Reports have been coming in about a new type of cryptocurrency hack in South Africa recently. However, this is completely different. The usual crypto hacks we are used to are basic “brute force” attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges but this is different.
The hack is directed to users’ Mobile Devices.
iComply Investor Services , a firm automating global compliance requirements for digital assets, will release integrations for Hedera Hashgraph, a public distributed ledger platform.
This will include integrations for both iComply’s Prefacto trade management protocol and iComplyKYC product. Read more »
Symbiont.io Inc., a financial technology company delivering enterprise blockchain solutions, has joined forces with Templum Inc, a technology company for the private markets.
Templum will leverage and embed Symbiont’s Assembly as their blockchain and smart contract technology for its regulated, end-to-end solutions for raising capital and secondary trading platform,
OneConnect, the financial technology company of Ping An Group, has commenced its operations in Indonesia to enable local banks and financial institutions to accelerate their efforts in digitization of financial services.
OneConnect provides financial technology solutions for small and medium-sized banks.
The global blockchain market has seen unprecedented growth in recent years. Analysis published this month has indicated the market will grow at an impressive CAGR of 80% between 2018 and 2025. This super-charged expansion has prompted a sizeable uptick in M&A activity in the sector with a 200% increase year-on year in deal flow in 2018.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government is planning to invest 1.2 trillion won ($1B USD) in FinTech and blockchain startups by 2022.
The government of Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, announced earlier this week that the investment will be made via the Seoul Innovation Growth Fund,
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose an expansion of a popular modernization reform that would permit investor views about potential offerings to be taken into account at an earlier stage in the process than is the case today. The new rule and related amendments would expand the “test-the-waters”
More and more people craving freedom and flexibility are joining the gig economy. At the current rate, 50 per cent of the U.S. workforce is expected to freelance by 2020.
Fortunately, new project management software and conferencing technology have made it natural to work remotely and amplified the growth rate of the gig economy.
JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to launch the JPM Coin, the financial giant said, allowing customers to use it for instant transfer of payments over a blockchain network.
The move by JPMorgan Chase is a crucial step for Wall Street into cryptocurrencies by the largest US Bank by assets.
Banco Santander and IBM have signed a $700 million USD, five-year deal to accelerate the European banking giant’s blockchain endeavors.
The technology agreement is aimed at enabling Santander Group to lower its annual IT spend and expand its services using IBM’s work in AI,
