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Swiss Banks Team With Fintechs to Enter the Crypto Space
25.9.2019
Multiple joint projects between banks and crypto companies based in Switzerland now offer customers the opportunity to invest in digital assets and take advantage of banking services related to cryptocurrencies. It’s all happening in a regulated environment, generally friendly towards...
Tom Lee: Bakkt to ‘Improve Trust With Institutions to Crypto’ in 3 Days
20.9.2019
Bitcoin reverses losses as Bakkt launches on Monday
Crypto Facilitates Money Transfer for Restricted China
14.9.2019
Crypto is not illegal in China, but it is illegal for banks and financial institutions to deal in crypto. It’s also illegal to send or receive over $50,000 in fiat money without government permission. Restrictive banking regulations, international trade wars, and a surveillance state in...
Big Banks Won’t Touch Crypto Clients – But These Smaller Banks Will
13.9.2019
Cryptocurrencies undoubtedly bring new business opportunities. The expanding industry around digital assets and its customers need more and more services that traditional sectors can provide. Banking is often a bottleneck in the crypto space as most traditional institutions are still reluctant...
Seed CX Subsidiary Adds Crypto Derivatives Settlement for Institutions
11.9.2019
Zero Hash is launching support settlement services for bilateral derivative transactions
Winklevoss’ Gemini Introduces Sub-Accounts Feature for Institutions
3.9.2019
The Winklevoss brothers-led Gemini crypto exchange enables its institutional clients to create and manage an unlimited number of sub-accounts
VanEck, SolidX to Offer Limited Bitcoin ETF for Institutions Via Exemption
3.9.2019
After another Bitcoin ETF delay by the SEC, VanEck and SolidX plan to sell a limited version of a Bitcoin ETF, using SEC’s exemption
Van Eck, SolidX to Offer Bitcoin ETF to Institutions via SEC Exemption: Report
3.9.2019
VanEck and SolidX aim to launch a limited bitcoin ETF in the U.S. later this week, according to a report
Crypto Needs Less Government Regulation – Not More
2.9.2019
A recent opinion article by Peter Lin, “Why Regulation Is The Best Thing For Crypto,” presents common arguments on why the state and state-affiliated institutions should administer cryptocurrency. Underlying the arguments is an assumption: the free market cannot provide necessary...
ECB: Stablecoins Could be Rendered Useless by Financial Institutions
30.8.2019
Euro symbol in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. If financial institutions were to use DLT (distributed ledger technology) to record traditional assets, such as commercial bank money and regulated electronic money, stablecoins could be rendered redundant, claims the paper...
Novogratz: Bitcoin in a ‘Bit of Consolidation’ as Institutions Line Up
29.8.2019
Novogratz tells mainstream viewers to stay bullish on Bitcoin
Unconfirmed: Eight Institutions to Get China’s Digital Currency First
28.8.2019
China will reportedly give eight organizations including Alibaba the first crop of its digital currency
Initiative to Curtail Negative Interest Rates Gains Traction in Germany
24.8.2019
Negative interest rates, a common occurrence in Europe these days, are unpleasant for both banks and clients. And financial institutions have been increasingly transferring the bulk of the burden on to their customers. Some political factions in Germany, however, aren’t happy with the trend...
Silvergate Bank Eyes Crypto-Collateralized Loans for Institutions
19.8.2019
Silvergate Bank, one of the cryptocurrency industry's few go-to financial service providers, is planning to become a crypto lender
Kraken Gets Access to Over 60 Institutions in New Deal This Year
31.7.2019
Jesse Powell, Kraken CEO. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Real Vision Finance
San Francisco-based major cryptocurency exchange Kraken said it acquired Interchange, a company that enables institutional investors to "better monitor and report their cryptocurrency holdings."
"The transaction...
Deutsche Bank Collapse Could Crash Global Financial Markets
21.7.2019
German financial services giant Deutsche Bank AG is one of the largest and most important economic institutions in the world. Mainly due to self-imposed scandals, the bank is now having to taking drastic measures to stay afloat. Investors everywhere should note that if such a critical piece of...
Money and Democracy: Why You Never Get to Vote on the Most Important Part of Society
10.7.2019
It’s very odd that citizens never get to vote or have any say in regard to society’s money, even though it’s one of the most important aspects of everyday life. In fact, in developed countries, most central banks are institutions that are privatized from political interference...
New Platform Says It Enables Regular and Advanced Users to Create Their Own Crypto Fund
8.7.2019
A company says its vision is to enable everyone to create their own crypto fund with just a few clicks and make their trading "fast, secure and simple" #SPONSORED
Side Effects of Economic Growth: Is Snowden Right to Say Bitcoiners Shouldn’t Be Bankers?
1.7.2019
Growth is a goal that’s worth achieving, in most cases, and the current economic paradigm favors it. But when central banks start undermining their fiat economies and crypto companies begin to mimic financial institutions in its name, growth becomes an end in itself with self-destructive...
FATF Releases Global Standards for Crypto Assets
22.6.2019
The Financial Action Task Force adopted its new rules on crypto assets and published its updated Guidance on Virtual Assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers Friday. Under these new measures, crypto service providers will be required to implement the same requirements as traditional financial...