The U.S. SEC’s Finhub will host a series of local peer-to-peer meetups across the country in a bid to engage more actively with the crypto and wider fintech community. The Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (Finhub) at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will host a series of local peer-to-peer (p2p) […]
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Deutsche Borse Group, Swisscom, and Sygnum have entered into a partnership to build out a compliant financial market infrastructure for digital assets. Global market infrastructure provider Deutsche Borse Group, Swiss state-owned telecoms and ICT firm Swisscom, and Swiss and Singapore-based fintech company Sygnum have entered into a strategic partnership to build out a compliant financial […]
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Over 80 percent of the total supply of Ethereum’s native token ETH is held by 7,572 addresses, a new report claims. Over 80 percent of the total circulating supply of Ethereum (ETH) is held by 7,572 addresses, claims a report released by digital asset research company Delphi Digital on March 7. More precisely, the data […]
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The German Ministry of Finance is pushing for the regulation of blockchain-based securities. The German Federal Ministry of Finance has published a key issues paper on the treatment and regulation of blockchain-based securities, according to a ministry announcement on March 8. In the paper initially released on March 7, the regulator discusses the introduction of […]
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The Commerce Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly introduced a bill to authorize the use of smart contracts in business. A committee of the Connecticut state legislature has proposed to authorize the use of smart contracts in commerce in the state, according to official documentation introduced on March 7. The Commerce Committee of the Connecticut […]
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Israeli securities regulators published their final recommendations for crypto regulation, offering to create a platform for trading cryptocurrencies. The Israel Securities Authority (ISA) has published its final report on cryptocurrency regulations, local financial newspaper Globes reports Thursday, March 7. A special committee formed in 2017 to develop proper regulations for cryptocurrencies has presented its report […]
Continue ReadingGerman financial services firm Commerzbank and securities marketplace Deutsche Boerse have completed a PoC for a legally binding repo transaction using blockchain tech. German financial services company Commerzbank and securities marketplace Deutsche Boerse have completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a legally binding repo transaction using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The news was reported by Cointelegraph […]
Continue ReadingGlobal financial messaging network SWIFT is carrying out a DLT-based shareholder e-voting proof-of-concept in the first half of this year. Global financial messaging network, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), is carrying out a blockchain-based shareholder e-voting proof-of-concept (PoC) with major financial institutions. SWIFT announced the news in a press release published on […]
Continue ReadingTotal cryptocurrencies market cap gained back the lost $5 billion yesterday, Bitcoin trades above $3,800 again. Tuesday, March 5 — crypto markets have seen a healthy wave of green, with all of the top 20 cryptos seeing a firm recovery after yesterday’s sell off, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Litecoin (LTC), the fourth cryptocurrency by […]
Continue ReadingLast month was particularly eventful for the Japanese crypto ecosystem. The beginning of the year was particularly eventful for the Japanese crypto ecosystem, which is generally considered to be a major part of the industry. First of all, Japan’s Central Bank (BoJ) issued a study on the role of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in […]
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