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IBM and Tata Communications have Joined Hedera Governing Council; Declares Hedera Hashgraph
13.8.2019
Hedera Hashgraph Declares that International Business Machines Corp (IBM), and Tata Communications have joined the Hedera governing council, a distributed open ledger platform that intends to be faster and keeps running at a bigger scale than current blockchain technologies, a top representative...
China’s Digital Currency will Soon See The Light of The Day
12.8.2019
China has fervently regressed the idea of Cryptocurrency; the reason is simply that it would distort the functioning of the conventional monetary market. Cryptocurrency, the concept as such is predominantly dependent on the blockchain technology which claims itself to be on a decentralized platform...
China’s Central Bank ‘Close’ to Launching Official Digital Currency
12.8.2019
An official at China's central bank has said the institution is nearing the launch of its national digital currency
Crypto Regulations Are Changing Worldwide to Comply With FATF Standards
12.8.2019
Governments worldwide are changing the way they regulate crypto assets to comply with the global cryptocurrency standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Some are amending existing laws, while others are creating a new system to cooperate and share data. Also read: China Publishes...
Trump’s Currency War With China Could Be Bitcoin’s Do-or-Die Moment
12.8.2019
Donald Trump is stoking the flames of a new currency war, creating a do-or-die moment for the cryptocurrency movement, writes Michael J. Casey
China’s Digital Currency Is Ready, Central Bank Says
11.8.2019
The People’s Bank of China says a prototype of its digital currency has been fully developed, and it is now ready to launch
Report Suggests 15 Countries are Planning Global Monitoring System for Cryptocurrency Under FATF
10.8.2019
As per the latest report released by Nikkei Asian Review, a news outlet based in Tokyo, as many as 15 countries are planning to form a global digital currency monitoring system. This system will be developed alongside the FATF, short for Financial Action Task Force, the intergovernmental...
India Plans to Introduce Crypto Bill Next Parliament Session – A Look at Community Responses
10.8.2019
The Indian government has submitted a draft crypto bill to the supreme court and expressed its intention to introduce the bill in the next parliament session. The court subsequently set a new date to hear the case relating to crypto regulation. Meanwhile, the Indian crypto community has ramped...
US Exchanges Race to Launch Regulated Physically-Delivered Bitcoin Futures
9.8.2019
The race to launch regulated physically-delivered bitcoin futures is back on for three US-regulated trading platforms after one of them hit a snag with the country’s derivatives regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Two other exchanges are racing to launch similar products this...
Big Banks, Big Troubles: HSBC, Deutsche, Societe, and Citi Lay Off Thousands Worldwide
9.8.2019
Banking giants are in trouble and it’s starting to show. Key players in the industry have already announced massive job cuts and executives with hefty salaries have been dismissed. HSBC, the largest bank in Europe, has revealed it plans to lay off over 4,000 employees and Citigroup...
Indian Supreme Court Heard Crypto Case in Depth Today
8.8.2019
The Indian supreme court finally heard the crypto case today after postponing it several times. The court addressed the government’s crypto policy as well as the writ petitions challenging the banking restriction by the central bank. The latter was heard in some detail while the former...
Israel’s Bitcoin Investors Unable to Pay Taxes Due to Deposit Refusal by Banks
7.8.2019
The Bitcoin investors in Israel are finding it hard to pay their taxes because Israeli banks are refusing to accept deposits acquired from digital currency investment returns. As reported yesterday by Israel’s local news outlet Haaretz, the banks in Israel are worried that the profits gained from...
Indian Tax Authority Sends Probing Questions to Crypto Owners – Experts Weigh In
7.8.2019
As the Indian government deliberates on the country’s crypto policy, the tax authority continues to send out letters with lengthy, probing questions to crypto owners. News.Bitcoin.com talked to industry experts to find out the implications of these letters, what people can do when receiving...
How to Shuffle BCH and Keep Your Transactions Private With Cashshuffle
6.8.2019
As blockchain surveillance becomes more prevalent, cryptocurrency advocates have created ways to make digital currency transactions more private. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has an application called Cashshuffle, which allows users to shuffle their BCH with other fractions of BCH to obfuscate...
China Designated as Currency Manipulator by United States Treasury
6.8.2019
In what can be termed as an unexpected turn of events, the United States Treasury has designated China as a Currency Manipulator. The announcement has been done via the Treasury Department’s official Twitter handle on 5th August, followed by a press release. U.S. Treasury Designates China as...
Currency War Erupts as US and China Bring Out the Big Guns
6.8.2019
What started out as a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies is now a full-blown currency war as the U.S. and China bring their big guns to the battlefield. The impact on the global financial markets was immediate and severe, driving up safe-haven assets as ordinary people...
Ripple Partner SBI Holdings Announces Launch of VCTrade Pro, A Crypto Exchange Service
5.8.2019
The crypto wave seems to have hit even the conventional banking organizations. While there are a few banks in the process of launching their own cryptocurrency, SBI Holdings has set its foot in a new direction. As per their official announcement, SBI Holdings is launching VCTrade Pro, an exchange...
Market Outlook: Trade Wars and Filthy Fiat Battles Fuel Crypto Prices
5.8.2019
A slew of digital currencies have gathered decent gains over the last 48 hours and the entire market capitalization now stands at around $308 billion. Moreover, cryptocurrency trade volumes have kicked up a notch, capturing $66 billion in swaps over the last day. Overall, speculators think...
Alpha Wallet Receives $1.2 Million Through Pre Series-A Funding
5.8.2019
The digital currency mobile wallet based on Ethereum blockchain popularly known as Alpha wallet has received USD 1.2 million through pre-series funding as per a report published on 5th August. The investors include some of the big names like HashKey, Fenbushi, and LongHash. HashKey Capital...
SEC Commissioner: US Could Draw Crypto Policy From These Countries
5.8.2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could learn from other countries when finalizing its own crypto regulation, Commissioner Hester Peirce explains. While highlighting peculiar and notable features of the U.S. system, the commissioner emphasizes cross-border considerations, detailing...