In the latest news, Japan’s financial watchdog is looking to up the ante in the crypto-trading industry. Called the Financial Services Agency (FSA), it has already laid out another set of regulatory stipulations for the country’s domestic crypto exchanges.
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People in This Village Owns a Cryptocurrency
Last updated: May 24, 2018, 3:17 pm Cryptocurrency NewsBelieve it or not, a small town situated in Ukraine has residents who are all owners of cryptocurrency. This is basically the Ukrainian village of Elizavetovka of the Petrykivsky district in the Dnipropetrovsk region. It was made possible through an initiative by the head of the village council.
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Top Automakers Form Blockchain Alliance
Last updated: May 4, 2018, 5:22 pm Cryptocurrency NewsIn the latest news, four of the world’s biggest auto companies have joined forces with startups and tech providers to create a consortium which will utilize automotive uses for blockchain. The latter refers to the database technology known and used from cryptocurrencies.
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Goldman Sachs to Jumpstart Bitcoin Trading
Last updated: May 4, 2018, 1:28 am Cryptocurrency NewsInvestment banking colossus Goldman Sachs is poised to utilize its own money in trading Bitcoin on behalf of his clients. The most titular name in the finance industry is going to take risks, as he plans to set up his own crypto-trading desk at a Wall Street bank.
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Code Not Enough against ASIC Mining Threat
Last updated: October 23, 2018, 8:15 am Cryptocurrency NewsCrypto-mining giant Bitmain has been in the news again recently, and this time it was to introduce the most powerful and efficient EtHash ASIC – the algorithm used by Ethereum and Ethereum Classic. This sent waves of concern through the crypto community, as it was believed that the EtHash protocol was resistant to ASIC mining.
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UNICEF Hope Page Mines Cryptos
Last updated: May 1, 2018, 1:59 pm Cryptocurrency NewsUNICEF as an organization works to provide humanitarian aid to children and their mothers in developing nations and conflict areas across the globe. Now, the Australian chapter of this branch of the United Nations has found a novel new way to raise funds for its ongoing mission for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
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Canada to be as tough as US on ICOs
Last updated: April 30, 2018, 2:56 pm Cryptocurrency NewsIf ICO and ITO issuers are hoping for an easier time in Canada, they will be sadly mistaken. Unlike the US, Canadian securities laws fall under the purview of the country’s provinces. While there is a centralized authority – the Canadian Securities Administrators – that connects all the provincial regulators, each province can have its own set of laws in relation to securities.
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CBOE Breaks Records with Bitcoin Futures
Last updated: April 29, 2018, 9:36 am Cryptocurrency NewsLast week, two of the big markets for the Bitcoin futures contracts saw a massive hike in trading volumes. CBOE experienced its highest ever volumes for the cryptocurrency’s futures contracts since they were launched with much fanfare in December last year. CME’s trading volumes also spiked hugely, though not as much as CBOE’s.
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Ripple XRP Q1 Results Released
Last updated: April 28, 2018, 11:47 am Cryptocurrency NewsThe San Francisco based distributed ledger startup released its Quarter 1 results on April 25. The report was put together by Miguel Vias, the company’s head of XRP markets. While there was a lot of good news in the report, there were also some downers.
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17 Millionth BTC to Be Mined
Last updated: April 27, 2018, 10:27 am Cryptocurrency NewsData shows that the 17 millionth Bitcoin token is to be mined sometime soon now – Bitcoin will reach another milestone. And the last time the world’s first cryptocurrency reached a million mark was in mid-2016.