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The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real
17.1.2020
When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they'll confront an essential question, says Circle's Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain's ability to create value for people around the world?
IIF Report Predicts Global Debt Will Reach New All-Time High of $257T in 2020
15.1.2020
Global debt records were broken in 2019, but that likely won’t be the end of such ominous economic milestones, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) predicts. The number could reach $257 trillion sometime in Q1 2020, according to a recent report by the group. Economies worldwide...
This Blue Chip Crypto Insurance Consortium Lacks One Thing – a Sizable Loss
13.1.2020
In a rare interview, insurance company Arch talks about its $150M crypto storage policy
Low Interest Rates Provide Precarious Protection Against Crisis, World Bank Warns
10.1.2020
The latest global debt wave is the largest in the past five decades, the World Bank has acknowledged in a new report. The international institution notes that previous waves of broad-based debt accumulation lead to widespread financial crises. Historically low interest rates this time might not...
Why the Counter Economy Is Necessary to Bitcoin’s Survival as a Disruptive Currency
9.1.2020
As Bitcoin is adopted by more and more traditional financial institutions, and becomes regulated by governments worldwide, the question of its survival as a truly disruptive alternative to legacy financial systems is raised. After all, if governments like Qatar’s can ban it, and international...
Binance Donates $1 Million in Crypto for Australian Bushfire Relief
8.1.2020
The cryptocurrency community is again showing its commitment to support charitable goals around the world. Binance, the most active international digital asset exchange, has donated $1 million to help with Australian fire relief efforts and invites the community to join the initiative. The recent...
Bravio to Develop fully Tokenized iGaming & Lottery Platform for LFE Group Holding
7.1.2020
Bravio Technologies Limited. ("Bravio" or the "Company") a lottery service provider that allows its national and international customers the opportunity to order and manage lottery tickets online, and the operator of FreeLotto.com, one of the largest online marketing and free member acquisition...
IMF Helping Philippines Become Important Crypto Market
4.1.2020
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is providing the Philippines with technical assistance regarding crypto assets. The IMF believes the country may become an important crypto market and has provided the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas with suggestions for the country’s crypto regulation...
Government Confirms Crypto Profits Not Taxable in South Korea
2.1.2020
South Korea has confirmed that income tax cannot be levied on individual investors’ profits from crypto transactions under the current tax law. The government, however, is reviewing international trends and the approaches of major countries to crypto taxation in an effort to amend...
Using a VPN May Get Israeli Crypto Traders in Trouble
2.1.2020
Do you use a VPN? It’s a privacy-enhancing tool that everyone should be using, especially those with digital assets. Or do you happen to be older than the typical crypto trader? Both of these characteristics are part of a list of so-called ‘red flags’ that can get you in trouble...
Wirex CEO Pavel Matveev Shares Expansion Plans for 2020
24.12.2019
International payment and crypto service Wirex has enjoyed a productive year. Over the course of 2019, partnerships have been formed, a native token (WXT) released and the Wirex website and card completely redesigned. With the firm’s reach rapidly growing, CEO and co-founder Pavel Matveev...
CoinCasso Launches Worldwide Crypto Christmas Challenge
20.12.2019
There are not many contests in the cryptocurrency sector on such a scale! CoinCasso worldwide exchange platform is organizing an international competition, lasting until the end of the year. In the prize pool there are the newest mobile devices, including iPhone 11, Apple Watch, iPhone 8 and...
German Stock Exchange Plans International Digital Asset ‘Ecosystem’ Through New Partnership With SBI
20.12.2019
Boerse Stuttgart Group and Japanese financial giant SBI Group are teaming up on a joint initiative to build a digital assets '"ecosystem" in Asia and Europe
5th International Forum Blockchain Life 2020 Takes Place on April 22–23, in Moscow
17.12.2019
Blockchain Life 2020 is the biggest event on a blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and mining in Russia and Europe and one of the largest events in the world. The forum welcomes more than 5000 participants this spring at an innovative venue—Music Media Dome. The global crypto community from 70 countries...
Russian Govt Official: Crypto Regulation is the International Issue
12.12.2019
Russia should not “run ahead” of other countries and take the role of a global trendsetter in crypto regulation due to financial crime risks, according to Yuri Chikhanchin, the director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring).
Speaking at the Federation Council, the upper...
A Reality Check: Blockchain and DLT in International Trade
9.12.2019
Would blockchain help to bring global trade to a digital era? An overview of a new TFG’, WTO’ and ICC’s study
A Bitcoin Wallet Is Hurtling Toward the International Space Station
9.12.2019
Bitcoin is flying (super) high thanks to SpaceChain's new space-based wallet
Blockchain Startup SpaceChain Sends Wallet Tech to International Space Station
6.12.2019
Space-as-a-service startup SpaceChain is sending its hardware wallet technology to the International Space Station
Bank for International Settlements Exec Shows New Fondness for CBDCs
6.12.2019
A long-skeptical exec at the Bank for International Settlements now says that CBDCs could open up new possibilities
SpaceChain Launches Blockchain Hardware Wallet Technology for International Space Station
6.12.2019
Community-based space platform, SpaceChain has declared that its blockchain hardware wallet technology is headed towards the International Space Station (ISS), onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as a feature of the present CRS-19 commercial resupply service mission. SpaceChain combines space...