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The Japanese messaging app giant has launched a crypto-to-crypto exchange available in 15 languages. Low transaction fee and progressive security solutions are expected to attract users to the new global platform.
Afther months of delays, Japan’s banking giant SBI Holdings announced their new in-house cryptocurrency exchange is now available for users.
Financial services mobile app Robinhood has added support for a peer-to-peer digital currency called Dogecoin (DOGE) on its Robinhood Crypto Platform.
CFTC tells investors that digital tokens promoted by businesses may either be categorized as securities, derivatives, and commodities, depending on how they are structured.
A crypto startup Stronghold is launching a new stablecoin in partnership with IBM. The coin is pegged against the US dollar and is now available to institutional clients.
Blockchain has received support from the deputy director of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xin Guobin, who urged the country to join forces to make blockchain as a “core” technology for the new digital economy.
After comprehensive review of the activity of cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay, the New York Department of Financial Services granted BitLicense to the company.
Innovative blockchain platform Module enables its users monetize unused storage on their smartphones and tablets, do smart contracts, develop apps and get paid.
Bithumb, one of South Korea’s major cryptocurrency exchanges, is expanding its geography to Thailand and Japan.
As a part of this approval, Coinbase will be able to list the ICOs on their platform and thus trade digital tokens that are deemed as securities.
The platform is expected to minimize the time and paperwork required in trade finance and supply-chain finance transactions. 21 banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered have already confirmed participation in the project.
The crypto exchange had to bring in the Court of Appeals to re-open its deposit account closed by Banco Estado. The legal ruling raised the issue of violating the right for equality and that is not the first precedent of the kind in Chile.
A DApp developer and several ETH users claim EOS is to blame for an artificially boosted price of Ethereum transactions.
Global regulators have published a framework for “vigilantly” monitoring risks from crypto assets, even though they don’t pose a major risk to financial stability for now.
The Bank of Thailand aims to use blockchain technology to improve services like document authentication, cross-border payments and supply chain financing.