Crypto Futures Exchange Bakkt Going Public at a Valuation of $2.1 Billion

Bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt is going public via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) created for taking startup firms public. Both companies have now confirmed the transaction, and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under a new name – Bakkt Holdings Inc., – sometime […]

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FinCEN’s Extended Public Comment Period Ends Today, Over 65,500 Submitted

The U.S Treasury Department on Financial Crimes, FinCEN, has extended the public comment period to January 7th after wrongly indicating the period ended on January 4th. Following the change, the public now has a few more hours to submit their opinions, comments, and amendments to the Proposed Rule, which will force cryptocurrency firms to surveil […] The post FinCEN’s Extended Public Comment Period Ends Today, Over 65,500 Submitted first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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5WPR Announces Creation of Specialty Division for Cryptocurrency PR

5W Public Relations, one of the largest independently-owned PR firms in the U.S., announces today the creation of a specialty division focused on PR for the...

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Chinese Firms Listed in US Beat 6 Years Initial Public Offering (IPO) Record

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Public companies hold almost $7B in Bitcoin in heads-up to Grayscale

Grayscale’s $5.1 billion in Bitcoin under management is fast being challenged by firms including CoinShares and MicroStrategy.

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China’s BSN integrates Tezos Blockchain onto its portal

Tezos has been recently chosen as one of the public blockchains that are set to be integrated into the Blockchain-based Services Network (BSN), an international public infrastructure network for blockchain projects and firms.

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Signature Bank Gave Dozens More PPP Loans to Crypto Firms Than Previously Reported

Signature Bank gave $20 million in PPP loans to roughly 40 firms in the digital asset space. Only nine loans were revealed in public documents last month.

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Fintech Investment Firm, Ribbit Capital, Seeks $350M In ‘Blank Check’ Public Offering

Former Trump administration advisor, Sigal Mandelker, teams up with top profile investors in a $350 million public offering in Ribbit Capital, a SPAC firm that invests in fintech firms, including blockchain technology projects.

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Investment firm begins aggressive crypto ad campaign

Crypto investment firms are advertising cryptos to the public as a way to stay...

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Public VC Funding: Stopgap or Future Solution for Blockchain Startups?

As private investors withhold seed funding from blockchain enterprises, venture capital firms armed with public funds are filling the void.

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Publicly Traded Firms Launch New Mining Rigs, Less Hashrate Than Competitors

Two of the top mining manufacturers from China that recently had initial public offerings (IPO) released two new mining rigs. Canaan Inc. and Ebang Communications both have shares listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, and the two firms just launched two ASIC mining devices with hashrates up to 63 terahash per second (TH/s).

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As Private Seed Funds Dry Up, European Blockchain Firms Seek Public Backing

Publicly-backed VC firms are stepping in where private investors retreat, according to a new report on Central and Eastern European tech investments.

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Blockchain Bites: CENTRE’s Blacklist, Brazil’s Stablecoin Boom and Coinbase Is Going Public?

Coinbase is reportedly looking to go public, CENTRE has blacklisted a USDC address and U.S. sanctions could restrict crypto firms in China.

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Crypto Firms Turn to Government Loans as Pandemic Strikes, Critics Not Pleased

Documents this week showed billion-dollar crypto firms, the likes of ConsenSys, CipherTrace, Bittrex, and Tron, applied for public loans in the U. S. to protect against capital erosion. However, critics aren’t pleased.

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Spain’s Crypto Firms to Face New Registration Requirements Under EU-Driven Bill

Spain is finally getting around to amending its AML laws six months after the EU deadline for compliance. The public comment period on that amendment ends today.

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Canadian Regulator Gives Warning After Busting Two Cryptocurrency Firms

The Manitoba Securities Commission (MSC) in Canada has warned the public against cryptocurrency scams after cracking down on two firms. The world may be embroiled with a coronavirus pandemic, but Canadian regulators are still keeping their eye on cryptocurrency-related scams.

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Charles Hoskinson Responds To Lawsuit Filed Against Cardano Foundation By Commercial Think-Tank: “This Is Old Business”

The Cardano Foundation, one of the three firms that oversee Cardano blockchain, announced on March 16 that a think-tank based in London, Z/Yen, has filed a lawsuit against it. What Exactly Is Z/Yen Suing Cardano Foundation For? In a brief blog post on Monday (March 16), Cardano Foundation made public that it has been sued […]

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Microsoft, EY and ConsenSys Tout New Way for Big Biz to Use Public Ethereum

A trio of heavy hitters has come up with a new way of using the Ethereum mainnet to connect firms’ internal systems for resource planning.

