BTG Pactual, the leading Latin America investment bank, joined the organizing committee of the Post-Trade Distributed Ledger Group. Leading Latin America investment bank BTG Pactual joined the organizing committee of the Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group. Alliance for blockchain use Industry news outlet LedgerInsights reported on Aug. 15 that Brazil-based bank BTG Pactual joined PTDL […]
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Peter Brandt joins critics of the third-largest altcoin, which currently trades at two-year lows against Bitcoin. Altcoin XRP has received fresh claims its price is artificially high as a well-known cryptocurrency trader warns of serious losses. Brandt: Ripple manipulated XRP for years In a series of tweets Aug. 14, Peter Brandt accused the issuer and […]
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Amid a downturn in the cryptocurrency markets, the apparent swathe of Bitcoin sell-offs from a $3 billion Chinese Ponzi scheme could be to blame. Amid a downturn in the cryptocurrency markets, the apparent swathe of Bitcoin sell-offs from a $3 billion Chinese Ponzi scheme could be to blame. On Aug. 14, Dovey Wan — founding […]
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Because of strategic differences, the CEO of Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange Martin Halblaub will depart at the end of August when his contract expires. The CEO of Switzerland’s SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), the cryptocurrency-focused arm of the the country’s principal SIX Swiss Exchange, is departing the company, local news outlet SwissInfo reported on Aug. 14. […]
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The U.S. SEC has reached a settlement agreement with entities alleged to have broken securities laws in an ICO that netted over $8 million. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a multi-million dollar settlement with PlexCorps owner Dominique Lacroix, business partner Sabrina Paradis-Royer and PlexCorps over an allegedly fraudulent initial coin […]
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South Korean music streaming platform Bugs has joined the blockchain-oriented Terra Alliance e-commerce ecosystem. Blockchain payment system and stablecoin issuer Terra has added South Korean music streaming platform Bugs to its e-commerce alliance. As CoinDesk reported Aug. 14, there are now 25 partners in the Singapore-based company’s South Korea-focused payment ecosystem. The Terra Alliance uses […]
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The developer of peer-to-peer messenger Bitmessage testified against computer scientist Craig Wright, stating that some of Wright’s documents in a trial were faked. The developer of peer-to-peer messenger Bitmessage, Jonathan Warren, testified against Australian computer scientist Craig Wright stating that some of Wright’s documents in a recent trial were faked. Per a court document released […]
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Companies are actively hiring blockchain and cryptocurrency specialists, while the number of job searches has dropped. Along with Bitcoin (BTC) price growth in 2019 (from $3,400 in February to $12,689 in June), some segments of the labor market related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain have also actively manifested themselves. Demand for lawyers has risen sharply, Facebook […]
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Binance’s fiat-to-crypto service for European currencies has partnered with a fast-execution crypto platform. Binance’s fiat-to-crypto conversion branch for euros and British pounds, Binance Jersey, has entered into a partnership with the crypto investment service Caspian, which provides trading, portfolio and risk management on its platform. Caspian shared news of the partnership with Cointelegraph on Aug. […]
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The United States SEC has settled with a New England-based firm for an allegedly unregistered $6.3 million initial coin offering. A New England-based firm has settled with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over an allegedly unregistered $6.3 million initial coin offering (ICO). According to an SEC announcement published on Aug. 12, SimplyVital […]
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