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Cryptocurrency News From Japan: July 5 - July 11 in Review
11.7.2020
Tosei real estate and Tokyo Financial Holdings issued an asset-backed digital financial product, Coinage registered with Japanese authorities as an exchange and more headlined news from Japan this past week
How are Central Banks Exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies?
11.7.2020
At a time when enterprises are moving fast toward the adoption of blockchain technologies, central banks are exploring digital currencies as an alternative to replace their cash in circulation. A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is the digital form of fiat currency. Not to be confused with...
Blockchain Changes Gaming Economics, Forte Exec Explains
11.7.2020
Forte Labs' vice president of token economics explained blockchain underpinning can affect in-game asset supply and demand economics
Japanese Broker Monex Launches Crypto-Based CFDs With 2x Leverage
10.7.2020
The Japanese online securities company Monex has revealed the launch of cryptocurrency-based contract-for-difference (CFD) services that went live on Wednesday. The new derivatives products offered by Monex will include bitcoin, XRP, ether, and bitcoin cash pairs with 2x leverage. Japanese digital...
Bitfinex Must Face New York’s Accusations Over the Loss of $850M in Co-Mingled Funds
10.7.2020
The popular digital currency trading platform, Bitfinex must deal with the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) over the alleged hiding of over $800 million in client and corporate funds. The NY state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division overruled an appeal on Thursday, after...
Book Review: Digital Is the Cash
10.7.2020
"Digital is the Cash" is a short, accessible read, looking at cryptocurrency from a vaguely African perspective, with a strong preference for Dash
CFTC Hints at Future Digital Asset Regulatory Framework
9.7.2020
The commodities regulator has a four-year plan for fostering responsible innovations in the crypto asset space
Nonfungible Tokens and the Future of Commerce
9.7.2020
The unlimited potential of blockchain technology is unleashed when used in conjunction with nonfungible tokens
China’s Giant Ride-Hailing Service Didi to Pilot the Central Bank’s Digital Yuan
9.7.2020
The Chinese government and the country’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), are currently in the midst of testing a digital yuan or central bank digital currency (CBDC). Now the Chinese ride-hailing corporation Didi Chuxing will be trialing the newly developed digital yuan...
ING Joins Crypto Industry Body Working to Set Codes of Conduct
9.7.2020
The banking group has joined crypto industry body Global Digital Finance to help develop best practices for custodial firms and wallets
Malaysian Regulator's Shariah Advisory Council Allows Digital Asset Trading
9.7.2020
The Malaysian authority that oversees compliance with Islamic law in finance has permitted digital asset trading
London Stock Exchange Parent Assigns Financial ‘Bar Codes’ to 169 Cryptos
9.7.2020
The addition of bitcoin and its ilk to LSEG's database, in response to customer demand, is a sign that institutions are slowly embracing the asset class
Blockchain Gamer Live Becomes Part of Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki Digital 2020
9.7.2020
The Global Blockchain Games Industry Conference online: now part of POCKET GAMER CONNECTS HELSINKI DIGITAL 2020. Meet, network, discover: from the makers of Pocket Gamer Connects London and Blockchain Gamer LIVE! Hong Kong comes to a 100% online event for the global blockchain entertainment...
WEF’s Sheila Warren: Mass Adoption Depends on Bridging Digital Divide
9.7.2020
The Head of Blockchain at the World Economic Forum says people excluded from traditional financial systems will help drive mass adoption
US CFTC Promises 'Holistic Framework' for Digital Assets by 2024
8.7.2020
The CFTC has made comprehensive crypto regulation a strategic objective to accomplish over the next few years, referring to digital assets as “21st century commodities.”
Blockchain Bites: DiDi to Trial the Digital Yuan and a Look at Chainlink’s Gains
8.7.2020
The "Chinese Uber" will join the nations CBDC project, TikTok threw Dogecoin a treat and Nexo tapped Chainlink
Market Update: Crypto Assets Slowly Gather Gains, Bitcoin Needs Capital Inflow, ADA Jumps 85%
8.7.2020
Cryptocurrency market prices have improved a great deal since our last market update, as the overall market capitalization of all 5,700+ coins has gained $16 billion since June 14. Most of the top digital assets have remained in a consolidated cycle and a great number of cryptos have been able...
Tech Mahindra Employs IBM Blockchain in New Platform to Combat Digital Piracy
8.7.2020
Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra has launched a new blockchain-based digital contracts and rights platform for the media and entertainment industry
Digital Yuan Set for Real-world Ride Sharing Pilot with Apple-backed Didi
8.7.2020
China’s digital yuan launch appears to be inching yet closer to rollout after reports in the Middle Kingdom surfaced linking a ride-share operator with pilots for the new central bank-run token.
Per Beijing Business Today and Bloomberg, a digital currency unit of the central People’s Bank of China...
Ride-Hailing Giant DiDi Joins China’s Digital Yuan Project
8.7.2020
The world’s second-highest-valued unicorn startup has partnered with the Chinese central bank to work on the forthcoming digital yuan