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Baidu Launches First Beta Blockchain Network Among Chinese Tech Giants

All of China’s major tech firms are actively working on blockchain technology. However, Baidu just became the first among them to issue a public beta version. China’s progress on blockchain technology is accelerating as Baidu announced that it has launched its public beta blockchain network.

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Tradeshift Says It’s Slashed Cross-Border Transaction Costs Using Ethereum

Supply chain fintech startup Tradeshift, which boasts two million firms on its platform, says it's slashed the cost of cross-border transactions between buyers and suppliers using the public ethereum blockchain.

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AICPA Unveils Practices to Simplify Cryptoasset Accounting

In an effort to enable accounting and auditing firms that service cryptocurrency-linked businesses to formulate accurate and error-free financial statements, audits and more, in a seamless manner, the Digital Assets Working Group of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), has launched a new practice aid, according to a blog post on December 16,Read MoreRead More.

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LG Partners With Kakao’s Ground X to Create Cohesion Between Public and Corporate Blockchains

LG CNS, which is LG’s IT affiliate and Ground X, Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary, are forming a partnership to bridge corporate and public blockchains. The news on the two companies agreeing to develop an infrastructure that’s compatible with both firms has been reported on November 21st, by the Korea Herald. Ha Tae-Seok, the LG CNS’s head […]

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Phineas Fisher Hacker Puts $100,000 Reward to Attack Oil Companies and Banks

One of the most notorious hackers in the world, Phineas Fisher, has offered a bounty of $100,000 USD to any hacker who is able to break into banks or oil firms to leak information that can be considered beneficial to the public's interest.

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Hong Kong Introduces Licensing For Crypto Exchanges, OSL Claims To Be The First Crypto Exchange To Apply

Hong Kong has introduced new measures that seek to officially regulate the crypto exchanges operating within the city. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) in Hong Kong made public a draft regulatory regime on Nov 6, 2019, which will see the securities regulator grant operating licenses to crypto exchange firms, the Medium reports. Last year, […]

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Microsoft to Launch Azure Blockchain Tokens, a Standard Enterprise Coin Creation Platform

Microsoft, IBM, Intel, JP Morgan, ConsenSys and a number of other large firms are looking to make the building of enterprise based tokens as easy as plugging in your printer to the power socket and having printouts with a number of clicks.

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EY (Ernst & Young) Releases New OpsChain Public Finance Manager Blockchain Tool

Ernst & Young (EY), one of the Big Four auditing firms, has recently launched a new blockchain-based product, a platform that was designed to enhance the transparency of the government. According to the reports, the new platform will be called OpsChain Public Finance Manager.

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EY introduces blockchain solution to help governments manage public funds

Today, one of the big four accounting firms, Ernst & Young, announced the launch of EY OpsChain Public Finance Manager (PFM) blockchain to help governments improve processes for financial management of public funds.

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Ernst & Young Using DLT to Promote Accountability in Governments 

Ernst and Young (EY), one of the largest professional services firms in the world, has developed a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based public finance management solution named EY OpsChain Public Finance Manager (PFM) to curb misappropriation of funds by government and foster efficiency and transparency, according to a press release on October 16, 2019.

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Diginex Joins Steptoe & Johnson-Led Blockchain Alliance as the first Asian firm

Diginex– Hongkong a based financial services startup, joins the blockchain alliance led by Steptoe and Johnson as the first Asian firm. Diginex, “the first fully diversified blockchain player on Nasdaq”, announced that it was now a member of the public private forums of the firms and organizations which are promoting secure blockchain development. The alliance […]

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Six Japanese Brokerage Firms Establish Japan Security Token Offering Association

Six among the leading securities companies in Japan including Monex, SBI Securities, and Rakuten Securities have officially established the Japan Security Token Offering Association. The announcement comes directly from Monex, October 1, 2019.

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Brazil’s Securities and Exchange Commission suspends broker offering Bitcoin options

With every passing day, cryptocurrencies are being widely included in the business offerings of firms, offerings based on the fact that many prospective individuals are growing more inclined towards digital assets.

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Legacy Trust Brings Cryptocurrency to Pensioners

Custody firm Legacy Trust announced the launch of a digital asset-based pension plan to allow the public to hold crypto for their retirement corpus. As per Coindesk, September 4, 2019, the Hong Kong-based firm will offer the scheme to employees of participating firms and self-employed individuals through an underlying portfolio of cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies.

