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German Banks Authorized to Store and Sell Cryptocurrency in 2020
29.11.2019
Next year German banks will be able to manage cryptocurrencies like bitcoin after the fourth EU money laundering directive goes into effect. The directive passed in the German parliament, Bundestag, allows banks in the country to act as cryptocurrency custodians rather than rely on third-party...
China: 5 Crypto Exchanges Halt or Shut Services Amid Perceived Crackdown
29.11.2019
At least five Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges have chosen to suspend or end services in line with Beijing’s purportedly toughened stance
Little-Known Crypto Exchange With Ties to a Shanghai Firm Halts Services, Says CEO ‘Missing’
29.11.2019
IDAX, an obscure crypto exchange linked to a Shanghai firm, says its "global CEO has gone missing" and has halted services
[aktualita] O2 IT Services získala veřejnou zakázku na budoucí podobu daňového systému ADIS
28.11.2019
Finanční správa oznámila svůj výběr nového dodavatele na zajištění podpory a vývoje Automatizovaného daňového informačního systému (ADIS) na roky 2020 až 2023. Stala se jím společnost O2 IT Services s.r.o., stoprocentní dceřiná firma operátora O2, která vznikla oddělením Divize Professional...
Ant Financial Plans to Raise $1 Billion Fund for New Start-ups
27.11.2019
Alibaba founder Jack Ma, owned Ant Financial, is making plans to attract around $1 billion in investment for a fund aimed at startups in Southeast Asia and India. According to a source, the company looking to invest in startups that are focused on markets in which mobile internet is growing...
Localethereum Becomes Localcryptos and Adds BTC Trading
23.11.2019
P2P trading site Localethereum has rebranded to Localcryptos, allowing users to buy and sell both ETH and BTC without KYC. The platform has been providing peer to peer trading services for ethereum since 2017, but in a surprise announcement this week, the website revealed its new home...
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
Elrond Joins Hands With Everstake To Facilitate Staking Delegation Services
22.11.2019
Elrond, a new revolutionary blockchain network has announced its collaboration with Everstake which serves as a staking platform catering to the requirements of institutional investors. The integration between the two entities will allow Everstake to employ Elrond validators on behalf of anyone...
Fintech Firm Plaid on Expansion Spree; rolls out services in 3 More European Nations
21.11.2019
Plaid, a financial technology company, has embarked on expansion in three European nations, as its most recent development. Its products help in interfacing fintech applications with individual’s bank accounts; currently, it serves France, Ireland, and Spain. Earlier this year, the organization...
NY Regulator Licenses Fidelity for Bitcoin Trading and Custody
20.11.2019
Fidelity Investment’s digital currency arm has been licensed by the New York Department of Financial Services to operate a platform on which individuals and institutional investors can store, purchase, sell, and transfer bitcoin. The regulator also revealed that it has to date approved...
Fidelity Digital Asset Services Now Authorized to Operate Crypto Custody Platform
19.11.2019
The New York State Department of Financial Services has authorized Fidelity Digital Asset Services to run a crypto custody platform
Fidelity Digital Assets Gets NY Trust Charter to Custody Bitcoin for Institutions
19.11.2019
The New York Department of Financial Services has granted Fidelity Digital Assets Services (FDAS) a charter to operate as a limited liability trust company to custody digital currencies and execute crypto trading
Crypto Debit Card Targets Generation Z With a Promise of Financial Freedom
19.11.2019
From video games to fizzy drinks, teens have their own spending agenda. Raised in the digital age, generation Z also has a special sense of freedom, a product of unrestricted access to the internet and mass availability of new technology. Its members are potential natural adopters...
The Communal Cycle of Sharing
18.11.2019
What I'm interested in this year is how we're continuing to expand on tools, services, and shared side projects to collectively guide where we take the web next, and the way we're sharing that.
So many other mediums—mostly analog ones—have been around for ages and have a deeper history. In...
With Christmas Approaching, Here Are Some Travel Sites Accepting Crypto
18.11.2019
Traveling for the Christmas holidays is something anyone would enjoy. Dealing with travel arrangements, however, can be a headache. For crypto enthusiasts, being able to pay for airplane tickets, hotel bookings and car rentals with cryptocurrency is a relief, because it’s convenient...
Canadian Company Commissions 3 Bitcoin Mining Units to Restart Oil Well
17.11.2019
A nascent industry utilizing flared gas to power bitcoin mining units has been developing over the past year or so, in symbiosis with the oil and gas industry in North America. Companies providing services in this promising niche continue to install mobile datacenters at oil wells in the U.S....
Bitcoin Traders Are Finding Creative Ways to Avoid KYC
17.11.2019
Cryptocurrency traders on Bisq are using Revolut to buy and sell bitcoin without the need for KYC/AML. The decentralized, peer-to-peer marketplace allows anyone to buy or sell cryptocurrency via a range of payment processors and traditional banking services. With Localbitcoins now a twisted...
How We Perform Frontend Testing on StackPath’s Customer Portal
15.11.2019
Nice post from Thomas Ladd about how their front-end team does testing. The list feels like a nice place to be:
TypeScript - A language, but you're essentially getting various testing for free (passing the right arguments and types of variables)
Jest - Unit tests. JavaScript functions are doing...
Mama Money Associates With Duco Platform for Reconciliation Services
15.11.2019
Duco, the worldwide pioneer in the cloud-based enterprise, data integrity, and new generation reconciliation services, recently declared that Mama Money, the world’s first social business cash transfer operator, has associated itself with the Duco reconciliation platform. After a detailed...
Electroneum’s Founder & CEO Plans Digital Services Ecosystem
15.11.2019
In an interview on the sidelines of the AIBC summit in Malta, Electroneum CEO and founder Richard Ells spoke about his upcoming project, GigFair, which allows people living in Asia and Africa to offer digital services for corporations in North America and Europe. It will bring down costs...