Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 190 of 298

Libra Not Threat To Fiat, Says Libra Exec

September 27, 2019

Another Facebook executive has said that the company’s Libra cryptocurrency is not intended to threaten existing fiat currencies. Speaking at an event in Geneva on Friday, Bertrand Perez, a managing direct...

Facebook Wants COO Sheryl Sandberg to Testify in the US

September 27, 2019

Social media company Facebook is in talks with the House congressional committee to put its chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg on the stands to testify on Libra, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Though the...

Russian Banking Association Wants to Categorize Crypto as Property

September 27, 2019

To clarify the legality of digital currencies in Russia, the country’s banking community has proposed to consider crypto mining as digital money mining, which will put the assets under the category of treasur...

Venezuela’s State Oil Company Wants Central Bank to Accept Crypto

September 27, 2019

The Venezuelan government is in the process of testing whether or not it can hold cryptocurrencies in its national reserves, according to a new Bloomberg report. The report cited “four people with direct know...

Loan Refinancer SoFi Launches Crypto Trading Platform with 3 Listings

September 26, 2019

Student loan refinancing platform SoFi has dived into the crypto arena by introducing a digital asset trading service, the company announced on Wednesday. Over 800,000 users of the company can now trade thre...

Malta Set To Launch National Strategy For Artificial Intelligence

September 24, 2019

The Maltese government is expected to launch its national strategy for Artificial Intelligence within days. Local media has reported that Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation Silvio Schembri made the ann...

SIX Postpones Launch of SDX Blockchain Platform To Q4 2020

September 23, 2019

The operator of the Swiss Stock Exchange, SIX Group, is delaying the launch of its new blockchain-powered exchange until the end of 2020. Dubbed SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), the platform had previously project...

Crypto’s Wash Trading Problem is Down By 35% YTD: Report

September 23, 2019

The Blockchain Transparency Institute claims that its "Verified" program has contributed to a decline in wash trading. Global wash trading in cryptocurrency markets has been reduced by 35.7 percent on the to...

Binance to Tap Chinese Market with Fiat-Crypto OTC Trading

September 19, 2019

Crypto exchange Binance is considering to jump in the over-the-counter (OTC) trading field by adding the service to its platform in a month. First reported by Coindesk, the new service will provide gateways ...

Germany Passes Blockchain Strategy That Will Block Facebook’s Libra

September 18, 2019

The German government has reportedly passed a blockchain strategy that’ll block parallel currencies in the country, including Facebook’s Libra. According to a report published by Reuters, the blockchain stra...