Category: Cryptocurrency

Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018
February 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IdentityMind Global launches regulatory compliance solution for Initial Coin Offerings

IdentityMind Global announced the immediate availability of its KYC Plug-in for ICOs. It provides a turnkey solution for customer onboarding functionality and user experience to walk ICO participants through the know your customer (KYC) process to meet regulations worldwide. The solution enables companies to perform required KYC and anti-money laundering (AML) checks on ICO participants.…

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February 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vaultbank announces decentralized investment exchange for security and utility token trading

Vaultbank has announced the upcoming launch of the Vaultbank Exchange, a decentralized utility token and security token supporting exchange. Vaultbank will also run an investment fund that will serve as the main asset-backing for Vaultbank’s (VB) private security token, and the company is currently in negotiations with select major payment processors for a crypto debit…

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smartTrade strengthens senior management and sales team
February 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

smartTrade Technologies launches its blockchain-based post-trade solution

smartTrade Technologies, a multi-asset electronic trading solutions pioneer, just announced the launch of its brand new blockchain-based solution. The new and fully integrated smartTrade solution captures and sends post-trade data to a private and permissioned Distributed Ledger. This guarantees all trades are recorded and cannot be altered. For smartTrade’s clients, it’s an additional proof of…

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Digix lists on Korean exchange to boost its local market presence
January 31, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

South Korea just "put salt on the wounds" of Bitcoin investors

On January 23rd, South Korea's Financial Services Commission confirmed in a statement that all Bitcoin investors and traders would need to do future business dealings though real-name bank accounts in order to "reduce room for cryptocurrency transactions to be exploited for illegal activities, such as crimes, money laundering and tax evasion." Right after the news hit…

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The world’s largest crypto IPO postponed
January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC halts alleged Initial Coin Offering scam

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) informed that it has obtained a court order halting an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that targeted retail investors to fund what it claimed to be the world’s first “decentralized bank.” According to the SEC’s complaint, filed in federal district court in Dallas on Jan. 25 and unsealed…

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January 31, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin conquering the Japanese electronics industry

Bitcoin has been popular in Japan for quite some time. A lot of Japanese companies are now paying salaries in Bitcoin. And now, as of January 2018, Yamada Denki, one of the biggest consumer electronics chains in Japan, announced that it is going to start accepting bitcoin payments at two of its largest stores in Tokyo.…

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January 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

EM4X selects Celer Technologies to provide non-deliverable crypto-trading platform

New York-headquartered EM4X, an emerging markets multi-asset and multi-currency trading platform, has announced it has entered into an agreement with Celer Technologies Limited, under which Celer will provide EM4X with its front office Execution Management System, covering multiple GUIs, OMS and their proprietary APIs for optimal speed, along with efficient back office solutions to support the growth…

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Crypto laws vary by jurisdiction – UK lawyer sheds light on local directives
January 30, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The law industry "falling in love" with Bitcoin

A series of industries have been now disrupted by blockchain and Bitcoin. The next in line is none other but the law sector. Many law companies across the world are now accepting Bitcoin as an official payment method for various legal services. The law industry seems to be catching up with the blockchain innovations and…

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