Bitcoin has taken yet another hit. Its price tumbled below $6,500 in just a matter of days. While in December, 2017, Bitcoin was trading above $19,500 per coin on the largest exchanges in the world, that quickly changed and now, for a second time, the "people's currency" is taking a cut of almost 50% of…
Read moreCoinbase has just added another cryptocurrency under its belt - Ethereum Classic. Since today, users will already be able to trade and store ETC in Coinbase. The interesting thing to note, however, is why Coinbase decided to add that particular cryptocurrency to its products. As CCN noted, ETC is currently well behind in market capitalization…
Read moreGECKO Governance, the RegTech regulatory solution for financial compliance, has just announced the launch of a new compliance solution, GECKO Crypto1, following approval by the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority. Managing ICO governance and compliance for every jurisdiction, GECKO Crypto1 will offer enhanced levels of transparency and accountability to platform-users within the blockchain industry.…
Read moreE-commerce giant Gambio has just announced that it is launching GAMB, the Global Alliance of Merchants on the Blockchain. Employing distributed ledger technology to decentralize online retail, GAMB is a digital marketplace, powered by the merchants. The platform will benefit from Gambio’s more than 25,000 active stores in more than 75 countries, totaling billions in…
Read moreThe Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published CSA Staff Notice 46-308 Securities Law Implications for Offerings of Tokens, which provides additional guidance on the applicability of securities laws to offerings of coins or tokens, including ones that are commonly referred to as “utility tokens.”. Since publishing initial guidance, we have engaged with numerous businesses considering…
Read moreLeading actors from Switzerland's financial, technological, academic and legal sectors have announced the formation of a new associative body called the Capital Markets and Technology Association (or CMTA) to facilitate the use of blockchain in financial markets. The CMTA will provide a platform to create open industry standards around issuing, distributing and trading securities in…
Read moreThe Irish Blockchain Expert Group (IBEG) has announced that it has launched today Blockchain Ireland, a source of information on the Irish blockchain ecosystem, led by IDA Ireland. The online platform will serve as the go-to source of information on the Irish blockchain ecosystem, assisting the promotion of Ireland as a blockchain centre of excellence.…
Read moreArgo, a UK-Canadian venture, has just announced that it has launched today a new low-cost, flexible and easy-to-use crypto-mining service for users. The service is aimed at addressing pent-up demand from users who want to benefit from mining digital currencies but have been put-off by its complexity and significant up-front cost. The company’s solution is…
Read moreINGOT Coin, pioneering the link between the Crypto universe and the current traditional financial industry, has just announced a Joint Venture Partnership with GMEX Group (GMEX), a provider of exchange and post-trade solutions; and the start of INGOT Coin’s Blockchain based All-Inclusive-Ecosystem. GMEX will provide Fusion, their hybrid centralized & Blockchain based global exchange trading,…
Read moreStreamr, the blockchain-backed data platform, has just announced that its token (DATA) has been listed on Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trading volume. The announcement comes at a time of great vibrancy within the Streamr community, following the launch of Streamr’s real-time data Marketplace in May 2018. DATA is available for…
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