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WATCH: Day 2 of CoinDesk LIVE from Invest: Asia in Singapore
12.9.2019
Join us for day two of our coverage in Singapore at CoinDesk's Invest: Asia conference
Iranian Crypto Miners Tax Exempt If They Repatriate Offshore Earnings
12.9.2019
Iran's National Tax Administration states that cryptocurrency miners will be eligible for a repatriation tax exemption, similar to non-oil exports
BitPay Faces Backlash from Hong Kong Free Press for Temporarily Suspending Crypto Donations
11.9.2019
Taking pride as the world’s first cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has always been in the limelight for good as well as bad reasons since the time of its inception. Headquartered in Atlanta, Bitcoin payment service provider, BitPay has come under the scope of negative publicity because of its failure...
California City Official Uses Bitcoin Cash to Purchase Cannabis
11.9.2019
In California, cryptocurrency payments are making headway in the cannabis industry as Berkeley City Councilmember Ben Bartlett became the first elected official to purchase cannabis using a digital asset. On Tuesday, Bartlett utilized bitcoin cash (BCH) and Cred’s LBA token to facilitate...
CasperLabs Raises $14.5 Million in Series A Funding Led by “Zelig of Wall Street,” Terren Peizer
11.9.2019
CasperLabs, the recently launched startup that aims at scaling the Ethereum blockchain without has compromised on decentralization, announced on Tuesday that the project had raised over $14.5 million in Series A funding. The round was primarily led by Terren Scott Peizer, the chairperson of...
New Study Reveals Countries With Most Registered Crypto Exchanges
11.9.2019
The largest number of registered digital currency exchanges are located in the U.K., the U.S., Hong Kong and Singapore, per a recent report
Market Outlook: Uncertainty Builds With Thin Trade Volumes and Bitcoin Futures Launch
11.9.2019
Digital currency markets have dropped in value over the last three weeks, losing $25 billion since mid-August. Market prices have been creeping downward on thin global trade volume and the last two months of volatility seem to be taking a toll on short-term bullish optimism. Also Read: Bitmain...
Seed CX Subsidiary Zero Hash Launches Support for Crypto Derivatives
11.9.2019
Seed CX subsidiary Zero Hash has added support for derivatives after receiving a virtual currency license from FinCen in July
Seed CX Subsidiary Adds Crypto Derivatives Settlement for Institutions
11.9.2019
Zero Hash is launching support settlement services for bilateral derivative transactions
ICE Announces Hedge and Speculative Requirements for Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Contracts
11.9.2019
On September 9, 2019, a post on the official website of the Intercontinental Exchange or ICE as it is popularly referred as concerning Bakkt’s futures contracts attracted the attention of one and all in the crypto world. ICE announced the pre-requisite speculative requirements for the customers...
Trust Score 2.0 Released by CoinGecko For Boosting Exchange Transparency
11.9.2019
CoinGecko, one of the leaders in crypto market analysis, has released Trust Score 2.0 in order to take transparency of crypto exchanges a notch higher. The upgraded version of the company’s scoring system is designed to rely on more complex metrics, not just liquidity, for evaluating digital...
How Many Crypto Accounts Japan Has + 10 More Crypto Briefs
11.9.2019
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.
Cryptocurrency exchange news
Crypto Times reports that the JVCEA, an association of 18 Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges say that...
New Data Gives Unprecedented Insight Into How Iranians Are Using Bitcoin
11.9.2019
Iranian bitcoin users are earning a significant portion of their income in crypto, and hodling for the long haul
Legacy Trust to Launch Independent Crypto Custody Business
11.9.2019
Hong Kong-based Legacy Trust is spinning out a new business focused entirely on industry-grade cryptocurrency custody solutions
Libra Association Seeks Swiss Payments License for Facebook’s Crypto
11.9.2019
The organization tasked with governing Facebook’s planned stablecoin network has revealed it is applying for a payment system license with Switzerland’s financial watchdog
North Koreans ‘Can Own Crypto,’ Pyongyang to Host Crypto Conference
11.9.2019
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North Korea will host a second “international blockchain and cryptocurrency conference” in February 2020. And a source with close links to Pyongyang says that North Koreans can own cryptocurrency and has developers “working on crypto wallets.”
The 2020 event...
Crypto Exchange OKEx to List Hedera Hashgraph’s Token HBAR
11.9.2019
Hedera Hashgraph’s token HBAR will be listed on OKEx on Sept. 17
Brazilian, Mexican Regulators on the Warpath for Crypto Businesses
11.9.2019
Cryptocurrency may be booming in Latin America, but exchanges and brokers run the risk of falling afoul of regulators – with government agencies in Brazil and Mexico looking to crack down on non-compliant platforms and brokerages.
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil, known locally...
CoinGecko Releases ‘Trust Score 2.0’ to Boost Crypto Exchange Transparency
11.9.2019
CoinGecko has upgraded its "Trust Score" metric in a bid to bring more transparency to the crypto trading environment
Privacy Network Elixxir Invites Smartphone Users to Test Private Messaging
11.9.2019
In an age where Google, Facebook and the NSA are known to be harvesting as much as our communications as they can, many people are concerned that online privacy now only exists in the history books. One project trying to address this is the metadata-shredding platform Elixxir, led by cypherpunk...