Fidelity, Deloitte and Amazon have joined 20 other firms to support blockchain accelerator program Startup Studio. Major global firms Fidelity, Deloitte and Amazon, have begun supporting a new blockchain accelerator program called Startup Studio, according to a press release on July 11. The companies are backing the program along with 20 other firms, including Ethereum […]
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Hong Kong-based blockchain financial services firm Diginex Ltd. will go public through a reverse merger with investment holding company 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp. Hong Kong-based blockchain financial services firm Diginex Ltd. is scheduled to go public through a reverse merger with investment holding company 8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp. Subsequently, the firm will be listed on […]
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Since Zimbabwe’s central bank banned crypto services in 2018, Bitcoin has continued to rise amid new ban on foreign currencies. Bitcoin (BTC) trading in Zimbabwe has continued to surge after the government banned the use of foreign currencies on June 24, business news agency Quartz Africa reported on July 10. The country is reportedly seeing […]
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Companies such as Google and Amazon will launch a product in the crypto industry, say Gemini co-founders. Digital currency will form part of all four FANG companies’ offerings by 2021, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss told CNBC in a new interview on July 9. Speaking about Facebook Libra, the twins, who co-founded cryptocurrency trading platform Gemini, […]
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From mitigating risks to gaining on price difference: A multifaceted world of financial derivatives and their application in crypto, reviewed. Are there any downsides of trading crypto derivatives? All trading strategies related to price fluctuations imply a certain level of risk, especially combined with the lack of relevant regulation for the crypto derivatives sector. When […]
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Global banking giant HSBC has tested out its blockchain-based trade finance platform Voltron and reduced transaction time by 40%. Global banking giant HSBC has tested out its blockchain-based trade finance platform Voltron and reduced transaction time by 40%, the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply reported on July 10. To arrange a shipment between Hong […]
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A large number of Gulf nations are embracing crypto with open arms as Ethereum explores partnership opportunities… While we often get to hear about how cryptocurrency adoption is rapidly gaining ground in the West, a number of countries across the Middle East — such as Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia — often […]
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Major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly looking to launch a captive insurance company. United States’ biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, is reportedly looking to launch a captive insurance company, industry news outlet Coindesk reports on July 10. Per the report, industry sources told the outlet that Coinbase is looking to launch its captive insurance […]
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Arthur Hayes claimed that even if Libra has limited success, PayPal in particular has no chance of succeeding. Facebook’s Libra payment protocol could make central and commercial banks irrelevant, but PayPal has no future anyway, the CEO of derivatives giant BitMEX thinks. Arthur Hayes made the comments in a new interview with Taiwanese news network […]
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tZERO, the cryptocurrency wing of American retail giant Overstock, to tokenize forthcoming motion picture “Atari: Fistful of Quarters.” tZERO, the cryptocurrency wing of American retail giant Overstock, will tokenize forthcoming motion picture “Atari: Fistful of Quarters,” according to a press release published on July 9. Per the release, tZERO has partnered with the upcoming movie’s […]
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