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South Korean Merchants ‘May Accept Digital Yuan from Chinese Tourists’
10.6.2020
Countries with a large influx of Chinese tourists could be among the first outside the Middle Kingdom to accept the forthcoming digital yuan, claims a South Korean report – although it comes with warnings of “Big Brother’s” creeping influence over Chinese finance.
Per South Korean news agency...
Number of Institutions Buying Crypto Futures Doubled in 2020: Fidelity Report
9.6.2020
More than 85 U.S. institutions bought crypto futures last year, more than double the number touching the space in 2018, according to a new survey by Fidelity
Poloniex, Bittrex Named in Lawsuit Involving the Alleged Tether-Fueled Crypto Pump
9.6.2020
On April 3, the cryptocurrency community learned about 11 class-action lawsuits against various executives and digital asset companies. The law firm that filed the lawsuits is also involved with a class-action against Tether and Bitfinex for allegedly manipulating the price of bitcoin. On June...
The Trickery it Takes to Create eBook-Like Text Columns
8.6.2020
There’s some interesting CSS trickery in Jason Pamental’s latest Web Fonts & Typography News. Jason wanted to bring swipeable columns to his digital book experience on mobile. Which brings up an interesting question right away… how do you set full-width columns that...
Overstock's 'Digital Dividend' Dominates Security Token Rankings
8.6.2020
Less than three months after its ‘digital dividend’ airdrop, Overstock’s OSTKO is dominating the security token rankings for both market cap and volume
Securitize Debuts On-Chain Dividend Payouts for Lottery.com Security Token
8.6.2020
Securitize, a registered transfer agent, has facilitated the payout of dividends from blockchain-based securities for the first time
Blockchain Will Lead Digital Globalization Says Wanxiang Rep
7.6.2020
China Wanxiang Holdings Vice Chairman believes blockchain along with other high tech will lead a more globalized world
US Regulators Have Double Standards When It Comes to Bitcoin
6.6.2020
VanEck's Gabor Gurbacs said U.S. regulators have not treated Bitcoin fairly in their exchange-traded fund denials
Ball’s in Their Court: Crypto Custodians Waiting on Regulators to Act
6.6.2020
Crypto custody firms are mostly treated like traditional assets, ignoring the uniqueness of digital assets and its various complexities
A Digital Art Project Might Have an Answer to the Woes of Staking Centralization
6.6.2020
Drawing inspiration from Reddit's r/place, AstroCanvas is an experiment in boosting staking participation – without appealing to financial incentives
Marshall Islands Seeks to Establish a "Self-Sovereign Identity" With New Blockchain-Based Currency
6.6.2020
Joel Telpner reveals some of the steps the Marshall Islands is taking to launch its national digital currency
Proposed Digital Dollar and Digital Yuan Have a Lot in Common – Report
6.6.2020
Chinese media analysts believe that there are a number of key similarities between the Digital Dollar Project and the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s digital yuan – but they say that by the time the American project irons out wrinkles, it may be too late to beat Beijing to the punch.
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The Mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto Allegedly Leveraged a Russian Proxy for Communications
5.6.2020
4,171 days ago in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto invoked the Bitcoin network after sharing the white paper with people since Halloween 2008. Just recently, it has been discovered that Nakamoto leveraged a Russian proxy to obfuscate his whereabouts and the inventor used the proxy back in January 2009....
Digital Currencies Could Replace Low-Interest Bank Accounts, Says UN Expert
5.6.2020
Low-interest rates have removed one of the few remaining incentives for holding a bank account, meaning digital currency could be a better alternative, argues a UN expert
Central Bank Digital Currencies Endanger Private Banks, Says Federal Reserve
5.6.2020
Central bank digital currencies endanger private banks, warned the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Fed Paper: Central Bank Digital Currencies Could Replace Commercial Banks – But at a Cost
5.6.2020
The research explores how "central banking for all" via digital currency could affect commercial banks
Barry Silbert
5.6.2020
Barry Silbert is the founder of venture firm Digital Currency Group (DCG), crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments and illiquid assets marketplace SecondMarket. Silbert founded SecondMarket in 2004, where he created the Bitcoin Investment Trust, wholly devoted to bitcoin and the first investment...
Galaxy Digital
4.6.2020
Galaxy Digital is a digital asset merchant bank founded in 2018 by former hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz. The firm offers multiple services including asset management, advisory services for businesses, trading and principal investing in companies ranging from seed stage ventures to those...
Japanese Finance Minister Shoots Down Plan to Cut Bitcoin Tax to 20%, Cites Crypto-Divide
4.6.2020
Japan’s finance minister Taro Aso says he is opposed to reducing tax on bitcoin income to 20%, on par with stock dividends, arguing that most Japanese households find it difficult to invest in digital assets. The development suggests that Japan will uphold its current definition...
Japan’s Biggest Banks Are Talking About Building a Digital Payments System
4.6.2020
The banks will be joined by representatives from big business and the government to lay out how to create shared digital payments system