Morocco Plans to Expand Access to Financial Services With Fintech
22.11.2019
Morocco aims to expand access to financial services through the integration of blockchain in the country’s finance sector
Top 6 Crypto Growth Drivers By Binance’s VIP Clients
22.11.2019
Change in global and local regulations was again chosen as the largest driver for the cryptoasset industry, a survey by Binance Research showed.
The research arm of the major crypto exchange Binance conducted their second survey, distributed to their large institutional and VIP clients. The survey...
Bavarian Government to Issue Blockchain-Based Training Certificates
22.11.2019
Starting in spring 2020, the Bavarian state government will use blockchain technology to test forgery-proof training certificates
HODLers Are ‘In the Money’ Despite Bitcoin’s Drop to Six-Month Lows
22.11.2019
Fifty-four percent of bitcoin addresses are making money on their investments despite the cryptocurrency's drop to six-month lows, according to data from IntoTheBlock
HSBC Closes Account Used to Support Hong Kong Protesters
22.11.2019
For months on end, Hong Kong has been the scene of intensive confrontation between pro-democracy activists and its Beijing-supported government. It now seems the financial establishment has taken a side in this conflict. Banking giant HSBC has decided to close an account used to support the protest...
Harvard University Stages ‘Digital Currency Wars’ Crisis Simulation
22.11.2019
Harvard University’s Digital Currency Wars simulation considers a hypothetical future crisis scenario involving a DPRK nuke purchase facilitated by a digital yuan
Tunisia Denies CBDC Reports: Here Is How the False News Spread
22.11.2019
The Tunisian CBDC situation has been a mess. It started with fake reports run by Russian media, possibly caused by a Russian startup exaggerating its partnership with the Tunisian government
Tezos Partners With Singapore Gov’t Blockchain Platform for Training Program
22.11.2019
Tezos has partnered with Singapore-based Tribe platform to jointly launch a training program to attract more developers to create Tezos blockchain-based solutions
EU Launches Estimated €400M Blockchain, AI Fund to Avoid Lagging US, China
22.11.2019
A new fund has been set up with the aim of preventing the EU falling behind nations like the U.S. and China on blockchain and AI innovation
CFTC Chair on Crypto Regulation: We Don’t Want to Snuff out Innovation
22.11.2019
CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert says that the authority does not want to snuff out innovation by overregulating crypto
Market Update: Cryptos Shed Billions in Rapid Sell-Off
22.11.2019
Digital currency prices have been dropping in value this week and on November 21 the entire cryptoconomy fell below $200 billion. At the moment, most cryptocurrencies are down between 4-12% in the last 24 hours and 10-25% over the last seven days. Traders are currently pondering what will happen...
Policymakers 'Will Take a Very Hard Look' at Crypto + More News
22.11.2019
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Digital currencies at scale raise not only concrete questions about money laundering, monetary policy, and other...