Canada has decided to put off the cryptocurrency regulations, which were due this autumn. They were supposed to publish the regulations in the Canada Gazette, but that will not happen until some time in 2019. Canada is one of those countries that cannot be categorised as "pro" or "against" cryptocurrencies. Essentially, since the country is…
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Elastos (ELA), the first blockchain-powered Internet infrastructure, has just announced a merged mining partnership with Bitmain Technologies, the consumer-grade ASIC miner. The merged mining partnership is monumental for miners and future users of the smart web platform, as it guarantees the security of the Bitcoin network by sharing its hashpower and serves as a significant…
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Huobi Chain has announced the eight members of the Huobi Chain Expert Advisory Committee. These esteemed experts in the blockchain & technology space include Steve Hoffman, Laura Xiaolei Liu, OOI Beng Chin, Don Tapscott, Jeffrey Wernick, Lon Wong, Jihan Wu, and, Randi Zuckerberg. The Huobi Chain expert advisory board will act as a think tank…
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Iran is one of those countries that arguably is going to launch its own cryptocurrency very soon. After Venezuela made the Petro. a digital coin, its official currency, some other countries seem to be ready to launch their own digital money. According to media, the President of Iran, Mr. Hassan Rouhani stated that the cryptocurrency "plan"…
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Dash, the digital currency for payments and e-commerce, has announced an exclusive relationship with Kripto Mobile Corporation (KRIP), a mobile brand of cryptocurrency-enabled phones, to provide Latin Americans with a new, affordable way of acquiring and using cryptocurrencies for everyday transactions. The phones come pre-loaded with a complete Dash ecosystem, including the Dash wallet, the…
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Deribit, the Bitcoin futures and options exchange, has announced that it is launching the Deribit Perpetual, a trading product that tracks the Bitcoin price. Deribit's trading platform is able to handle thousands of order requests per second with a transaction speed of around only a few milliseconds per order. The Perpetual allows traders to take…
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B21, the wealth manager exclusively for crypto assets, has announced the launch of its free, interactive B21Life mobile app for Android and iOS. The first app to go live from B21, B21Life educates newcomers about cryptocurrencies, the technology behind them, and the investment process. The app provides training courses, simple explanations of crypto terms, and…
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The CFTC has announced that a New York federal court entered final judgment ordering Patrick K. McDonnell of Staten Island, New York, and CabbageTech, Corp. d/b/a Coin Drop Markets (CDM), McDonnell’s New York-based company, to pay over $1.1 million in civil monetary penalties and restitution in connection with a lawsuit brought by the Commodity Futures…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX) have announced a collaboration to develop Delivery versus Payment (DvP) capabilities for settlement of tokenised assets across different blockchain platforms. This will allow financial institutions and corporate investors to carry out simultaneous exchange and final settlement of tokenised digital currencies and securities assets, improving operational…
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SharesPost, the provider of liquidity solutions to the private growth asset class, has announced that it has partnered with Securitize, an end-to-end technology platform for tokenizing any asset, to enable security token issuers to list on the SharesPost platform. The partnership will help both investors and security token issuers by providing additional liquidity and accessibility…
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