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Swiss fintech startup Amun AG has launched a new exchange-traded product (ETP) using the Bitwise 10 Select Large Cap Crypto Index as a benchmark, CoinDesk reported.

Bitcoin rewards shopping platform Lolli has expanded its business, forming a new partnership with major booking service Hotels.com.

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (SWIFT) announced that it will allow blockchain companies to utilize its global payments innovation (GPI) platform to transact near real-time payments.

The Union of Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) and Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) is planning to incorporate blockchain technology into public services.

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved the application of crypto derivatives and clearing platform LedgerX for designation as a contract market.

Support: 90.85 (50-DMA); Resistance: 113.32 (5-DMA)

EY, an international assurance, tax, and advisory company, has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Sensyne Health and enterprise blockchain company Guardtime to tie medicine payments to clinical treatment…

Leading U.S.-based global clinical trial laboratory services organization Q2 Solutions has collaborated with HSBlox and carried out a sample tracking proof-of-concept (POC) of human biological samples in clinical tria…

TP ICAP, the largest interdealer broker in the world, is opening its digital doors to bitcoin trading with the launch of its Digital Asset Markets business.

Two brothers of Israeli origin have been arrested recently for alleged crimes of stealing $100 million worth of cryptocurrency. The pair is accused of their involvement in the hacking of Bitfinex back in 2016, which w…

Payment platform Paysend recently acquired Rapid SD Pty Ltd, an Australian startup that specializes in blockchain technology. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed yet.

Support: 11510 (50% Fib); Resistance: 13488 (61.8% Fib)

With cryptocurrency being used as a means of basically saving up for retirement now, Bitcoin IRA's recent announcement might make it quite appealing to retirees. It includes a $100 million insurance against theft or l…

Facebook is no stranger to being called by the House of Congress and the Senate, with this happening several times in the past due to the social network’s controversial activities. This time, Mark Zuckerberg’s company…

A recent crowdfunding round for cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has gone over $13.5 million, as of writing. That is $3 million over its initial goal but more than $1 million short of its second goal. This is considered…

The considerable level of interest in cryptocurrency and its various incarnations has finally pushed JPMorgan Chase into pursuing a route in the nascent market. This is why it is planning to soon offer its own version…

It was recently announced that Walmart China will be implementing a new blockchain initiative that is intended to keep track of items that will become available on its shelves in the near future. Many of these are foo…

Blockchain development firm Graph Blockchain announced that it has partnered with South Korea’s Ministry of Transportation to initiate a pilot project for blockchain-based traffic data storage, according to a news rel…

Cryptocurrency firms Circle and Coinbase are joining forces to make money as easy to move around the world as internet data and content through their new Stablecoin Network called CENTRE.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has proposed an updated set of standards for audit evidence including the accommodation of blockchain-based data.

Blockchain-based real estate platform Propy announced that it has completed the $1.6 million sale of a San Francisco property owned the venture capital fund CrunchFund, co-founded by Michael Arrington.

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has cautioned that financial services provided by giant companies like Alibaba, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Tencent could come with new risks for the banking sector as wel…

The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Microsoft revealed the launch of their new “Go Digital” program, which aims to help businesses confront the challenges brought by digital transformation.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has announced that it will launch the country’s first ever money laundering prevention center, the Korea JoongAng Daily reports.

Galaxy Digital, the crypto investment bank of former hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz, has expanded its services, offering cryptocurrency options contracts trading, according to The Block.

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will start auditing taxpayers who own crypto-assets, according to Bloomberg.

The Malta government’s new rent laws will require all property rental contracts to be registered on the blockchain, Malta Today reported, citing the island nation’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will focus on combating money laundering and terrorism financing by strengthening cryptocurrency regulations for its member nations.

Russia is reportedly considering permitting cryptocurrency trading, although a final decision is yet to be made, Deputy Minister of Finance Alexi Moiseyev revealed on Friday as per a report by Interfax.

eToro recently tested if it can implement its asset tokenization in Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, and it turns out that it can. The trading platform said as much in a recent press release where it provided det…

Improving access to cryptocurrency, a pilot project involving automated teller machines that process bitcoin transactions are now available in convenience stores in Arizona and Nevada. The project is courtesy of Digit…

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), a Belgian watchdog, has recently released a report documenting financial crimes notifications it received in 2018. In the report, the agency received a total of 2,0…

The pressure for Bakkt – the cryptocurrency initiative meant to make the trading and investment using bitcoin easier – to release a crypto product is increasing. The project did receive funding worth $182 million to d…

Charity organizations have been facing increased scrutiny for years due to questionable handling of the funds they receive, but blockchain has been proving its effectiveness in addressing this concern. Due to the fact…

It would appear that cryptocurrencies across the board have been seeing their best performances in a long time. Just as bitcoin is seeing a surge in interest, Ethereum has not been slacking, either. The cryptocurrency…

Bitcoin is on yet another rollercoaster ride, with its value surpassing the $10,000 and $11,000 mark in a short period of time. This impressive performance is attributed to hype after hitting the coveted threshold but…

There have been several collaborative efforts of late to address the problem of drugs supplies in the US and several parts of the world. One of the more significant of these partnerships is the one involving Walmart, …

There have been several cases over the past few years that proved how unstable the distribution of disaster relief funds can be when not managed properly. To this end, non-profit Oxfam is working on a new project inte…

Blockchain is considered useful for a lot of things and helping to curb economic disasters was just added to this long list. Regulators in Brazil are now thinking of turning to the decentralized ledger technology in t…

While what seems like the rest of the world’s financial regulators, both private and federal are expressing alarm over Facebook’s Libra, Mark Carney is taking the opposite stance. Instead, the governor of the Bank of …