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BitMEX CEO: 2019 Will Be Year of Reckoning For SAFTs

November 22, 2018

One of the co-founders of crypto-derivatives exchange BitMEX launched a scathing attack on some major tokens that have yet to launch this Thursday. Writing in a BitMEX newsletter, Arthur Hayes, who is also th...

SWIFT to Experiment with Blockchain in India

November 22, 2018

SWIFT has signed a partnership with a fintech firm Monetago, through which it will experiment with blockchain applications in India, according to a press release. SWIFT India MonetaGo is a New York-based ...

FCA Mulls Ban on Sale of Cryptocurrency Derivatives

November 20, 2018

Speaking at a conference in London this Tuesday, the Executive Director of Strategy and Competition at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that the British regulator will consult on a ban on the sale o...

Bank of Thailand Governor: We’re Still Far Away From Central Bank Crypto

November 19, 2018

Cryptocurrencies are unlikely to be widely adopted by central banks in the near future. That’s according to the Governor of Thailand’s central bank – the Bank of Thailand – Veerathai Santiprabhob (pictured ab...

Cryptocurrency ETF Gets Swiss Licence, Trading in Zurich

November 18, 2018

Amun AG, a startup in Zug, has received approval from the Swiss authorities to sell a cryptocurrency-based ETF. What is an ETF? An ETF, or an exchange-traded fund, is a pot of investments managed by a com...

Tron Foundation Launches Accelerator Program, Over $1M in Prizes Up for Grabs

November 16, 2018

The Tron Foundation revealed in its latest tweet that it would be releasing a new accelerator program that will provide support, funding, and insights for blockchain startups. The TRON Accelerator, which lau...

DOJ Finds REcoin ICO Scammer Guilty Under Security Laws

November 16, 2018

The United States Department of Justice is continuing its crackdown on cryptocurrency crooks. Late on Thursday afternoon, at a court in the New York borough of Brooklyn, Maksim Zaslavskiy plead guilty to defr...

Mint Crypto Exchange Licenses Integral-Powered Trading Platform

November 14, 2018

Silicon Valley-based Integral Development Corp., a provider of end-to-end electronic trading platforms, has just announced that it is beginning a co-operation with a cryptocurrency exchange called Mint Exchan...

Ripple CEO: Ripple “Taking Over” SWIFT, Integration “Strictly Rumours”

November 13, 2018

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse fired some shots at SWIFT and Bitcoin in a recent Bloomberg interview. He also confirmed that whispers of integration with the former are “strictly rumours”. Competitors after ...

Islamic Council Approves New Swiss Stablecoin

November 13, 2018

A financial firm has received approval from Islamic scholars to offer stablecoins in the Middle East, according to Reuters. Cash and Gold The firm is called X8 AG, and the product is an Ethereum-base cryp...