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SEC Delays Wilshire Phoenix Bitcoin ETF Ruling + 11 More Crypto News
25.9.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world.
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American regulator the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) says it has pushed back its decision...
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...
Announcing Abuja Blockchain & Digital Assets Conference 2019
25.9.2019
Blockchain-based solutions have the potential to make government operations at different levels more efficient and improve the delivery of public services, while simultaneously increasing trust in the public sector. For this to happen, education is key — getting the right people at the federal...
SIX Digital Exchange Introduces DLT-based Trading and Settlement Prototype
25.9.2019
Recently, Swiss stock exchange, SIX has initiated a prototype of distributed ledger technology-based central securities depository (CSD) and digital trade. In the meantime, trading has begun on Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange. Besides, the prototype is intended to show that distributed central...
Panic at 137 Bank Branches as RBI Limits Withdrawals to ₹1,000
25.9.2019
The Reserve Bank of India has imposed regulatory restrictions on a cooperative bank with 137 branches across India, including limiting customer withdrawals to a total of 1,000 rupees (approximately $14) per account for six months. Police personnel had to be deployed to control angry customers...
Bitcoin Cash-Accepting Mayoral Candidate ‘Nobody’ Hosts Keene’s 420 Rally
25.9.2019
There’s an individual called ‘Nobody’ competing to be the next mayor of Keene, the libertarian enclave and crypto mecca located in New Hampshire. On September 21, the bitcoin cash-accepting mayoral candidate announced the 10th anniversary of the annual 420 Rally will be held this...
SEC Begins Proceedings on Wilshire Phoenix Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund
24.9.2019
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has begun proceedings on the Wilshire Phoenix Bitcoin ETF following a public comment period
Insurance Broker Marsh Pilots Blockchain-Based Digital Placement Platform
24.9.2019
Major insurance firm Marsh has piloted Risk Exchange, a blockchain-based digital insurance placement platform
SEC Delays Decision on Wilshire Phoenix Bitcoin ETF Proposal
24.9.2019
The SEC has delayed making a decision on the Wilshire Phoenix bitcoin and U.S. Treasury bonds ETF proposal for another 35 days
Market Update: Low Volumes and Uncertainty Shake Crypto Traders
24.9.2019
The majority of digital currency markets have lost a few percentages over the last few days as cryptocurrency trade volume has been waning. Since our last market outlook, more than $20 billion in global trade volume disappeared and this Tuesday’s market data shows there’s only...
Bitfoliex Along with Traxalt Grace the Digital Finance World 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany
24.9.2019
Bitfoliex, the reputed multifunctional crypto-focused trading platform marked its presence in the Digital Finance World 2019 event organized in Frankfurt, Germany. The highly anticipated gathering was hosted in a two-day span between September 18, 2019, and September 19, 2019. The larges-scale...
bitFlyer USA and Europe to Add New Altcoins on Its Buy/Sell Platform
24.9.2019
bitFlyer, digital currency exchange based in Tokyo, has announced its decision of including new altcoins on its Buy/Sell platform. The exchange, in its announcement dated September 24, 2019, revealed that the move would benefit the Buy/Sell users from all across the United States and Europe....
Flipside Crypto Raises $7.1 Million to Give Token Projects Better Analytics
24.9.2019
This firm taps blockchain analytics across hundreds of projects to reveal what really makes prices go up
Major German Stock Exchange Group Launches Crypto Trading
24.9.2019
Boerse Stuttgart Group, which operates Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, has launched a regulated crypto trading platform, in partnership with Solarisbank. Customers can connect directly to the new exchange and trade bitcoin against the euro without a broker. Also read: Indian...
China’s Central Bank: Digital Currency Has ‘No Timetable’ for Launch
24.9.2019
China isn’t quite ready to launch a digital token after all, says PBoC
SIX Swiss Exchange Postpones Launch of Blockchain-Powered Digital Exchange
23.9.2019
SIX Swiss Exchange has postponed the launch of its blockchain-based SIX Digital Exchange
Boerse Stuttgart Launches Regulated Digital Exchange
23.9.2019
As of today, the newly launched Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange is available to select users in Germany
BTI Report Finds Coinbase and Kraken in the List of Cleanest Cryptocurrency Exchanges
23.9.2019
It is common knowledge that the world of cryptocurrencies is filled with volatility, market turbulence, as well as manipulations. From wash trading to Ponzi schemes, crypto enthusiasts witness it all, time and again. The recent report published by the BTI (Blockchain Transparency Institute)...
Germany’s No. 2 Exchange Launches Bitcoin Spot Trading
23.9.2019
BSDEX is trading one pair -- the bitcoin/euro -- and will gradually open up to more retail and institutional investors
Buying Bitcoin on the Street Is Getting Easier
23.9.2019
Access to cryptocurrency, still a relatively new invention, requires some technological knowledge and computer literacy. In order to become more mainstream, however, Bitcoin will have to become more “main street” so to speak. Some crypto evangelists are finding ways to simplify...