Blockchain & Crypto Archives - Page 246 of 298

Chinese Regulators, Banks Set to Test Ripple’s Settlement Solution

March 22, 2018

Chinese regulators, banks, and payment providers ‎are reportedly set to carry out a test of ‎Ripple’s settlement solution, xCurrent, ‎in a bid to improve ‎‎payment infrastructure and ‎enable financial institu...

Nikkei: Binance to be Thrown Out of Japan

March 22, 2018

Binance, the giant cryptocurrency exchange, will be warned by the Japanese financial regulator to halt its operations in the country on pain of criminal charges, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. Binance...

eToro Raises $100 Million in Bid to Fund Blockchain Ventures

March 21, 2018

eToro, the global social trading and investment platform, announced on Wednesday that it succeeded in raising $100 million in a recent venture round. The funds raised will be used for various blockchain vent...

Bermuda to Vote on Bill Introducing ICO-Friendly Regulations ‎

March 20, 2018

The government of Bermuda is preparing a draft bill to formally legalize initial coin offerings ‎‎(ICOs), the premier of the British Overseas Territory said last Friday. David Burt, who is also Bermuda’s fin...

Ban Reversal Approaching? PBoC’s New Governor is “Inspired” by Bitcoin

March 20, 2018

Chinese legislative body the National People’s Congress voted on Monday to confirm Yi Gang as the new governor of the People’s Bank of China. At the same time, Liu He, the president’s leading economic advisor...

Trump Bans Purchases of Venezuelan Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

March 19, 2018

US President Donald Trump has just poured cold water on the hopes of the Venezuelan government to appeal to investors worldwide with the sale of its own cryptocurrency. While trust in the Venezuelan governmen...

Binance Now Has More Users Than the Population of Hong Kong

March 16, 2018

Hong-Kong based cryptocurrency exchange Binance is growing at an immense pace. According to a monthly report released today by the exchange on its Medium page, Binance now has 7.9 million “total and registere...

Square Opens BTC Options to Wyoming as Crypto-Friendly Regulations are Passed

March 15, 2018

Nearly two months after it integrated BTC into its platform, the popular Square Cash App has successfully opened the door for Wyoming users to buy and sell Bitcoin. Square says that it’s working on making its...

Coinbase Receives Approval from FCA, Opens Account at Barclays Bank

March 14, 2018

Coinbase of San Francisco has opened an account at Barclay’s Bank of London, according to the Financial Times. This is noteworthy because it is the first time that a digital exchange has opened a bank accoun...

Winklevoss Twins Call for Creation of Cryptocurrency SRO-Like Entity

March 13, 2018

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins best known for operating digital-‎currency exchange Gemini, have called operators in the cryptocurrency space to ‎consider establishing a self-regulatory body called th...