# Business News Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business?page=320 Page 320 of 357. Articles are ordered by original publication time, newest first. Summaries below are excerpts; follow each full-text link for the complete article. ## [Nigeria's telecom regulator backs blockchain-based WiFi sharing startup Wicrypt](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4660) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2020-01-02T12:40:14.000Z Updated: 2020-01-02T12:40:14.000Z The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), an independent regulatory authority for the country’s telecommunications industry, has invested 2 million nairas (approximately $5,500) in blockchain firm Wicrypt, The Blo… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4660.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4660.json) ## [Wirex, i2c partner to launch multicurrency travel card with support for cryptocurrencies](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4659) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2020-01-02T12:00:50.000Z Updated: 2020-01-02T12:00:50.000Z Wirex, a UK FCA-regulated digital money platform, has partnered with i2c, a provider of digital banking and payments processing technology, to launch a multicurrency travel card for the Asia Pacific region. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4659.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4659.json) ## [PUBLISH accepted into government-backed Seoul Blockchain Support Center’s incubation program](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4647) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2020-01-01T05:13:48.000Z Updated: 2020-01-01T05:13:48.000Z PUBLISH, a blockchain-based media solutions company, has been accepted into the Seoul Blockchain Support Center’s incubation program. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4647.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4647.json) ## [South Korea’s tax agency NTS to withhold $69M from crypto exchange Bithumb’s foreign clients](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4651) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-31T13:10:17.000Z Updated: 2020-01-01T05:14:47.000Z South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) has announced that it will withhold tax from cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb’s foreign customers, Korea JoongAng Daily reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4651.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4651.json) ## [Binance backs crypto derivatives exchange FTX](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4650) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-31T11:04:26.000Z Updated: 2019-12-31T11:04:26.000Z Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has made a strategic investment in crypto derivatives exchange FTX. The details of the investment have not been disclosed. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4650.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4650.json) ## [Binance.US opens up iOS beta testing to all users](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4649) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-31T09:30:40.000Z Updated: 2019-12-31T20:11:09.000Z Binance.US, crypto exchange Binance’s American partner exchange, has announced the launch of its iOS app for beta testing. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4649.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4649.json) ## [Poloniex forces password reset for all accounts after data leak](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4648) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-31T07:56:57.000Z Updated: 2019-12-31T07:56:57.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has forced a password reset for all of its customers after someone leaked a list of email addresses and passwords on Twitter. This was first reported by Cointelegraph. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4648.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4648.json) ## [China’s securities regulator CSRC receives application for blockchain ETF](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4643) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-30T09:39:45.000Z Updated: 2019-12-30T09:39:45.000Z Shenzhen-based asset management firm Penghua Fund has filed an application for listing a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), CoinDesk reported citing a report … [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4643.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4643.json) ## [Coinbase Wallet could remove dapp browser functionality to comply with Apple’s policy](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4642) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-30T07:28:04.000Z Updated: 2019-12-30T07:35:47.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced it might soon remove decentralized application (DApp) browser functionality from Coinbase Wallet, its mobile crypto wallet, in a bid to comply with App Store policy. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4642.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4642.json) ## [Huobi Indonesia launches new USDT/IDR gateway](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4639) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-30T04:33:25.000Z Updated: 2019-12-30T04:33:25.000Z Huobi Indonesia, a digital asset exchange based in Jakarta, has launched a local fiat gateway to enable a direct fiat-to-crypto trading facility between the Indonesian Rupiah (IDR) and Tether (USDT). [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4639.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4639.json) ## [Rakuten allows customers to convert loyalty points into crypto](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4637) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-27T11:21:22.000Z Updated: 2019-12-27T11:21:22.000Z Japanese retail giant Rakuten is now allowing customers to convert their Rakuten Group’s loyalty points program to crypto assets. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4637.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4637.json) ## [Privacy-focused Zcoin launches crowdfunding system](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4635) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-27T09:27:48.000Z Updated: 2019-12-27T09:27:48.000Z Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcoin (XZC) has launched its own crowdfunding system as part of its efforts to further decentralize funding and decision making of the project. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4635.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4635.json) ## [Beowulf Blockchain Files US Patent for Next-Generation Decentralized Cloud Network](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4632) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-27T05:58:53.000Z Updated: 2019-12-27T05:58:53.000Z The B2B decentralized cloud pioneer Beowulf Blockchain announced that they have filed a US patent for their decentralized cloud network. Beowulf Blockchain was built by combining global computing resources into a supe… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4632.