The Chief Fintech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore delivered statements at the Blockchain in Business event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), said that blockchain has potential for cross-border payments but the agency “does not see much” in retail bank digital […]
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Microsoft has released its fully managed Azure Blockchain Service. Microsoft announced its fully managed Azure Blockchain Service in a press release on May 2. The new blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform will purportedly allow users to build blockchain applications on preconfigured network. According to Microsoft’s head of corporate communications, Frank Shaw, this service “simplifies the formation, management, […]
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Zhao Dong has revealed details of the company’s reported plans to launch a $1 billion initial exchange offering (IEO) in the coming days. Crypto exchange Bitfinex shareholder Zhao Dong has revealed details of the company’s reported plans to issue a native exchange token, which he claims will launch via a $1 billion initial exchange offering […]
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Bart Chilton, a former commissioner of the CFTC, has died at the age of 58. Last weekend, Bart Chilton, a former commissioner of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and early advocate for cryptocurrency regulation, died at the age of 58. Apart from his work for the regulator, he was best known as […]
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Amazon Web Services has made its Amazon Managed Blockchain generally available. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing platform subsidiary of retail giant Amazon, has made its Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) generally available, according to an announcement on April 30. The product will purportedly allow customers to set up blockchain networks within their organizations, and […]
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Following media reports in late April, Chicago-based cryptocurrency exchange ErisX has launched spot trading. Chicago-based crypto exchange ErisX has officially announced the public launch of its spot market, the firm tweeted on April 30. The ErisX spot exchange is the first part of the company’s development of a single platform that will represent both a […]
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Ledger is set to provide its secure crypto infrastructure solution to the regulated Canadian crypto exchange. French hardware wallet producer Ledger is set to provide its secure crypto infrastructure solution to regulated Canadian crypto exchange National Digital Asset Exchange (NDAX), according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on April 29. NDAX — which offers […]
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Celebrity investments are boosting crypto, but the industry still needs to build killer apps. Marketing loves celebrities — and with good reason. They’re “celebrated” people, individuals invested with bulk quantities of cultural capital (i.e., public respect, goodwill and interest), which — if tapped correctly by marketing firms — can be reflected onto endorsed products. This […]
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An analysis of the bitcoin price movements from a leading Italian economist. Marcello Minenna is the director of the quantitative analysis and financial innovation unit in Consob (Italian Companies and Exchange Commission), —Italian government’s authority responsible for regulating the Italian securities market — as well as an adjunct professor of stochastic finance at the London […]
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The regulatory endorsement allows users to trade startup shares after acquisition. SeedInvest, the equity crowdfunding platform owned by crypto-friendly payment giant Circle, has gained approval to offer secondary shares trading, crypto industry news outlet The Block reported on April 26. The platform, which Circle bought out for an undisclosed sum in March this year, can […]
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