FINMA publishes regulatory guidance on blockchain-based payment transactions The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) today published new regulatory guidance for blockchain-based payment transactions. …
Elwood Asset Management, a UK-based asset management firm owned by hedge-fund billionaire Alan Howard, is reportedly planning a $1 billion venture in the cryptocurrency hedge fund space.
MERJ Exchange, the national stock exchange of the Seychelles, has announced its partnership with London-based fintech startup Globacap to issue tokenized equity.
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), a press monitoring and analysis organization headquartered in Washington, has said that terrorist groups such as ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Hamas are increasingly using social…
Instant messaging app Telegram is going to release the code required to run a node on the Telegram Open Network (TON) on September 01, two sources familiar with the matter told CoinDesk.
Morningstar, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings – the investment arm of Japanese financial services giant SBI Group, will pay out dividends in XRP, Ripple’s native token, CoinDesk reported.
Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade public distributed ledger platform, is going to open access (OA) to its mainnet beta on September 16, allowing any developer to create an account and build decentralized applicati…
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced a new developer-focused initiative that aims to encourage blockchain innovation, CryptoNewsZ reported.
The People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) has reportedly refuted recent reports that it was launching a government-backed cryptocurrency in coming months, The Global Times said in a tweet.
American banking giant PNC has become the first bank in the country to use Ripple’s blockchain network, RippleNet, for processing cross border payments, Fintech Futures reported.
Leading universities and colleges around the world are increasingly offering cryptocurrency and blockchain courses to meet the growing demand from students to learn about this emerging new asset class and innovative t…
Blockchain software firm R3 has entered into a partnership with Dubai-based fintech startup, Wethaq, to develop next-generation financial architecture for Islamic capital markets.
Indian IT firm Tech Mahindra, in partnership with fintech company Adjoint, has announced what it claims to be the industry’s first blockchain solution for secure enterprise financial management and insurance.
Ernst and Young (EY), the Big Four accounting firm probing the multi-million dollar collapse of cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, wants to move the proceedings of the case from Halifax to Toronto.
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BC Card, the largest payment processor in South Korea, is now using blockchain provided by KT to settle reward points accounts, according to media outlet Chosun Ilbo.
An executive of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency has asked the project’s other members to show their support amid the increasing regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. and Europe.
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) will initially issue its digital currency to seven institutions in the forthcoming months, sources familiar with the matter told Forbes.