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Russian Ministry Wants to Test Crypto and Blockchain in Regulatory Sandboxes

24.3.2020
Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development is preparing a draft law to allow firms from various industries to experiment with crypto and blockchain in a regulatory sandbox

Coronavirus Bailouts: US Banking Watchdogs Waive Hundreds of Regulations, Red Tape, Financial Oversight

23.3.2020
In 2019, cryptocurrency and blockchain businesses saw more regulation than any year prior. G20 finance ministers, central bank governors, and regulators cracked down hard on the bitcoin industry. However, during the covid-19 scare, U.S. authorities have been dropping regulations on a whim, making...

Silvergate Bank Clients Experience Money Transfer Issues from Fedwire

23.3.2020
Cryptocurrency-friendly Silvergate Bank has had problems with clients being unable to transfer funds to the platform since Friday

Minting Basic Income – US Lawmaker Asks Treasury to Issue Two $1 Trillion Coins With No Debt

22.3.2020
The U.S. is now facing the onslaught from the coronavirus outbreak. During the last two weeks, bureaucrats have shut down multiple industries while the Federal Reserve has injected trillions into the hands of private banks. Bipartisan members of Congress have been penning a 2020 stimulus plan,...

4 Reasons Central Banks Should Launch Retail Digital Currencies

21.3.2020
Central banks have four good reasons to adopt digital currency: financial stability, identity management, inclusion and consumer protection

STO Platform’s Registration with Traditional Bank Helps Move Security Tokens Forward

21.3.2020
In partnership with payment outfit Lemonway, Blockpulse has registered with the ACPR Bank of France

Chrono Tech Launches Australian Dollar Stablecoin in Spite of ‘Big Four’ Banks

21.3.2020
The man behind the new Aussie dollar stablecoin, said the big four banks were not “allowed” to hold the fiat reserves for the cryptocurrency

Less Than 1% of Australians Used Crypto to Pay for Services in 2019

20.3.2020
Crypto is the third most familiar alternative type of payment in Australia, but less than 1% used it for payment in 2019, central bank says

Onchain Data Suggests Bitcoin Sell-Off Fueled by New Investors

20.3.2020
While the covid-19 outbreak has caused economic calamity, cryptocurrencies have regained some of the losses that devastated digital currency markets on March 12. A recent report published by the researchers at Coin Metrics notes the “crypto asset sell-off was driven by short-term...

Countdown to Block Reward Reduction – 18 Days Until Bitcoin Cash Halving

20.3.2020
In 18 days, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network will see its next halving as the block reward will decrease from 12.5 to 6.25 coins on or around April 8, 2020. BCH will be the first blockchain out of the top three SHA256 networks to halve as BSV will see a reward reduction two days after […] The...

80% of Australians Know About Crypto but Only 1% Use It: Central Bank Study

20.3.2020
Fewert than 1 percent of surveyed Australians paid for consumer goods with cryptocurrency in 2019, according to a new study by the Reserve Bank of Australia

Italian Bank Opens Bitcoin Trading to 1.2 Million During Lockdown

20.3.2020
Growing crypto adoption and the COVID-19 outbreak encouraged Italy’s Banco Sella to launch a Bitcoin trading service

Scramble for Dollars: Emergency Cash Injections in $250 Trillion Global Debt Place the Fiat Ponzi On Ventilator

19.3.2020
The last few weeks of global hysteria has shown there’s been a mad dash for dollars and various fiat currencies. Moreover, central banks have tried to quell cash liquidity issues by injecting trillions into the hands of private banks and hedge funds worldwide. As the financial system shudders...

Report: Top Blockchain Use Cases Are in Payments, Security and Settlements

19.3.2020
A new report has indicated the major benefits of blockchain and DLT, according to financial institutions using the tech

Another Venezuelan Bitcoin Spike as Banks Struggle + More News

19.3.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news Peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin (BTC) trading appears to be on the rise in Venezuela after the country’s president Nicolás...

China Everbright Bank Uses Ant Financial’s DLT for Supply Chain Finance

18.3.2020
China’s major commercial bank, China Everbright Bank, has deployed a blockchain-based supply chain finance solution by Ant Financial

US Cash Crisis: Withdrawal Limits Spark Bank Run Fear

18.3.2020
The entire world has been focused on the economy as the coronavirus outbreak has devastated global markets. While stocks, commodities, and barrels of oil plunge in value, there’s been considerable demand for cold hard cash in certain countries. According to reports, Wall Street’s elite...