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4632.json) ## [YouTube admits to error, starts reinstating crypto-related content](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4630) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-27T04:53:11.000Z Updated: 2019-12-27T04:53:11.000Z After deleting several crypto-related videos from its platform, YouTube has now admitted to an “error” on their side, Cointelegraph reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4630.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4630.json) ## [Japanese financial services firm Tokai Tokyo to invest $4.6M in crypto exchange Huobi Japan](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4629) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-26T12:42:54.000Z Updated: 2019-12-26T12:42:54.000Z Japanese financial services firm Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings has announced its plans to invest around 500 million yen ($4.6 million) in Huobi Japan, a Japanese subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange operator Huobi G… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4629.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4629.json) ## [Changpeng Zhao calls for blockchain-enabled social media platform amid YouTube’s crypto censorship](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4627) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-26T10:44:17.000Z Updated: 2019-12-26T10:44:17.000Z In a rather shocking move, video streaming giant YouTube has started deleting crypto-related content from its platform, Cointelegraph reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4627.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4627.json) ## [Binance.US launches Android app for beta testing](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4626) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-26T09:17:14.000Z Updated: 2019-12-26T09:17:14.000Z Binance.US, crypto exchange Binance’s American partner exchange, has announced the launch of its Android app for beta testing. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4626.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4626.json) ## [SBI, Boerse Stuttgart partner to foster digital asset ecosystem in Europe and Asia](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4624) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-26T06:41:31.000Z Updated: 2019-12-26T06:41:31.000Z Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings has announced its plans to invest in Boerse Stuttgart’s digital asset-related subsidiaries. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4624.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4624.json) ## [Shenzhen Stock Exchange announces new index to track performance of blockchain companies](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4623) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-26T05:34:16.000Z Updated: 2019-12-26T05:34:16.000Z The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE), one of two stock exchanges operating independently in Mainland China, has announced a new index to reflect the performance of blockchain industry-related companies. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4623.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4623.json) ## [Crypto brokerage BitOoda raises $7M in seed round](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4616) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-24T10:11:57.000Z Updated: 2019-12-24T10:11:57.000Z Cryptocurrency brokerage BitOoda has raised $7 million in a seed funding round from a roster of prominent investors. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4616.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4616.json) ## [Thomson Reuters to launch crypto tax tool in partnership with Verady](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4610) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-24T06:44:10.000Z Updated: 2019-12-24T06:44:10.000Z Multinational media conglomerate Thomson Reuters, in collaboration with Verady, has announced a new cryptocurrency tax tool. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4610.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4610.json) ## [Tencent to establish digital currency research group: Report](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4609) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-24T05:28:48.000Z Updated: 2019-12-24T05:28:48.000Z Chinese internet behemoth Tencent is forming a digital currency research group and is seeking a new head to lead the initiative, Cointelegraph reported citing Chinese media outlet iFeng. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4609.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4609.json) ## [Coinbase to discontinue Earn.com to focus on Coinbase Earn product](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4607) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-24T04:12:14.000Z Updated: 2019-12-24T04:12:14.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it will be shutting down Earn.com and exclusively focus on Coinbase Earn, The Block reported. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4607.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4607.json) ## [Ripple secures $200M in Series C Funding; Looks to increase customer count by 30-40% in 2020](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4593) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-23T10:48:42.000Z Updated: 2019-12-23T10:48:42.000Z Ripple has just secured $200 million in a Series C funding round, with the fund to be allocated for the company’s global expansion and adding more talent to its pool. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4593.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4593.json) ## [Singapore-based GXT leads the way in the commercialization of cryptocurrency](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4602) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-23T10:31:17.000Z Updated: 2019-12-23T15:13:41.000Z Here, there is a company that leads the way in the commercialization of cryptocurrency. It organizes various uses of cryptocurrency to expand the e-money market and attempts marketing to get closer to blockchain techn… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4602.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4602.json) ## [GXT operates the world's first large offline outlet mall for cryptocurrency payments](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4601) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-23T10:10:55.000Z Updated: 2019-12-23T15:14:20.000Z GXT GLOBAL's policy of promoting commercialization of cryptocurrency is being realized successfully. GXT GLOBAL is a blockchain-based technology company headquartered in Singapore and issued cryptocurrency at Virgin I… [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4601.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4601.json) ## [TokenPost identifies and awards blockchain and crypto trailblazers in DPA 2019](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4592) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-20T14:07:43.000Z Updated: 2019-12-20T14:07:43.000Z Blockchain and crypto-focused media portal TokenPost held ‘Decentralized People’s Award 2019’ (or DPA 2019) at Imperial Palace Hotel, Seoul, South Korea today, Dec. 20. