Emilie Choi says that while the space has a lot of potential, Coinbase will continue to focus on fiat-to-crypto activities. United States cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is not planning to launch a decentralized exchange (DEX), a senior executive told cryptocurrency news media outlet The Block in an interview on May 29. Speaking on a range of […]
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A group of United States congressmen has requested that Lawrence Kudlow, the Director of the National Economic Council, hold a blockchain forum. A group of United States congressmen has requested that Lawrence Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council, hold a blockchain forum, in a letter published on May 24. A group of seven […]
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Crypto users in Iran resort to p2p bitcoin exchanges following the shutdown of LocalBitcoins. Iran’s plan to battle international sanctions through the use of a state-sponsored cryptocurrency has been brewing for over a year now. It’s been a viable and exciting option for a country that had been cut off from the global economic community […]
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A South Korean pan-governmental meeting has reportedly been held to establish closer monitoring of the country’s crypto space. A South Korean pan-governmental meeting has reportedly been held to establish closer monitoring of the country’s cryptocurrency market amid the recent sharp uptick in crypto valuations. The news was reported by local broadcasting station KBS World Radio […]
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Iran’s central bank, in partnership with a local blockchain solutions provider, is developing a national blockchain platform called Borna that will be used to revamp the country’s ailing banking and financial markets. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI), via its Informatics and Services Corporation (ISC) and in conjunction with Areatak — a Tehran-based blockchain solutions […]
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An ECB official, Vitas Vasiliauskas, highlighted the benefits of central bank digital currencies but stressed caution in a recent speech. A European Central Bank (ECB) official highlighted the benefits of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) while stressing caution in a speech published by the Bank of International Settlements on May 27. Vitas Vasiliauskas — Chairman […]
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The bitcoin price soared to as high as 394,000 Argentine pesos as major investors worry that a populist former president could return to a position of power. The biggest cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC), has hit an all-time high versus the Argentine peso amid the ongoing decline of the currency, Financial Times (FT) reports on May 27. […]
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Italy is for the European elections. Blockchain is on the agenda for politics and institutions, and relevant novelties lay ahead. Between May 23 and 26, 2019, the European Union’s citizens are renewing their continental parliament. Among the countries that will participate in the poles is Italy (voting on May 26) — one of the founding […]
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Decentralized credit and loans: better for borrowers and better for the economy. In the feverish quest to decentralize anything even remotely open to decentralization, one of the most promising areas is finance and the financial industry. This shouldn’t be too surprising, given bitcoin and the origins of blockchain technology, but at a time when even […]
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Malta’s government has awarded 19 blockchain scholarships from the fund set up by the University of Malta and MITA. The Maltese government has awarded 19 students blockchain scholarships worth a total of 160,000 euro ($179,000), local publication the Malta Independent reports May 23. The scholarships were granted by Silvio Schembri, Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, […]
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