2020-11-23 12:30 |
Over the past few months, the perception and the sentiment around the crypto-market have changed dramatically. Not only are institutions jumping in, but some regulators have had a change of heart too. origin »
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Swiss financial entities focused on cryptocurrencies are engaging clients with new opportunities. From expanding existing ecosystems to staking large amounts on upcoming projects, Switzerland’s crypto connections are only increasing.
2020-11-22 17:42 | |
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Bitcoin has long been a niche asset only adopted by those on the fringes of society. The post The backdrop for institutions to adopt Bitcoin has never been better appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-10-10 20:33 | |
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With sophisticated fraud schemes seemingly overwhelming the African crypto market, there is a growing need for players in the space to help fight this scourge. Some are responding through increased educational campaigns, which they hope will not only turn the tide against scammers but will also attract masses to cryptocurrencies.
2020-8-28 10:30 | |
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BTC price may have only increased by 8% in the last week, but open interest for CME Bitcoin Futures is up 38% over the same period. With several economic catalysts... The post Are Institutions Re-Opening Their Bitcoin Positions? appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2020-5-7 14:17 | |
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On Sunday, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced it had instructed financial institutions in the country to put withdrawal limits in place for cash. Regional reports disclose that Egyptian residents can only withdraw 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($640) and businesses can only withdraw 50,000 pounds ($3,200).
2020-3-31 21:45 | |
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Bitcoin was one of the few assets heading higher this week as fears about the Coronavirus outbreak led a steep fall in global markets. The benchmark cryptocurrency on Tuesday was up by 1. 91 percent to trade near $9,066.
2020-1-28 15:00 | |
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The Reserve Bank of India has said that it hadn’t banned the trading of digital currencies but only ringfenced regulated entities like banks and financial institutions from risks associated with trading such cryptocurrencies.
2020-1-21 17:54 | |
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In 2019, several institutions like Bakkt, Fidelity, and TD Ameritrade, started to invest in the crypto space. However, only a handful have made it and that has people wondering “when will the herd actually come?” Vision Hill Group, an investment consulting and digital asset management firm says in its latest blog, the “reality” is institutional […]
2019-12-22 01:21 | |
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Bitcoin Futures Market Bakkt was intended to be the refuge for institutions to buy the world's largest cryptocurrency. However, on the day of its much-awaited launch, Bitcoin fell sharply. This only sThe post Bakkt's trading volume reports ATH as Open Interest takes a hit appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-11-18 16:30 | |
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The Bakkt platform has just announced that it will now allow any institutions to use its Bitcoin custody solution. Previously, only those trading the platform’s Bitcoin futures contracts had access to the Bakkt Warehouse.
2019-11-12 23:00 | |
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Bakkt is now making Bakkt Warehouse, the qualified custodian of Bitcoin accessible to all organizations. Previously, this service was only for clients trading Bakkt Bitcoin Futures contracts. But now the ICE-backed platform has received consent from the NY Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) to offer bitcoin custody to all institutions. As such, Bakkt is now […]
2019-11-11 21:00 | |
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Bakkt Warehouse is now available for all institutional clients. The custody solution was previously only limited to clients trading Bakkt Bitcoin Futures contracts. The company has received today the authorization from the New York Department of Financial Services to offer bitcoin custody for all institutions around the world.
2019-11-11 18:31 | |
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Traditional financial institutions are still leery about decentralized cryptocurrencies. They are only starting to explore the potential of digital assets. But a new breed of banks specializing in crypto have been working hard to take advantage of this trend and are gaining regulatory recognition around the world.
2019-11-11 15:00 | |
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Bakkt’s disappointing start was not well received by the market. The platform succeeded in generating considerable hype before launching, only to flounder once it was made available. The dissatisfaction was soon felt, as Bitcoin lost 20% of its value in a couple of days after the launch.
2019-10-27 19:04 | |
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Cryptocurrency adoption has seen a significant boost in 2019, where major financial institutions like Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, and ING have either tested their stablecoin or are pondering over launching one.
2019-10-6 00:16 | |
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The highly anticipated launch of Bakkt’s physically-backed bitcoin futures has been disappointing, to say the least, posting only $5. 8M of BTC trading volume in the first week. Many people in the community saw Bakkt as the catalyst to get institutional investors to enter the market.
2019-9-30 00:19 | |
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For the past year many participants within the crypto markets have been looking towards the official launch of Bakkt as a potential event that will on-board a significant amount of institutions to the crypto markets, therefore catalyzing the next major Bitcoin bull movement.
2019-9-21 02:00 | |
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R3 has entered Ripple’s playing field as it announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard, a leading global payments and technology company. This strategic partnership between the two is piloting a new blockchain-enabled cross-border payments solution, something that Ripple provides not only to banks but also to other Financial Institutions.
2019-9-11 15:35 | |
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Almost six days after the launch of VanEck’s structured bitcoin investment product for institutions, it has only managed to raise $41,000 or four bitcoin, September 9, 2019. Bitcoin ETFs have been a focal point of the investment scenario around digital currency, so to see such a poor response from institutional investors is surprising.
2019-9-11 19:00 | |
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In a recent interview with The Star on August 19, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder has reiterated that Ethereum blockchain faces a major scalability barrier. He explained that the blockchain is “almost full” but dealing with this issue would not only foster more adoption but also reduce transaction costs.
