Facebook hires lobbyists as Zuckerberg dines with lawmakers to try to get Libra across the regulatory line. When Facebook published the Libra white paper in June 2019, shockwaves were felt across the crypto markets the world over. Triggering the end of a long bear market, Bitcoin soared past the iconic $10,000 mark, and many prominent […]
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Japan’s financial giant Monex Group will pay out dividends in Bitcoin to all Monex shareholders with a Coincheck account. Japan’s financial giant Monex Group, owner of cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, will be granting Bitcoin (BTC) as a mid-term shareholder benefit in 2019. In addition to the existing shareholder benefits, the new dividends will be paid out […]
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Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange BitFlyer is adding 5 new altcoins to its trading platform in Europe, 3 in the United States. BitFlyer, a Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange, is adding 5 new altcoins to its platforms in Europe and the United States. Five new altcoins added in Europe, three in US On Sept. 23, cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer announced […]
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Coinbase-backed token issuance protocol Securitize completes a new funding round led by the VC arms of Banco Santander, MUFG and Nomura Holdings. Securitize, a Coinbase-backed token issuance protocol, raised $14 million in a funding round led by the venture capital (VC) wings of major commercial banks. The San Francisco-based startup has conducted an extension of […]
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Tencent, Fidelity and Rakuten participate in a new $20 million funding round in British tech firm Everledger. British blockchain-enabled supply chain firm Everledger has raised $20 million in a new funding round participated by Chinese Internet giant Tencent. “Everledger and Tencent are a natural fit” Following the investment, Tencent will now be represented in the […]
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The governor of the Bank of Japan has said that international cooperation is of paramount importance when it comes to regulating stablecoins such as Facebook’s Libra token. The governor of the Bank of Japan has said that international cooperation is of paramount importance when it comes to regulating digital currencies such as Facebook’s planned Libra […]
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Fears of recession. Political uncertainty. Hyperinflation. What are the chances and challenges for crypto and blockchain during the current economic turmoil? Everywhere you look these days, there’s turbulence in the economy. A bitter trade war is seeing the United States and China slap ever-increasing tariffs on goods on a tit-for-tat basis. Over in the United […]
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The Blockchain Transparency Institute finds that Kraken and Coinbase are among the cleanest cryptocurrency exchanges in the industry. The Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) has released its latest market surveillance report which states that Kraken and Coinbase are among the cleanest cryptocurrency exchanges in the industry. BTI cleans wash trading from exchanges’ volumes On Sept. 19, […]
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OCBC has become the first Singapore-based bank to join JPMorgan Chase’s interbank blockchain network. OCBC has become the first Singapore-based bank to join JPMorgan Chase’s interbank blockchain network. According to a Business Times Singapore report on Sept. 20, a total of 134 banks from the Asia-Pacific region are now participants in JPMorgan’s blockchain-powered interbank information network […]
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South Korea’s main opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party, is poised to unveil its pro-innovation policy for cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges. South Korea’s main opposition party, the Liberty Korea Party (LKP), is poised to unveil its policy for cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges. As Cointelegraph Korea reported on Sept. 19, the LKP’s stance appears to be […]
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