitmax, offering trading of 5 major cryptocurrencies. Japanese messaging giant Line launched its new crypto trading platform Bitmax on Sept. 17, Cointelegraph Japan reports. FSA approval received Following regulatory approval to operate a crypto exchange in early September, Line’s blockchain arm LVC Corporation officially introduced its newly […]

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German Finance Minister Says Gov’t Must Reject Facebook’s Libra Coin

German Finance Minister says that policymakers cannot accept “parallel currencies” like Facebook’s proposed Libra and must reject them clearly. German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz stated that policymakers cannot accept parallel currencies such as Facebook’s proposed Libra stablecoin. Prevent stablecoins from becoming alternative currencies As reported by Reuters, on Sept. 17, German Vice Chancellor and Finance […]

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Hedera Hashgraph — Deep Look Into 10,000 Transactions Per Second Claim

Performance claims of Hedera’s “third-generation” distributed ledger being called into question, what is the protocol really capable of? Hedera Hashgraph, a decentralized public network targeting enterprises and claims to be capable of processing 10,000 cryptocurrency transactions per second (TPS), has publicly launched its beta mainnet this Monday. Despite the project’s governing council attracting membership from […]

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Huobi Expands to Argentina, Plans to Launch Fiat-to-Crypto Gateway

Singapore-based cryptocurrency trading platform Huobi has rolled out an exchange in Argentina, planning to add support for a fiat-to-cryptocurrency gateway. Singapore-based crypto and blockchain company Huobi Group has rolled out an exchange in Argentina, planning to add support for a fiat-to-cryptocurrency gateway. Per a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Sept. 17, Huobi officially launched […]

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