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PayPal Said to Be in Talks to Buy Crypto Firms Including Bitgo: Bloomberg
22.10.2020
PayPal is exploring purchases of cryptocurrency companies including bitcoin custodian firm BitGo, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. This story is developing. It will be updated as more is known
Voyager Agrees to Buy LGO Markets and Merge 2 Firms’ Tokens
22.10.2020
Two cryptocurrency trading firms are merging, and in a rare twist, so are their tokens
$10 Billion in BTC Reserves: Companies With Bitcoin Treasuries Command Close to 4% of the Supply
21.10.2020
The web portal bitcointreasuries.org now shows close to two dozen firms with a large number of bitcoin reserves. Currently, the aggregate total bitcoin held in reserves by the 23 companies listed is roughly 785,999 BTC worth well over $10 billion dollars. This past August the billion-dollar firm...
Japanese Firms Unveil ‘First Real Estate STO’ for New Retirement Home
20.10.2020
Three Japanese companies have teamed up to launch what they said is the “first real estate securities token offering (STO) for retail investors in Japan.”
The collaboration involves security token specialist Securitize, advertising firm and Lifull Homes property listing website operator Lifull...
Here’s How Big-spending Chinese Firms Use their Blockchain R&D Money
20.10.2020
A new study of how Chinese firms have been making use of the millions of dollars they have injected into blockchain technology has found that companies are prioritizing government-related developments and financial sector solutions.
The report, published by Securities Daily (via East Money), looked...
North Korean Crypto Hackers Now Target Russian Defense Firms – Report
19.10.2020
A group of North Korean hackers that have allegedly made a name for themselves by targeting American-based crypto firms appears to have upped its ante – and is now reportedly targeting Russian and other international defense companies.
Per Kommersant, Anastasia Tikhonova, head of sophisticated...
UK-based Crypto Firms At 'Loaded Gun' Point as Brexit Deadline Looms
17.10.2020
Regulatory uncertainty has been a way of life for crypto exchanges since the get-go. Running a crypto-related firm is like walking through a swamp in many respects – you never know what is waiting underfoot at the next step.
But this has never been more the case, it would seem, than in the UK...
New York polls crypto firms on security measures after Twitter hack
16.10.2020
The New York Department of Financial Services found that crypto firms blocked the Twitter hackers’ crypto addresses within 40 minutes
DeFi Audit Firms Seeing ‘Overwhelming Demand’ Even Amid Token Price Slump
15.10.2020
Overbooked audit firms are “rejecting” DeFi projects for code checks as the young sector wallows in its first bear market
New York’s Financial Regulator Targets Crypto Firms for Digital Reporting Initiative
15.10.2020
The New York Department of Financial Services intends to digitize financial reporting in a tech initiative that will initially focus on cryptocurrency companies
IBM blockchain powers new app to help firms reopen amid pandemic
13.10.2020
IBM’s new blockchain-based COVID-19 application puts privacy first
Legal firms sling mud in $8.3M Tezos settlement fees battle
9.10.2020
Six law firms are fighting over how to distribute $8.3M in attorney’s fees from the Tezos’ $25M class action settlement
OFAC Warns That Firms Helping Victims With Ransomware Payouts Risk Violating Its Rules
5.10.2020
If you assist a ransomware victim in paying out to cyber attackers, you could end up facing civil penalties, OFAC says
Italian digital payments firms merge to create $17.6B fintech group
5.10.2020
Italian rivals Nexi and Sia have finalized a merger to create a fintech giant that can compete in an increasingly consolidated European market
US Treasury warns crypto firms not to reimburse unknown ransomware victims
1.10.2020
Malware payouts from insurance companies pose a threat to U.S. national security
New Zealand Tax Agency Asks Crypto Firms to Hand Over Clients’ Personal Data
29.9.2020
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) of New Zealand has requested that crypto companies in the country hand over their customers’ personal details, cryptocurrency asset values as well as the type of asset held. According to a September 28 report by Radio New Zealand, the tax agency says...
Colombian Finance Firms Want to Take Part in Crypto Trials + More News
23.9.2020
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The Colombian government has opened applications for companies wishing to trial crypto transactions in a new regulatory...
DeFi Angels, VC Firms Back $2M Round for Data Provider Dune Analytics
23.9.2020
Ethereum data firm Dune Analytics, which has stood out from the pack for its focus on DeFi projects, has raised a $2 million seed round
How US States Are, and Aren’t, Easing Crypto Firms’ Compliance Burden
18.9.2020
CSBS will make it easier for crypto companies to prove they’re in compliance with state regulations, but they’ll still have to apply for each state’s license first
Report: Most firms in Korea’s ‘blockchain city’ don’t know what blockchain is
18.9.2020
Is Busan a "blockchain city" in name only?