Category: Cryptocurrency

Lingxi ,China Finance Online Co. Limited
August 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MAS and SGX partner Anquan, Deloitte and Nasdaq to harness blockchain technology for settlement of tokenised assets

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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August 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SharesPost and Securitize team up to facilitate listing of security tokens

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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August 23, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The nine applications for Bitcoin ETFs - all rejected by the SEC

The SEC is serious about regulating the Bitcoin "market", it seems. The Security and Exchange Commission has just denied a total of nine Bitcoin ETF applications from several investors, including ProShares, Direxion and GraniteShares. The rejection of the nine applications by the three candidates was announced one day prior to the deadline (23rd August). ProShares…

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ZenCash changes its name to Horizen
August 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ZenCash changes its name to Horizen

ZenCash, the privacy-focused blockchain platform for borderless, decentralized communications and transactions, has announced a comprehensive brand expansion. It involves ZenCash changing its name to Horizen, a refreshed logo and an elevated focus for its product offerings to include an on-chain treasury voting system, and side chains with smart contracting capability. The platform’s cryptocurrency Zen will…

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August 22, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

This European Bank is launching its own cryptocurrency

The first licensed bank to launch its own cryptocurrency is the European Union Bank AG. Based in Liechtenstein, the bank is setting out to disrupt how financial institutions think of altcoins, as it will be launching its very own digital currency. As reported by AMB Crypto, the Bank commented on their decision to launch a…

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Blockchain technology firm ShapeShift acquires Bitfract
August 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain technology firm ShapeShift acquires Bitfract

Swiss blockchain technology company ShapeShift AG has announced that it has acquired Austin-based software firm Bitfract. Bitfract has built a tool that allows users to trade bitcoin into dozens of digital assets in a single transaction. The Bitfract team made expert use of ShapeShift’s open API to build a product that we ourselves were planning to…

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OKEx joins SharesPost’s global security token network
August 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

OKEx joins SharesPost’s global security token network

OKEx has announced that it joining GLASS, the Global Liquidity And Settlement System developed by SharesPost. When GLASS becomes operational, OKEx will have both compliant access to investors in the U.S. and other crypto trading markets and the ability to pool liquidity with other GLASS exchanges on a trading pair by trading pair basis. We…

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August 20, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Will there be a Bitcoin ETF on 23rd of August?

Bitcoin's price has plummeted recently and the digital coin is trading at around $6,000. Investors are eagerly awaiting to see if there will be a Bitcoin ETF approved by the SEC this Thursday, 23rd of August, 2018. After some initial delay, the SEC will "make or break" the Bitcoin market for sure. The most awaited…

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