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Experts: Regulatory Uncertainty and Slow Embrace Hampering Crypto Growth in Kenya
14.6.2021
Regulatory uncertainty and the slow embrace of cryptocurrencies continue to be key impediments to the growth of Kenya’s digital currency market, experts say. They also assert that without speedy regulation, which they believe will hasten the adoption of digital currencies, Kenya’s...
The Netherlands should regulate crypto instead of banning it, says finance minister
14.6.2021
Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra is confident that supervision is more effective than banning crypto outright
US Senator Urges Treasury Secretary to ‘Make Significant Revisions’ to FinCEN’s Crypto Proposal
13.6.2021
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey has urged Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to “make significant revisions” to the proposed crypto regulation by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the planned adoption of the guidance issued by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Senator...
Nexo in Miami: Crypto interest account giant talks DeFi, institutional adoption
12.6.2021
Nexo believes that in the long run, regulation will help crypto more than hurt
Adopting the Bitcoin standard? El Salvador writes itself into history books
12.6.2021
El Salvador has become the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, but what are the complexities and potential short-term effects?
‘Bitcoin is the king of crypto and it’s here to stay’ says eToro CEO
11.6.2021
Some regions may want to ban Bitcoin, but industry experts say BTC is here to stay
IBM opens Hyperledger Fabric source code to drive enterprise blockchain adoption
11.6.2021
IBM shows its commitment to Hyperledger and enterprise blockchain development with its largest-ever contribution of open-source code
Miami stakes the claim to become the world’s Bitcoin and crypto capital
11.6.2021
Miami has a dynamic mayor, lots of VC money and is coming off the largest ever crypto extravaganza, but is that enough without legal clarity?
El Salvador's Bitcoin adoption may jeopardize IMF negotiations: JPMorgan
11.6.2021
JP Morgan says that El Salvador's decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender is of little economic benefit
El Salvador's Bitcoin adoption an 'interesting experiment,' says BIS exec
11.6.2021
El Salvador’s move to make Bitcoin legal tender in the country continues to elicit reactions from legacy finance gatekeepers, this time from the Bank for International Settlements
Finance Redefined: The shadow DeFi conference in Miami! June 2-9
10.6.2021
Talking with big brains about DeFi, regulation, CBDCs, and institutional adoption at the Bitcoin conference in Miami!
Doge in Brooklyn: A Local Apparel Store Starts Accepting the Famed Crypto
10.6.2021
On the heels of the SpaceX announcement that the company accepted dogecoin as payment, an apparel store on Brooklyn’s colorful Flatbush Avenue took the jump as well into the deep, cold Doge waters. Brick-and-Mortar Is Another Brick in the Crypto Adoption Wall Crypto adoption has been widely...
Concordium Debuts its Business-Oriented Blockchain Mainnet
10.6.2021
After years of development, Concordium has unveiled its permissionless blockchain and MVP that is designed to meet the needs of enterprises by delivering transparency and governance, all with an orientation towards protecting user privacy. Identity-Centric Network to Promote Broader Business...
‘All Banks Go Fintech’: Hong Kong Unveils ‘Fintech 2025’ Strategy
10.6.2021
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) plans to guide local banks towards full adoption of fintech technologies, a new strategy reveals. The region’s central banking institution also stressed that it’s going to “walk the talk” by digitalizing its own supervision...
Bitcoin miner Poolin immortalizes El Salvador's BTC adoption on the blockchain
9.6.2021
El Salvador accepting Bitcoin as legal tender is now forever etched on the blockchain as mining pool Poolin adds a newspaper headline to block 686,938
Sights set on mainstream adoption: Is another DeFi summer on the way?
7.6.2021
Last summer, DeFi took the world of financial services by storm, but the question is: Will history repeat itself?
Chinese government agency issues blockchain development roadmap
7.6.2021
China’s “blockchain not crypto” stance continues as one government agency publishes guidelines to accelerate the adoption of tokenless blockchain solutions
Small countries are punching above their weight in terms of Bitcoin gains
7.6.2021
Chainalysis tracked total U.S. dollar gains made by Bitcoin investors in 2020. The country comparison was drawn from an analysis of web traffic on various cryptocurrency exchanges
BoE tackles ‘difficult and pertinent’ questions about digital money
7.6.2021
The Bank of England has published a new discussion paper that tries to gauge the systemic implications of both private stablecoins and a central bank digital currency
El Salvador, Paraguay Bitcoin Adoption News Galvanizes Crypto World
7.6.2021
Nayib Bukele has updated his Twitter profile picture with this edited photograph. Source: Twitter/@nayibbukele
Crypto’s center of gravity could take a dramatic shift – after a series of developments spearheaded by politicians in Latin America suggested that the region could be ready to open up...