There is much to be shocked by in the unfolding Danske Bank money laundering scandal, such as the simple amount laundered through the Estonian branch of the Denmark-based bank — $234 billion at current count, roughly the size of the entire Danish economy — or the fallout from the event, including the bank’s CEO Thomas Borgen […]
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The Wall Street Journal creates, then gets rid of, its own cryptocurrency and the Petro may be ready for public sale in November. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, […]
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Sierra Leone is set to create a national, blockchain-based credit bureau. On September 27, at the 73rd Session of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA), Sierra Leone’s president Julius Maada Bio made an announcement where he declared that his country had set a new goal to create a national, blockchain-based credit bureau to “radically transform” the […]
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‘MoneyTap,’ a consumer-focused blockchain payments app co-developed by Ripple and Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings, has now gone live. Ripple-powered payments app MoneyTap has now gone live, according to an official tweet October 3. The consumer-focused service was co-developed by Ripple and Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings. According to the product’s website, MoneyTap […]
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As financial institutions (FIs) invest in technology in an effort to position themselves more competitively against FinTech firms, the development of so-called chat bots and “robo advisors” has accelerated. Projects from Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and RBS have all surfaced in recent years, as FIs deploy artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that both meet their customers’ needs […]
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Most people today think of slavery as a barbaric system from a bygone era, but for millions of victims around the world, it continues to be a day-to-day reality. According to research from the United Nations (UN), more than 40 million people worldwide were enslaved as of 2016, mostly through human trafficking rings, which earn […]
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After being unveiled in July of this year, the zero-fee decentralized trading platform StellarX has now been fully launched. StellarX, a Stellar-based zero-fee decentralized crypto exchange has left its beta phase and was fully launched Friday, September 28. The launch was announced in a blog post by Interstellar, the company behind the platform. The exchange, […]
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Japanese self-regulatory group of crypto exchanges plans to limit the amount of crypto assets that can be stored by its members online. The self-regulatory Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) plans to stricten its customer asset management measures. The Japan Times outlet reported this news Sunday, September 30, citing “informed sources.” JVCEA is a self-regulatory […]
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Japanese social messaging giant LINE has unveiled 5 new DApps and a new Japan-focused coin, as part of a developing token economy. Japanese social messaging giant LINE has unveiled 5 new decentralized applications (DApps) and a new Japan-focused digital coin. The plans were announced in a press release shared with Cointelegraph Friday, September 28. LINE’s […]
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sponsored A decentralized fintech company has forged a partnership that will see its technology integrated into products offered by TD Bank, one of the world’s largest financial institutions. Hydrogen, a NYC-based business that was recently named KPMG’s fintech startup of the year has signed a public blockchain licensing deal with TD Bank – the world’s […]
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