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Philippines Increasingly Crypto Friendly – A Look at Driving Forces
18.8.2019
There are many reasons why the Philippines is becoming increasingly crypto-friendly. Not only has its central bank registered more crypto exchanges recently, but the Securities and Exchange Commission has also been actively finalizing crypto guidelines. The country has an active crypto community...
Lendingblock receives License as DLT Provider from GFSC Supported by ISOLAS
17.8.2019
Lendingblock, the open trade for institutional lending and borrowing of digital assets has obtained a License as a DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) provider from the GFSC (Gibraltar Financial Services Commission) upheld by the blockchain law office, ISOLAS. This License is a significant...
How Coinbase Quietly Became the World’s Biggest Bitcoin Bank
17.8.2019
On August 15, the San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Coinbase announced that it had acquired the cryptocurrency custody service Xapo’s institutional branch. The business move puts Coinbase in the limelight, making it the largest custodial service for digital assets worldwide, with...
Privacy Token Beam Completes First Hard Fork Against the ASICs
16.8.2019
Beam, the privacy coin based on Mimblewimble protocol, completed its 1st hard fork on 15th August 2019 at 19:00 hrs. (UTC) away from the ASICs. The scheduled fork was carried out at 321,321 blocks, according to the reports. Beam’s hard fork adapted the mining algorithm owing to the ASIC mining...
China’s Digital Fiat Wants to Compete With Bitcoin – But It’s Not a Crypto
16.8.2019
China may be about to launch a fiat digital currency, but in all likelihood, it will only resemble a cryptocurrency on the surface
Hong Kong Protest Leader Hopes to Incite Run on Chinese Banks
16.8.2019
The 11th week of protesting in Hong Kong has passed as the world has witnessed massive sit-ins at the national airport and demonstrations across several locations citywide. The 2019 anti-extradition bill protests have affected Hong Kong’s local economy, investors have dumped on the benchmark...
Samsung Adds Bitcoin Support to Its Blockchain Keystore
15.8.2019
On August 13, Samsung, the South Korean multinational conglomerate, published the company’s new Blockchain Keystore SDK for developers and the latest release supports Bitcoin Core (BTC). The version follows Samsung’s previous Keystore release which only supported ETH and the ERC20...
Ron Paul Slams Fednow Payment System and Encourages Crypto Competition
15.8.2019
Ron Paul, the muckraking former congressman from Texas, is stirring things up once again, this time taking aim at the new real-time digital payment system proposed last week by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Presented as an innovative solution by government and media voices, the cryptosphere received...
Ripple Is Giving Away 1 Billion XRP in Massive Bid to Fund Online Content
15.8.2019
Ripple is making a major investment in Coil, a media platform that pays content creators XRP
PR: Australian Bitcoin Cash Conference Brings Cryptocurrency Leaders to Townsville
15.8.2019
Global leaders from the Bitcoin Cash community will gather at the first Bitcoin Cash City Conference in Australia, being held in Townsville on September 4 & 5.
Townsville has really embraced Bitcoin Cash, so hosting this conference in the cozy, coastal suburb was a natural next step....
Head of SIX’s Digital Asset Exchange Quits Over Strategy Disagreement
15.8.2019
Switzerland's SIX stock exchange has just lost a key executive in charge of its in-development digital assets exchange, SDX
Swiss SIX Digital Exchange CEO Departs Due to ‘Strategic Differences’
15.8.2019
CEO of Switzerland's SIX Digital Exchange, Martin Halblaub, leaves after eight months on the job
Central Banks Worldwide Testing Their Own Digital Currencies
15.8.2019
Central banks worldwide are examining the possibility of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), with some already testing theirs for different uses. Countries that have advanced their digital currency projects include China, Singapore, Canada, the Bahamas, Thailand, Uruguay, and Sweden....
Three of the World’s Biggest Tech Companies to Testify Against French Digital Tax in US
14.8.2019
Over the past two decades, some of the biggest tech companies in the world originated in the United States, but it was not long before those companies expanded into the rest of the world. As long as those companies operating in the United States, they were governed by tax laws in their native...
Can Central Bank Digital Currencies Be Used to Fight Financial Crimes?
14.8.2019
Central bank-issued digital currencies could have a great advantage in combating the shadow economy and illegal activities, and they could be a viable alternative to digital currencies like Libra
RBI’s Power Over Crypto Challenged at Length in Indian Supreme Court Today
14.8.2019
The Indian supreme court resumed hearing the writ petitions against the banking restriction by the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Wednesday. Many issues were discussed, ranging from the legality of the RBI action to the classification of crypto assets and how each country...
SEC Lodges Emergency Action Against Fraudulent Organizer of VERI ICO
14.8.2019
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sought that the assets belonging to the organizer of VERI (Veritaseum) initial coin offering, Reginald “Reggie” Middleton, be frozen. The Commission has accused Middleton for conducting an illegal and fraudulent ICO for the VERI coins...
Investors to Get Bitcoin Refunds from Poloniex for May Flash Crash
14.8.2019
Poloniex has announced that it will be covering the losses incurred by investors during the flash crash that took place in May. The trading fees will be credited to lenders who lost big funds in the May market slump that involved the dubious digital currency ClAMS. As per the official blog post...
UN Investigating 35 North Korean Cyberattack Instances in 17 Nations
14.8.2019
The United Nations experts have said that they are probing a minimum of 35 cyberattack incidents in as many as 17 nations carried out by North Koreans. As per The Associated Press reports, North Koreans are using cyberattacks for raising money illegally for the nuclear program. Moreover, they...
PlexCorps and United States SEC Reach Settlement
13.8.2019
According to the latest reports, the case between PlexCorps and the United States SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) has reached a settlement. Both the individual defendants have given their written consent to pay the fines and refrain from participating in the activity of digital securities...