Crypto markets have continued trading sideways today, remaining relatively stable over the last 10 days. Wednesday, Oct. 24: crypto markets have continued trading sideways today, remaining relatively stable over the past 10 days, according market capitalization data from CoinMarketCap. Most of top 20 cryptocurrencies by market cap have seen insignificant fluctuations over the past 24 […]
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U.K. startup Setl, which provides blockchain solutions for the financial sector, has gained French securities regulator’s approval to run a central securities depository. U.K. blockchain startup Setl is about to enter an E.U. settlement system after receiving approval from the French securities regulator to run a central securities depository, the Financial Times (FT) writes Tuesday, […]
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Almost two years after submission, Nasdaq is targeting media information release procedures in its latest patent award. The world’s second largest stock exchange by market cap, Nasdaq, revealed a new blockchain patent award Tuesday, October 23, in a bid to tackle the release of information for the media industry. The application, originally filed in January […]
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The Binance Uganda fiat-to-crypto exchange has gone live, users can now buy Bitcoin and Ethereum with Ugandan shillings. The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance has launched its fiat-to-crypto exchange in Uganda today, Oct. 24, according to an official announcement on Medium. Binance Uganda, Binance’s first fiat-to-crypto exchange in Uganda, has officially launched live trading, enabling […]
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The venture capital wing of the People’s Daily Online has signed an agreement with tech company Xunlei Limited to launch a blockchain laboratory. The venture capital wing of the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CCP) — People’s Daily Online — has signed a deal for a strategic partnership on a blockchain laboratory […]
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The U.S. SEC has published a memorandum from a meeting regarding the much-discussed Bitcoin ETF proposal from VanEck and SolidX. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published a memorandum, dated Oct. 9, from a meeting regarding the Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded-fund (ETF) proposal from VanEck and SolidX. As stated in the memorandum, VanEck […]
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Shortly after the announcement that its first crypto product will be physical Bitcoin futures, NYSE parent company ICE has revealed the launch date. The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has announced the launch date for Bitcoin (BTC) futures on its platform Bakkt, according to a document released Oct. […]
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The SEC has stopped securities trading of a Nevada-based firm for making false claims that its crypto trading activities were registered with the regulator. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended securities trading of a Nevada-based firm for making false claims that its cryptocurrency trading activities were approved by the SEC, according to […]
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Russian draft bill on “digital financial assets” now includes tokenization of equity for privately held businesses. The long-awaited Russian draft bill on cryptocurrency and blockchain regulation will let privately held businesses and legal entities “digitize” their shares and store them via blockchain, local media outlet Vedomosti reported Oct. 21. As per the new edition of […]
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A new Hong Kong Stock Exchange reports advises that crypto and blockchain should be regulated in consistency with existing regulatory frameworks. A new report published by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) Oct. 18 proposes that financial technologies (fintech), including cryptocurrencies and blockchain, should be regulated in consistency with existing regulatory frameworks. The report, written […]
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