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New ASEAN blockchain consortium targets cross-border cooperation
23.4.2021
The new ASEAN Blockchain Consortium aims to engage with regulators to ensure compliance and raise industry awareness
Cardano’s Cfund First Capital Goes to Israeli Fintech Startup Coti
7.4.2021
This latest move to broaden cooperation between Cardano and Coti builds upon previous collaborations as the former seeks to upgrade its payment solution on top of the former’s expanding financial infrastructure. Strategic Investment Marks First Allocation for New Ecosystem Venture Fund One...
Authorities Shut Down Darknet Marketplace Sipulimarket, Seize Bitcoin
14.12.2020
A major darknet marketplace, Sipulimarket, has been shut down and its assets, including bitcoin, were seized by Finnish Customs, in cooperation with Europol and the Polish police. Darknet Marketplace Shut Down, Bitcoin Seized Europol and Finnish Customs (Tulli) announced last week that they...
Bitcoin.com Announces Cooperation Agreement With Japanese Media CoinOtaku
20.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com, the go-to web portal for everything bitcoin, announced it reached a cooperation agreement with Japanese media CoinOtaku. A subsidiary of Beat Holdings Limited, CoinOtaku (CoinPartner) has over 900,000 views per month in its cryptocurrency portal and thousands...
Russian Public Officials Must Now Declare Their Crypto Holdings as Income
23.10.2020
Public officials in Russia will now be required to declare all the crypto assets they hold as income. The measures are with effect from Jan. 1, 2021, local media reported. Russia’s prosecutor general Igor Krasnov declared: “Starting next year, civil servants will be required to declare...
NIX Bridge Token, the Gateway to Private DeFi – Presale Now Live
17.10.2020
It has become impossible to imagine the cryptocurrency market without DeFi. The exponential growth this field is experiencing has also sparked interest among those concerned about the state of privacy. NIX Platform recently announced a unique advancement within the privacy field by developing...
Japanese Government Urges Blockchain ‘Cooperation’ + More News
24.8.2020
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The Japanese finance minister and deputy prime minister Taro Aso has addressed the country’s blockchain industry, asking for...
Anyhedge to Launch Blockchain-Enforced Synthetic Derivatives for Bitcoin Cash
2.4.2020
Developers from the organization General Protocols have announced the launch of a synthetic derivatives platform built on Bitcoin Cash. The project Anyhedge aims to be the first decentralized finance (defi) protocol on any branch of Bitcoin and the platform will launch in cooperation with...
Coronavirus Fuels P2P Connectivity: Crypto-Driven Meshnet Gives Rural Towns Internet
2.4.2020
While the coronavirus wreaks havoc on the economy across the U.S., a number of the 1,737 residents from Clatskanie, Oregon can’t obtain an internet service provider (ISP). The situation has motivated the town to adopt a decentralized meshnet ISP called Althea and the network’s users...
New Blockchain Forensics Tool Developed Through French-Austrian Cooperation
25.2.2020
A new compliance tool is being developed in Europe via a partnership between an Austrian university and a French fintech firm
Grayscale to Fund Ethereum Classic Developers for 2 More Years
22.1.2020
Grayscale Investments has committed to financially supporting development of the ethereum classic (ETC) cryptocurrency for another two years
Crypto Experts Join OECD ‘High Level’ Advisory Board
19.1.2020
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, an intergovernmental body with 36 member countries, has formed “a high-level expert group” which includes executives from the crypto industry. They will provide advice in helping develop international blockchain policy...
FATF Holds Global Forum to Discuss Crypto Supervision
18.1.2020
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and over 50 delegations involved in crypto supervision recently gathered to discuss how to regulate crypto assets and related service providers. While examining three key areas, they stressed the importance of international cooperation, citing that...
Japan and Philippines Discuss Pro-Crypto Laws, Cooperation Among Asian Countries
13.1.2020
Japanese Minister Naokazu Takemoto and Philippine Cabinet member Raul Lambino of Crypto Valley of Asia recently met to discuss Asian countries’ crypto regulations. They urge the Philippine Congress to introduce legislation on cryptocurrencies and security tokens, calling for cooperation among...
Tokenmania Broadcasts News About Cooperation With GST Ecology
2.12.2019
Having established itself as one of the world’s highly reputed cryptocurrency asset management firm, TokenMania has announced its strategic partnership with GST Ecology. According to the latest reports on the collaboration, TokenMania and GST Ecology will be closely working together on...
Dcoin Signs Blockchain Education Cooperation MOU with CryptoMBA
30.11.2019
Having established itself as a Top 30 cryptocurrency trading exchange, Dcoin has announced that it has signed a Blockchain Education Cooperation MOU with CryptoMBA in the globally reputed Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies (aSSIST). In the niche of blockchain technology, aSSIST...
Timebitex Signs a Memorandum of Cooperation With Autoplanner
15.11.2019
The exchangeable and immutable cryptocurrencies had become hard and fast-moving cash for the entire world. Their supporters foresee a future where Bitcoin or different cryptocurrencies will substitute fiat currency and make the free and hard world currency. Even though Bitcoin remains...
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...
Switzerland Open to International Cooperation on Libra, Says Watchdog
12.9.2019
FINMA director Mark Branson has rebuffed the notion that Facebook’s choice of Switzerland for the Libra Association HQ was a matter of regulatory arbitrage
Singapore Firms Sign 17 Deals with Companies in Sichuan
4.9.2019
Singapore and China have always had deep business ties, and over the past decades, those ties have only been strengthened. While China has become the world’s second-biggest economy, Singapore has also become one of the world’s foremost financial hubs and one of the most dynamic business-friendly...