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Norwegian Bank Invests in Crypto Exchange Founded By Airline Magnate
3.9.2019
Savings bank Sparebanken Øst has just taken a stake in NBX, a crypto exchange set up by Norwegian Air founder Bjørn Kjos
Hedge Fund Eminence Capital Plans to Derail £9 Billion Just Eat Merger
3.9.2019
Over the course of the past few years, food delivery has become one of the biggest tech businesses in the world, and new food delivery applications are being launched all over the world at a breakneck pace. In this regard, the United Kingdom is one of the biggest markets in the world, and one...
Van Eck, SolidX to Offer Bitcoin ETF to Institutions via SEC Exemption: Report
3.9.2019
VanEck and SolidX aim to launch a limited bitcoin ETF in the U.S. later this week, according to a report
Russian, Chinese Capital ‘Threat’ to Bithumb + More Crypto Briefs
3.9.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news that went under the radar of the main Crypto news.
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Cryptocurrency exchange news
There’s a warning for cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea. Per a News1 report, experts say that 80% of the country’s...
HSBC Targets China Trade With Yuan-Demoninated Blockchain Letter of Credit
3.9.2019
HSBC has carried out the first blockchain-based letter of credit transaction denominated in Chinese yuan
Kedaara Capital Considering Investment in Indian Eyewear Startup Lenskart
2.9.2019
The Indian startup space has grown at a breakneck pace over the past decade or so, and a handful of companies have come up that have grown into high growth unicorns. Those firms are involved in a range of businesses, and there is a hope that more startups will eventually join that coveted club....
The Crypto Custody Conundrum: What Are We Even Talking About?
31.8.2019
New tech usually struggles with vocabulary, says Noelle Acheson. With bitcoin, the confusion rubs off integral concepts in securities legislation
Capital One Hacker Used Stolen Computing Power to Mine Crypto
30.8.2019
Capital One hacker Paige Thompson had been using stolen computing power to mine cryptocurrencies, a federal grand jury indictment revealed
Alleged Capital One Hacker Accused of Secretly Mining Cryptocurrency
29.8.2019
The individual allegedly behind the personal data breach of 100 million Capital One clients also allegedly conducted a cryptojacking campaign
CoinMarketCap’s First Global Crypto Conference is Free with Proof-of-Work
28.8.2019
We know traveling for events can be extremely tiring. Plus, we’re not fans of expensive conference tickets. As we’re in the process of planning for CoinMarketCap’s first global conference, we firmly believe that regardless of title or expertise, our users […]
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Global Blockchain Revenues to Hit $10 Billion by 2023: Market Research
28.8.2019
Global revenues for blockchain technology are expected to hit $10 billion by 2023, per a recent report
Algo VC Fund Raises $200 Million to Fast Track Ethereum Rival
27.8.2019
Algo Capital has raised $200 million for a VC fund focused on firms that will help drive adoption of the Algo token for payments
Hong Kong’s HashKey Capital Invests in Terra’s Mining Token
26.8.2019
It is the eighth funding event in thirteen months using the mining token
Circle Looks to Raise $100M for Its Equity Platform SeedInvest
23.8.2019
Circle seeks talent to raise and to deploy a $100 million venture capital fund for its equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest
Circle Is Raising a $100 Million Fund for Its Crowdfunding Arm
23.8.2019
Circle is hiring a new general partner to set up a $100 million venture capital fund via SeedInvest
Crypto Futures Exchange Deribit Launching Bulk Derivatives Trading
22.8.2019
Deribit is teaming with institutional traders' messaging service Paradigm to facilitate block trades of bitcoin and ether derivatives
Major Banks Back $7.4 Million Funding Round for Korean Blockchain Firm
22.8.2019
Blocko, a blockchain firm working on enterprise applications of the tech, says it's raised $7.44 million from investors including Shinhan Bank
Crypto Exchange: Taiwan to Become Libra’s Chinese-language Capital
22.8.2019
Formosa Boulevard, a station of Kaohsiung MRT located in Sinsing District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. A Taiwanese cryptocurrency exchange wants to join Facebook’s Libra Association – and believes that Taiwan will become Libra’s de facto center of gravity in Chinese-speaking countries.
Per a report from...
The World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Is Just a Fancy Way of Selling Debt
21.8.2019
Last year the World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a permissioned Ethereum-based blockchain to facilitate the end-to-end issuance of bonds between financial partners. The Bretton Woods-created financial institution hopes to make debt capital markets far more efficient with...
Bitcoin Price ‘Will Struggle’ in Big Financial Crisis, Says Investor
21.8.2019
Blockchain Capital’s Spencer Bogart is confident that BTC is a safe haven in the long term