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Thai SEC Warns Public About New Crypto Scam Operating Overseas

The Thai SEC has warned the public about a new scam posing as legal crypto trading firms operating outside Thailand

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Belgium Watchdog Extends List of Scam Crypto Companies

Belgium’s Financial Services Authority (FSMA) has added new warnings to its list of firms thought to be involved with crypto-related fraud. The financial watchdog has now alerted the nation’s investing public to a total of 121 different scam cryptocurrency-focused investment prospects since it started listing them in early 2018.

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Cloudflare Files for IPO despite Growth in Losses

Coinspeaker Cloudflare Files for IPO despite Growth in LossesInternet services company Cloudflare is going public joining the growing group of tech firms that have taken a decision to sell shares to the public this year.Cloudflare Files for IPO despite Growth in Losses

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Huobi To Develop Own Public Blockchain

Following in the footsteps of crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi is working to launch its own blockchain, dubbed FinanceChain, aimed at helping financial firms manage their own lending services, stablecoins, security token offerings, and specific payments services.

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Facebook To Comply With Privacy Concerns, Will Recruit Public Policy Manager, Data Science Head

Less than a week ago, Facebook officially announced its own cryptocurrency and released a whitepaper to the effect. The Libra, controlled by Facebook itself and 27 other firms which make up The Libra Association, will be officially launched in 2020.

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Europol Looks to Strengthen Crypto and Blockchain Knowledge

By CCN Markets: According to a recent press release, more than 300 private and public sector law enforcement officials and crypto experts gathered to help Europol understand the changing tides in money.

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Crypto Could Help Russia Escape US Sanctions as Country Looks to Gold-Backed Crypto Asset

The use and prevalence of cryptocurrency have led to a number of disruptions within the global economic system such as many large firms being forced to finally adopt crypto, many major retailers finally accepting cryptocurrency and the general public beginning to question the traditional economic structures that have existed until now. One of the latest […]

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In Light of Tether’s Fractional Reserve, a Shadow of Fiatcoins’ Future

Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.

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A Group of Major Crypto Traders Reportedly Considers Scammer Blacklist

Several major cryptocurrency traders have reportedly begun discussing plans to enact an industry-wide blacklist of suspicious actors, to stem the tide of scams, theft and fraud in the crypto space.

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BNB Not Replacing ETH As EY Concludes Plans to Release its Zero-Knowledge Proof Transaction Protocol On The Public Ethereum network

One of the most important features of any project being worked on for the cryptocurrency industry is security. All related firms including manufacturing companies, exchange firms and even the makers of the cryptos themselves are always looking for new ways to not only make transactions as cheap as possible but also to ensure privacy and […] The post BNB Not Replacing ETH As EY Concludes Plans to Release its Zero-Knowledge Proof Transaction Protocol On The Public Ethereum network appeared first on ZyCrypto.

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AhrvoDEEX ICO

AhrvoDEEX is a peer-to-peer decentralized equity exchange that enables profitable trading by using multifactor ranking systems and deep learning algorithms that create smart equity scores and price targets to streamline the decision-making process.

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Blockchain and Crypto Companies Provide Information About Ethereum After CFTC Request

There are several cryptocurrency and traditional finance firms that have provided information about Ethereum (ETH) after a request from the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC presented an inquiry back in 2018.

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QuadrigaCX and the Million Dollar Questions: What We Do and Don’t Know

QuadrigaCX Exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten, passed away more than two months ago, and with his death, the keys to the exchange’s cold storage allegedly went to the grave with him.

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Judge Delays Decision to Appoint Legal Counsel for QuadrigaCX Creditors

A group of lawyers from some of Canada’s top law firms convened in a court in Halifax, Nova Scotia, today to secure the right to represent creditors in the ongoing QuadrigaCX litigation.

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QuadrigaCX Sent Deposits Allegedly Linked to CEO’s Widow, Mailed Withdrawals in Cash

For those QuadrigaCX users who were fortunate enough to have withdrawal requests honored, some appear to have received their funds through unconventional means. An anonymous QuadrigaCX user who corresponded with Bitcoin Magazine said that they received a bank deposit from Robertson Nova Consulting Inc.

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The Blockchain Industry’s New Faces: Former Civil Servants

One of the latest trends in the blockchain world is former government workers taking up positions in blockchain firms after their public service careers come to an end, reported by Barron’s on February 11, 2019.

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Litecoin Foundation to Sponsor California Film Festival

Litecoin will be one of the sponsors of the Mammoth Film Festival held in California, this February, as announced by the Litecoin Foundation, February 5, 2019. Drawing a Mammoth Crowd Many Blockchain and crypto firms have made an effort to become more embedded in the public consciousness.

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