Vietnam is one of those countries that stands firmly against cryptocurrencies, judging by their legal actions. Country officials are currently pushing for more regulations to be introduced for cryptocurrency trading and transactions. Thailand is in the same position as Vietnam. The two countries are anti-crypto and officials are looking for ways to prevent businesses from…
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Banks and financial institutions are all over the place with cryptocurrencies: they "love" them, they "hate" them. And while blockchain is sweeping the floor with new applications in hundreds of industries and companies, the future of cryptocurrencies is yet unclear. One surprising rumour right now is that the first cryptocurrency bank is going to open…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Good Crypto. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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Kowala, a stablecoin protocol that maintains price-pegs to fiat currencies by robotically minting and burning coin supply in accordance to user demand, has announced that their flagship project, the dollar-tied “kUSD”, is the first stablecoin to win public platform support from Ledger — the crypto hardware wallets company. The importance of Ledger’s decision to publicly…
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BitGive, the first Bitcoin nonprofit, has announced the addition of two new members to its expanding team. Rumi Morales, a partner at Outlier Ventures and a former executive at both CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), has joined BitGive’s all-star Board of Directors, which also includes Matthew Roszak, Patrick Murck, Dawn Newton, Karsten…
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Coinbase is currently upgrading its platform and services to better suit users' demands. Given the rising competition from "startups" such as Robinhood and CoinEx, Coinbase seems to be working on its business strategy and enhance features. The first improvement that Coinbase has already implemented is increasing the daily cryptocurrency trading limit to $25,000 from a…
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Japan has been probably the greatest supporter of cryptocurrencies and their regulations. The country is known for its lean regulatory frameworks, as well as great tolerance about the use of Bitcoin. Not long ago, it was reported that many Japanese workers can choose how they want their salary: in the form of Bitcoin or fiat…
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Decentralized Vision, the blockchain company that developed PumaPay PullPayment Protocol, has announced that the PumaPay token (PMA) will be listed on HitBTC, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange. The trading of PMA/BTC and PMA/ETH pairs will be available on August 8, 2018. The listing price of the token will be 50,000 PMA/ETH, the same rate that PumaPay…
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Zerion, the company building the technology for a tokenized financial system, has unveiled Tokenary to provide a memorable and seamless experience for Ethereum wallets everywhere. As cryptocurrency markets mature and digital assets become more of a daily routine, Ethereum and token owners need an easy-to-use wallet that supports frequent consumption, similar to how they would…
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Many prominent economists have come to comment that Bitcoin does not have intrinsic value, rather, it is driven by market perception and enthusiasm. This is the general opinion that Robert Shiller, a Nobel laureate in economics, and Warren Buffet, one of the most successful investors in the world have in mind when it comes to…
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