North and South Korea: divergent political situations and divergent approaches to crypto. South and North Korea may be separated by a border that’s only 2.5 miles wide, but the two nations couldn’t possibly be more different, at least when it comes to crypto. South Korea has emerged over the past few years as one of […]
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sponsored A multi-asset universal mobile wallet says it has become the first such platform to support ADA — “a digital cash that represents the future of money.” The company behind a multi-asset, universal wallet that can store major crypto and smart contract tokens in one place says it has become the first mobile wallet to […]
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Source: Eligma Created by e-visionaries and advised by experts from companies like Google, Apple and Intel, the Eligma startup continues along its roadmap of smart commerce solutions with the latest technologies including blockchain. After a successful last week’s launch of its MVP − Elly, an AI shopping assistant, Eligma presented a second product. Elipay is […]
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Circle announced on Wednesday (Sept. 26) that, along with the CENTRE open source consortium, it has launched a service to tokenize U.S. dollars and use them on public blockchain on the internet. In a company blog post, Circle said individuals and institutions can enroll in the service to deposit U.S. dollars from bank accounts, convert […]
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Ukraine’s state bank is considering releasing a state-owned digital currency based on blockchain to increase the rate of non-cash payments. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) is considering launching a state-owned digital currency based on blockchain, local news outlet Vesti Ukraine reported Tuesday, September 25. NBU says that the blockchain-based hryvnia, or e-hryvnia, has to […]
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Circle is introducing a stablecoin dubbed the “USD Coin,” with a consortium called Centre serving as the platform. Circle Internet Financial Ltd. is launching a USD-backed digital token dubbed the “USD Coin,” Bloomberg reports Wednesday, September 26. A consortium called Centre — which includes Bitmain Technologies Ltd. among its members — will act as a […]
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sponsored According to the World Bank, there are 1.7 billion people globally who still don’t have a bank account. Nebeus, the London-based crypto platform, has launched a 1.1 million pound ($1.45 million) crowdfunding campaign as they set out their ambitious goal of bringing financial services to people around the world. According to the World Bank, […]
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The initial coin offering (ICO) has emerged as a corporate financing trend just as volatile as many of the cryptocurrencies themselves. Earlier this year, CoinDesk data revealed more money was raised via ICO in the first quarter of 2018 than in the entirety of 2017, totaling $6.3 billion raised in those first three months. However, Autonomous […]
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The chairman of the Kenyan DLT and AI task force has proposed that the government tokenize the economy in order to fight the “increasing” rate of corruption. Kenyan Distributed Ledgers and Artificial Intelligence task force chairman Bitange Ndemo has said that the government should tokenize the economy, local news outlet The Star reported September 25. […]
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Source: Marie Huillet, CoinTelegraph The Winklevoss twins’ crypto exchange Gemini is eyeing entrance into the U.K. market, according to a new report from the Financial Times. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, creators of U.S..-based cryptocurrency trading platform Gemini, are looking to expand the platform to the U.K. market, sources told the Financial Times (FT) September 24. […]
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