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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...

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...

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...

People’s Bank of China Proclaims Bitcoin is Not a Legitimate Payment Method

March 9, 2018

The Governor of the People’s Bank of China, Zhou Xiaochua, has announced that the central bank does not accept Bitcoin or any other digital currencies as legitimate forms of payment. According to Reuters, Ch...

Alibaba Cloud Partners with Blockchain-Powered Internet of Things Startup

March 6, 2018

The cloud arm of Chinese web giant Alibaba Group has partnered ‎with Xiamen ZhongChuan IoT Industry Research Institute to accelerate the ‎ambitious development timeline of a new blockchain ‎designed specifica...

Bithumb to Bring Bitcoin ATMs and Kiosks to South Korea

March 4, 2018

Addressing the addiction of South Korean society to cryptocurrency, the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Bithumb – is planning to bring Bitcoin ATMs and kiosks to the tiny peninsular nation, accord...

HSBC Plans Pilot Programs on Blockchain-Based Payment Services

March 1, 2018

The multinational banking giant HSBC is set to test blockchain technology in live transactions, reported the Global Trade Review (GTR). The bank has been involved in moulding and testing the nascent technolo...

China Scrutinizes Banks, E-Payment Accounts to Stamp out ‎Cryptocurrency Trading

February 28, 2018

China is escalating its clampdown on cryptocurrency trading in a bid ‎to finally quash the market completely. Beijing’s tougher stance will ‎target overseas platforms that offer exchange-like services ‎to mai...