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4592.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4592.json) ## [Fidelity Digital Assets to expand in Europe due to increasing interest from institutional investors](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4568) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-19T12:37:39.000Z Updated: 2019-12-19T12:37:39.000Z Fidelity’s crypto arm Fidelity Digital Assets (FDAS) will be expanding its services to cater to European investors and has appointed Barclay’s former managing director. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4568.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4568.json) ## [Former Kraken financial analyst allegedly fired after discovering irregularities, illicit activities in the exchange](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/4569) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-19T12:34:39.000Z Updated: 2019-12-19T12:34:39.000Z Crypto exchange Kraken is currently facing a lawsuit from its former financial analyst who is accusing the exchange of wrongful termination after the employee found questionable activities within the company. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/4569.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/4569.json) ## [Circle to focus its efforts on stablecoins in 2020; 2 more executives stepping down due to the transition](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4570) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-19T12:29:55.000Z Updated: 2019-12-19T12:29:55.000Z Payments firm Circle has announced that it will be focusing most of its efforts on the stablecoin sector weeks after Co-CEO Sean Neville stepped down from his role. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4570.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4570.json) ## [HTC to undergo another major downsizing to focus efforts on key products like blockchain smartphones](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4573) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-19T12:23:04.000Z Updated: 2019-12-19T12:23:04.000Z HTC will be undergoing another major staff downsizing as it reportedly wants to stay competitive by focusing its efforts on key products like the VIVE and EXODUS. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4573.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4573.json) ## [State Street partners with crypto exchange Gemini to launch pilot for digital assets](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4558) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-18T13:55:57.000Z Updated: 2019-12-18T13:55:57.000Z State Street and crypto exchange Gemini are planning to launch a pilot for digital assets that will provide reporting scenarios for user holdings on Gemini. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4558.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4558.json) ## [Accenture backs blockchain firm TradeIX; Amount of funding remain undisclosed](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4559) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-18T13:52:42.000Z Updated: 2019-12-18T13:52:42.000Z Accenture has announced that it has collaborated and invested on TradeIX to push trade finance into its next evolutionary stage. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4559.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4559.json) ## [ASB Bank participated in TradeWindow's $1.7M seed funding round](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4553) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-17T11:23:40.000Z Updated: 2019-12-17T11:23:40.000Z ASB Bank has once again participated in a seed funding round by TradeWindow, with other investors from the shipping and logistics sector joining in to raise $1.7 million. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4553.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4553.json) ## [Darknet marketplace Hydra launching an ICO on Dec.16 to fund its global expansion](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4536) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-14T05:43:29.000Z Updated: 2019-12-16T13:08:01.000Z Hydra, Russia’s largest darknet marketplace, will be conducting an initial coin offering (ICO) on Dec. 16, with the funds intended to fuel its global expansion. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4536.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4536.json) ## [Terra launches stablecoin-powered payments service in Mongolia](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4532) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-13T11:24:07.000Z Updated: 2019-12-13T11:24:07.000Z Terra, a blockchain-based payments and stablecoin company, has announced the launch of Terra Payments in Mongolia. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4532.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4532.json) ## [Crypto exchange Kraken looking for operations director to helm ‘special-purpose depository institution’](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4526) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-13T08:49:52.000Z Updated: 2019-12-13T08:50:12.000Z Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is looking for an operations director that would oversee a ‘special purpose’ bank in Wyoming in a bid to gain more independence. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4526.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4526.json) ## [Franklin Templeton leads blockchain-based social impact platform’s funding round](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4522) By Shampa Mani | Business Published: 2019-12-13T05:27:54.000Z Updated: 2019-12-13T05:27:54.000Z Proof of Impact, a blockchain-based global marketplace for funding measurable impact outcomes, has announced the closing of its first institutional funding round. The amount raised has not been disclosed. [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4522.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4522.json) ## [TokenSoft submits transfer agent filing to the SEC; Decision to arrive in 30 days](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4518) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-13T04:43:09.000Z Updated: 2019-12-13T04:43:09.000Z Security token firm TokenSoft has filed for the registration of a transfer agent to the SEC in its attempt to create an “automated investment bank.” [Full text](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4518.md) | [Citation metadata](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4518.json) ## [Chainalysis launches compliance solution for Bitfinex amidst class-action lawsuit](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/4517) By J Russ Isberto | Business Published: 2019-12-13T03:23:19.000Z Updated: 2019-12-13T03:23:19.000Z Chainalysis has launched a compliance solution software for Bitfinex that aims to identify suspicious funds and eliminate illicit activities that may be lurking within the exchange. 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