Brian Kelly Joins Veridium Labs Board of Advisors
Stefan Mueller Named RBC Managing Director, Next Gen Asset Management
Dan Colman, Brian Rast Appointed “Ambassadors” to Virtue Poker
Vasilious Vutsadaskis Joins Propy Team
Casper Klynge Appointed Denmark Tech Ambassador
Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank, has published a new report centered on distributed ledger technology (DLT).
The Bundesbank’s researchers investigate whether DLT offers any potential for the financial sector. Their analysis focuses chiefly on what DLT might mean for payments and securities settlement.
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has issued an official statement regarding the regulation of initial coin offerings (ICO).
The GFSC stated that it has noticed the increasing use of tokens or coins based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) as a means of raising funds,
Banco Central del Uruguay (BCU), the country’s central bank, is reportedly experimenting with its own digital currency. BDC has engaged a focus group to test the transfer of digital currency funds via a mobile-based app.
Speaking at an event called “The Future of Money and the Financial System,”
Toronto-based firm Evolve Funds has filed a preliminary prospectus with regulators for a bitcoin exchange-traded-fund (ETF) in Canada. The ETF will trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker BITS.
BITS aims to give mainstream investors exposure to bitcoin if Canadian regulators decide to approve the fund.
Origin Energy, one of Australia’s largest utility providers, has teamed with blockchain startup Power Ledger to trial a blockchain-based energy sharing platform.
Power Ledger is a peer-to- peer marketplace for renewable energy. Using blockchain technology, the platform provides a transparent,
Prices were up nearly across the board for cryptocurrencies on Saturday, as the slump of the last few days was erased over the last 24 hours.
Legacy bitcoin (BTC) gained more than five percent, up to the mid $3,700 range for a single coin.
The Chamber of Digital Commerce has formed a new division, the Token Alliance, an industry-led initiative to educate, promote and help shape the responsible growth of token and digital asset issuances. The Token Alliance is co-chaired by former Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
Data compiled by MarketWatch indicates there has been massive growth in bitcoin sub-topics on the popular Internet site Reddit, with August particularly active in growth.
MarketWatch did an analysis of data gathered from CrowdTangle, which monitors social media responses. It reports that,
Coinbase has created a new customer support phone line in an effort to deal with unhappy customers.
The support line debuted on Wednesday for the billion-dollar exchange, which has been plagued by technical issues caused by bitcoin’s volatility. Coinbase will now offer phone support during business hours related to verification and locked accounts.
In its first suit involving bitcoin, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is suing an individual and his company over an alleged bitcoin Ponzi scheme in the derivatives market.
The CFTC claims that Nicholas Gelfman of Brooklyn, New York and his cryptocurrency fund Gelfman Blueprint, Read more »
