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Malta: Two-Thirds Fail Crypto Agent Exam Despite Authorities’ Attempts to Ease Process

October 18, 2018cashtechnews

Almost two-thirds of those who took Malta’s cryptocurrency agent certification have failed, despite examiners’ last-minute changes to ease the marking scheme. Almost two-thirds of those taking Malta’s cryptocurrency agent certification have failed, despite examiners’ last-minute changes to ease the marking scheme, English-language daily Times of Malta reports Oct. 18. Since the Virtual Financial Assets Act […]

Scalability Study: DLT Can Support Daily Trading Volume of US Equity Market

October 17, 2018cashtechnews

A recent study by DTCC, Accenture, and R3 has found that blockchain technology is able to meet the demands of the U.S. equity market of more than 100 million trades per day. A recent study by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a post-trade financial services firm, has found that distributed ledger technology (DLT) […]

Fifth Largest Crypto Exchange Huobi Lists Four USD-Backed Stablecoins, Following OKEx

October 16, 2018cashtechnews

Major crypto exchange Huobi announces the listing of four fiat-backed stablecoins just one day after a similar announcement by OKEx. Another major crypto exchange Huobi has announced the listing of four stablecoins at once, according to an official statement Tuesday, October 16. Starting Friday, Oct. 19, the fifth largest crypto exchange by trading volume will […]

Gemini Cryptocurrency Exchange to Add Litecoin LTC Trading – Possible Pump?

October 16, 2018May 10, 2020Dennis Consorte

Litecoin tanked after its founder jumped ship when it was right around the $400 range. It’s now trading at just over $55. Gemini just announced that they’re listing LTC on their platform. Could the price pump today from this news? We’ll know soon. Here’s the announcement from Gemini: We’re happy to announce that Litecoin (LTC) […]

Paxos Says It Has Issued $50 Mln of Recently-Launched Dollar-Backed Stablecoin

October 16, 2018cashtechnews

Blockchain Trust company Paxos has issued around $50 million worth of its recently launched U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin in the past few weeks. Blockchain Trust company Paxos has issued around $50 million worth of its recently launched U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, according to a Tweet from a senior employee October 15. As previously reported, the Ethereum (ETH) […]

Coinbase Opens Office in Ireland as Part of Brexit Contingency Plan

October 16, 2018cashtechnews

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has opened an office in Dublin in the face of Brexit. San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has opened a new office in Dublin, Ireland, according to an announcement published Oct. 15. In addition to helping expand its operations in Europe, the new Irish offices are reportedly part of a contingency plan for […]

Third Top Cryptocurrency Exchange OKEx Lists Four Stablecoins at Once

October 15, 2018cashtechnews

OKEx has announced new listings for four stablecoins: TrueUSD, USD Coin, Gemini Dollar, and Paxos Standard Token. The third top crypto exchange by market cap, OKEx, has recently announced the listings of four stablecoins at once, according to an official blog post published on Monday, Oct. 15. OKEx has added support for four stablecoins, including […]

Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini: “99 Percent of Cryptocurrencies are Worth Zero”

October 14, 2018cashtechnews

An interview with Mr. Roubini about “buggy” smart contracts, Ethereum being a scam, why he might want to give the industry another try The interview has been edited and condensed. Nouriel Roubini is a New York-based economist that famously predicted the 2008 financial crisis when only a few considered there might be a threat to […]

Why Mastercard’s Multi-Blockchain Might Be a New Step In the Patent Race

October 14, 2018cashtechnews

What is a ‘subnet’ and how the financial services giant is going to partition a blockchain. On October 9, American financial services giant Mastercard was granted a patent for a method to partition a blockchain so that it can store multiple transaction types and formats. The filing published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office […]

Nouriel Roubini Versus Blockchain: Notes from the Senate Floor

October 13, 2018cashtechnews

The famous crypto-hater testified to the US Senate committee alongside the blockchain advocate Peter Van Valkenburgh. Normally, there is very limited room for drawing legitimate comparisons between a Senate hearing and an Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight. Yet the hearing entitled “Exploring the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Ecosystem,” which took place on October 11, 2018 on the […]

Tag: financial services

Malta: Two-Thirds Fail Crypto Agent Exam Despite Authorities’ Attempts to Ease Process

Fifth Largest Crypto Exchange Huobi Lists Four USD-Backed Stablecoins, Following OKEx

Gemini Cryptocurrency Exchange to Add Litecoin LTC Trading – Possible Pump?

Paxos Says It Has Issued $50 Mln of Recently-Launched Dollar-Backed Stablecoin

Coinbase Opens Office in Ireland as Part of Brexit Contingency Plan

Third Top Cryptocurrency Exchange OKEx Lists Four Stablecoins at Once

Nouriel “Dr. Doom” Roubini: “99 Percent of Cryptocurrencies are Worth Zero”

Nouriel Roubini Versus Blockchain: Notes from the Senate Floor

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