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Crypto Gains New EU Stronghold as Sweden Approves Swiss ETP Startup
10.12.2019
Swiss crypto firm gets approval from Swedish authorities to offer its exchange-traded products to investors in the EU
New Blockchain-based Vajra Platform Announced by NPCI: A Move Towards Improving Payment Systems
10.12.2019
Blockchain has been creating quite a stir across all sectors of industries in India since its inception. Based on the number of patents in the blockchain space, India stands 6th on the list. As such, blockchain is still in its budding stage, but Bitcoin has become quite popular in the Indian...
InfraRisk Makes New Associations With Toyota Finance and Taurus Motor Finance
10.12.2019
InfraRisk Pty Ltd. (InfraRisk) recently announced that it would expand its footprint in Germany and Australia. As per the official announcement, InfraRisk would tie-up with Toyota Financial Services in Germany to assist its credit process covering dealerships and large fleet consumers. It should...
Bitcoin Mining Operations Offer New Strategies Before Reward Reduction
10.12.2019
As the reward halving approaches, bitcoin miners are preparing new strategies so customers can reap the most profits from their hashrate services. On December 3, the mining operation Poolin introduced a hashrate auto-switch feature so clients can automatically switch between BTC and BCH mining....
New Mac Malware Hides in Memory and Masquerades as a Crypto App
9.12.2019
A new form of malware is almost invisible to anti-virus software
Bakkt Launches Two New Products + More News
9.12.2019
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Bakkt, a digital asset trading platform, said it launched Bitcoin monthly options and Bitcoin cash settled futures....
IRS Now Requires Tax Filers to Disclose Crypto Activities
9.12.2019
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has finalized and put in use a new tax form that requires crypto owners to declare whether they received, bought, sold, exchanged, or acquired any cryptocurrencies in 2019. Tax experts are frustrated at the vagueness of the tax agency, with some questioning...
Regulatory Roundup: Bitcoin Futures Fund Approved, India’s RBI-Backed Digital Currency
9.12.2019
In this regulatory roundup, we cover the U.S. SEC approving a bitcoin futures fund, the new IRS tax form targeting crypto owners, and several more steps taken by the U.S. government toward crypto regulation. We also cover India’s central bank digital currency plan, South Korea’s crypto...
Bill Gates Echoed His Concerns About Anti-globalization With New Firmness
9.12.2019
Globalization has taken a prime spot in the global geo-political scenario in the last few years. The whole world seems to have taken an inward view and many developed nations like the U.S., Britain, and the European Union have normalized the anti-globalization norms through electoral intent....
New Ukrainian Law Says ‘Virtual Assets’ Can Be Used for Payments
9.12.2019
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s legislature, has approved amendments that introduce legal terms and definitions pertaining to the crypto space. The new legislation, which aims to transpose the FATF standards into national law, also identifies who is to take responsibility for the oversight...
Ex Italy’s Economy Minister on ‘Transition From Old Coins to New Coins’
7.12.2019
“It’s the future and you cannot stop it.” Former Italian Minister of Economy spoke to Cointelegraph about crypto
Bitcoin Cash 2019: Year in Review
6.12.2019
2019 is coming to an end and the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) ecosystem has matured a great deal. BCH has successfully upgraded twice this year, adding Schnorr signatures capabilities and most transactions on the BCH network are now non-malleable. Moreover, BCH has seen increased adoption this year, an...
EU Finance Ministers Place Defacto Ban on Libra
6.12.2019
Libra’s ongoing organizational snags and run-ins with regulators continue into December, as EU finance ministers agreed Thursday that Libra cannot be launched in the EU until concerns are adequately addressed. The finance ministers issued a joint statement citing regulatory “challenges...
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
BitFlyer’s New ‘Instant Buy’ Feature Lets Users Buy Crypto With Cards or Transfers
6.12.2019
BitFlyer is allowing its European users to buy crypto using a credit card, debit card or local instant transfer
Weekly Platform News: Upgrading Navigations to HTTPS, Sale of .org Domains, New Browser Engine
5.12.2019
In this week's roundup: DuckDuckGo gets smarter encryption, a fight over the sale of dot org domains, and a new browser engine is in the works.
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DuckDuckGo upgrades and open-sources its encryption
DuckDuckGo has open-sourced its “Smarter Encryption” technology that enables...
Crypto Cybersecurity Firm Ledger Hires In-House Security Officer As New CTO
5.12.2019
Ledger has hired an in-house security officer as chief technology officer to oversee the company’s security operations
Ethereum’s Top DEX Is Rebooting With New Scaling Features
5.12.2019
IDEX is launching a new DEX built on a layer 2 scalibility protocol made possible through Ethereum's Istanbul hard fork
Crypto-Focused Lender Blockfi Launches Trading Platform
5.12.2019
Crypto financial services company Blockfi has launched a trading platform supporting three cryptocurrencies. The new offering adds to the company’s existing services: interest-bearing accounts and crypto-backed loans. Blockfi has completed registration with the U.S. Financial Crimes...
China’s Hainan Free Trade Zone Pledges $140M in New Blockchain Support
5.12.2019
China’s Hainan Free Trade Zone has pledged $140 million to developing blockchain in the pilot jurisdiction