All the latest from BlockShow Asia 2019, including mixed messages on crypto regulation and hard truths about token prices. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week […]
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The creation of a new cryptocurrency for BRICS member nations was discussed at the 11th annual BRICS Summit 2019. According to one official in attendance, members of international association BRICS discussed the creation of a new cryptocurrency at a recent summit. On Nov. 14, Russian financial news outlet RBC reported that the director-general of the […]
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Australian blockchain energy firm Power Ledger and BSES Rajdhani Power Limited have successfully conducted a peer-to-peer solar power trading trial in India. Australian blockchain energy firm Power Ledger and Indian electricity distribution company BSES Rajdhani Power Limited (BRPL) have completed a peer-to-peer (P2P) solar power trading trial in the country. Power Ledger announced the news […]
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A senior official at the People’s Bank of China says it will listen to public demand to retain notes and coins, in line with previous cash protection measures. China is not launching a war on cash by introducing its own digital currency, a senior official from the central bank has said. As Reuters reported on […]
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“Emerging technologies such as blockchain have the potential to define the war industry over the coming decades,” former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen tells Cointelegraph. When Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that blockchain and artificial intelligence would “revolutionize war,” as Cointelegraph reported on Nov. 4, did he take things a bit too far? Jet engines […]
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A project by the interior ministry and other entities even includes creating dedicated government wallets for transferring of seized funds. Russia is planning on creating legal statutes allowing the government to achieve the impossible: confiscation of Bitcoin (BTC). As local financial news outlet RBC reported on Nov. 7 citing sources familiar with the matter, Russia’s […]
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In comments to the media, the venture capitalist appealed to India’s government to rethink its desire to outlaw Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. India is leaving itself vulnerable to corruption by attempting to ban cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), says Tim Draper. Speaking to California-based media outlet Indica on Oct. 31, the pro-Bitcoin VC investor called on […]
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Regulators in the Canadian province of British Columbia have shut down the Einstein cryptocurrency exchange, which reportedly owes $16 million to clients. Regulators in the Canadian province of British Columbia have shut down the Vancouver-based Einstein cryptocurrency exchange. In a press release on Nov. 4, the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) reported that it had […]
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India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh says the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies will remain a key part of the defence, along with other innovations. India’s Defence Minister believes blockchain technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data will form part of the future of warfare. As local daily news outlet Times of India reported on Nov. 4, Rajnath […]
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Canada’s volatile history of mainstream adoption and fraud is directly impacting the future of cryptocurrency in the country. Recently, Canada’s central bank has been leading working groups with global partners exploring a blockchain future. Their crypto presence has soared with Ernst & Young’s announcement that it is using Toronto to test its public government expenditure […]
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