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'World's First' Physical Crypto Banking Branch Opened in India + More News
30.12.2020
The "world's first physical crypto banking branch" in Jaipur, India. Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Physical Crypto Bank Opens in India — These 14 Locations Offer In-Person Banking, Lending, Crypto Exchange
30.12.2020
A crypto bank has begun opening physical branches in India through a joint venture between Cashaa and United Multistate co-op society. Customers can open bank accounts, buy and sell cryptocurrencies, obtain crypto-backed loans, as well as learn about crypto. Crypto Bank Opens Physical Branches...
The Bitcoin Banking Battle Heats Up
12.12.2020
Banks are moving into crypto and crypto companies are trying to become banks, so how does it all play out?
SDX Chief Gets Philosophical About Crypto’s Swiss-Singapore Connection
11.12.2020
The crypto corridor connecting Switzerland and Singapore is firming up, involving many of the usual suspects in banking, custody and trading
22 Indian Bank Branches to Begin Offering Crypto Banking Services
28.10.2020
An Indian bank is preparing to start providing crypto banking services at its physical bank branches. Customers can buy bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies at these branches with Indian rupees, open savings accounts with crypto wallets, make loans against their cryptocurrencies, and more....
India Will Soon Have Crypto ‘Banking’ at 22 Physical Locations
27.10.2020
Cashaa is teaming with a credit cooperative society to provide cryptocurrency financial services at 22 branches in the north of India
Why Wyoming’s Governor Supports the State’s Crypto Banking Law
26.10.2020
Keeping Wyoming's lead in crypto banking is a priority of the state's top elected official, Gov. Mark Gordon
Get Ready For Crypto Banking, DeFi & CBDC Surprises - Venture Capitalist
23.10.2020
Banks will likely open crypto accounts next to fiat accounts, decentralized finance (DeFi) will claim its trillion-dollar company, while central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) will suprise many by entering our lives sooner than expected, Marc van der Chijs, entrepreneur, crypto-focused venture...
Crypto-Friendly Banking Platform Cashaa Expanding in India, US, Africa
5.9.2020
Crypto banking platform Cashaa has unveiled plans to expand its services in India, the U.S., Africa, and the Caribbean. In India, the company aims to create “the first crypto-friendly banking platform” that is regulated by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)...
Crypto Banking Firm Cashaa Eyes India Expansion After $5M Raise
2.9.2020
The crypto-friendly banking firm raised $5 million from Dubai-based blockchain investment and advisory firm 01ex
Binance Joins Indian Tech Association That Helped Overturn Crypto Banking Ban
18.6.2020
Binance and the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) say they'll work to implement industry best practices in the Indian crypto market
10 Loan Providers Taking Crypto as Collateral, If You Think the Time Is Right for Hodling
21.3.2020
If you are not ready to part with decentralized money, at a time when prices are relatively low, but need some fiat cash to cover costs in times of crisis, crypto-backed loans are a working solution. A number of platforms offer this type of service and their popularity is growing among...
Indian Supreme Court to Rule on Central Bank’s Crypto Banking Ban
24.2.2020
The building of the Indian Supreme court In New Delhi, India. Source: iStock/anil_shakya19
India’s Supreme Court is set to rule on a legal challenge to restrictions placed on banks dealing with cryptocurrency traders imposed by the central Reserve Bank of India (RBI). If the challenge proved...
Wendy McElroy: Crypto is Banking for Anarchists and Average People
10.2.2020
“What I love about Bitcoin is that instead of some rich old guy on Wall Street, young poor people are the ones getting rich” —Eric Finman No Longer Is Economic Sovereignty Just for Politicians and Bankers “Cryptocurrency is for the rich”; this pernicious myth causes...
Indian Supreme Court Hears In-Depth Arguments Against RBI Ban
15.1.2020
India’s supreme court spent all day hearing arguments against the crypto banking ban by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday. The counsel for the Internet and Mobile Association of India presented extensive arguments to convince the court that the central bank acted outside...
Crypto Banking Race to To Bring Cheaper Services - Analysis
3.1.2020
As the competition among crypto companies is changing, it’s making financial services more accessible and cheaper, says popular crypto researcher known as Hasu in the latest analysis.
While coming from different directions, all crypto companies share the same goal of eventually becoming crypto...
The Country With Europe’s Highest Interest Rate Has Cut It 5 Times This Year
14.12.2019
Around half of European countries, over 20, now have 0% interest rates and a few are already in negative territory. Ukraine, which has the highest benchmark interest rate on the continent, has just reduced it again, for the fifth time this year. The race between central banks to cut rates, when...
PayPal Joins $4.2M Round for Crypto Banking Compliance Startup
19.11.2019
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian’s Initialized Capital, Blockchain Capital and PayPal Ventures are backing TRM Labs in its effort to help financial firms manage crypto risk
Wyoming’s New Crypto Banking Law Could Defang New York’s BitLicense
14.11.2019
There may be a way for cryptocurrency businesses to get around New York's notoriously hard-to-get BitLicense, and it runs through Wyoming
Indian Supreme Court Postpones Crypto Case to November
15.10.2019
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday once again postponed hearing the case against the crypto banking restrictions by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The central bank has replied to crypto exchanges’ representation as directed by the court, which was supposed to resume hearing the case...