2019-8-20 22:32 | |
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Crypto, right now, is a huge topic. In fact, it isn’t just a subject of debate, but a massive headache for some mainstream institutions and an invaluable opportunity for others. But, how can something that’s intangible and only exists online be a source of such animated responses? The Rise of Cryptocurrencies has Always Missed One […]
2019-7-30 20:12 | |
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The entry of institutions in the cryptocurrency industry has been seen as a marker in the quest for mainstream adoption. Several proponents of the industry have come forward to support ventures such as Bakkt and Ameritrade, claiming that the entry of their products will only shed a better light on the industry.
2019-7-20 15:00 | |
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Ripple-powered XRPL Labs has been working on tech to simplify payments for not only major financial institutions, but also the crypto-community. One such XRPL Labs developer is Wietse Wind, the creator of XRP TipBot, who has been regularly talking about XRPL-bridged back accounts for users to hold, send and receive EUR on XRP ledger, ILP, […] The post XRPL Labs introduces XUMM in an attempt to replace traditional banking with decentralized banking appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-7-10 17:00 | |
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According to Business Korea, hundreds of minor crypto exchanges in South Korea could run smack into heightened scrutiny for failing to abide by proposed enhanced know-your-customer (KYC) regulations, which would require exchanges to only provide services to users with "real-name accounts" issued by local financial institutions.
2019-6-25 22:54 | |
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Bitcoin prices (BTC) pushed past the $10,000 boundary on Coinbase Pro today, the cryptocurrency’s highest valuation for more than a year and a significant psychological milestone for retail investors as institutions prepare to enter the market.
2019-6-22 02:33 | |
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Following Facebook’s unveiling of its stable cryptocurrency, not only did top crypto influencers criticize the plan, but some European officials immediately called for deep scrutiny of the project, as reported by Bloomberg.
2019-6-19 00:54 | |
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Yes, the price of Bitcoin has topped $8,670 BTC/USD for the first time in 54 weeks and as the coin market cap rises over $22 billion today, the permabulls are continuing to shout from the crypto-rooftops that Bitcoin is not only here to stay, but primed to thrive now that institutions are on the cusp […]
2019-5-27 02:50 | |
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Many of our readers may have heard people saying that the blockchain industry has a lot of potential and that moving forward, peer-to-peer payment systems and smart contract solutions based on this technology could help rid the world of large banking conglomerates and other centralized institutions. However, as things stand, we only have a handful […]
2019-5-17 18:54 | |
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Consensus may be grabbing the headlines with major announcements from businesses and institutions moving into blockchain. But the industry’s biggest conference in NYC isn’t the only event worth adding to your calendar.
2019-5-16 08:37 | |
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It looks as if cryptocurrency service providers will have to adopt stricter know-your-customer (KYC) policies all across the world — and not everyone is happy about that.
2019-5-13 21:33 | |
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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.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Ripple has been trying to promote its technology almost everywhere in the world through partnerships with financial institutions. Ripple partnered with Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait in February in order to enable instant cross-border payments for the bank’s customers.
2019-5-12 00:30 | |
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By CCN. com: In its neverending conquest to take over the world, Facebook is building a network of online merchants and financial institutions to support its secretive new cryptocurrency. The Wall Street Journal reports that Mark Zuckerberg’s war machine is looking for $1 billion to fund the secretive stablecoin project, Project Libra, and is talking with heavyweights like Visa and Mastercard to get that cash.
2019-5-5 21:15 | |
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Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin (BTC) project, always expressed an inkling of mistrust and cynicism towards centralized institutions, including Wall Street and the incumbent government.
2019-4-25 15:43 | |
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Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin (BTC) project, always expressed an inkling of mistrust and cynicism towards centralized institutions, including Wall Street and the incumbent government.
2019-4-17 14:00 | |
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So far, digital assets are mostly held by private investors, who prefer to lower their activity when prices fall.
2019-4-15 15:48 | |
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Domitai is a Cryptocurrency Exchange in Mexico, a trading platform for digital and traditional currencies between users. Our mission is to change the way commerce and financing is done in Mexico, and work to become one of the top financial institutions in Latam and Worldwide.
2019-4-15 06:03 | |
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Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server).
2019-4-12 22:03 | |
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Julian Assange, co-founder of Wikileaks and early Bitcoin supporter, was arrested at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and faces extradition to the U. S. on conspiracy charges.
2019-4-12 19:27 | |
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Pakistan yesterday inaugurated it's new Electronic Money Institutions regulatory framework. They had been working with the FATF intimately before that to make a robust framework. The FATF has been busy pushing the same regulations around the world, with Pakistan only being the latest example.
2019-4-3 01:40 | |
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Binance has partnered with Medici Ventures’ portfolio company IdentityMind, a risk management and regulatory-technology compliance platform, in a bid to enhance its fraud protection and compliance protocols.
2019-3-28 18:08 | |
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Stellar, the blockchain that intends to become a decentralized alternative for interconnecting banks and institutions, has had an outstanding performance during the last few weeks, not only from technical indicators but also at the level.
2019-3-21 04:02 | |
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Crime isn’t supposed to pay, but sometimes the wages of sin are paid in bitcoin. Last week, Japanese police reported that 2018 saw a tenfold increase of cryptocurrency money laundering.
2019-3-20 16:49 | |
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Ripple has in the past couple of years been hugely successful. Its xRapid payment solution has gained interest with major financial institutions including Western Union, American Express, MoneyGram and many more.
2019-3-13 15:43 | |
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It’s Monday, you know what that means. It’s time for Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s cryptocurrency and blockchain news. By no fault of our own, this week, things are a little different.
2019-2-25 12:48 | |
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It’s time institutional whales put their money into cryptocurrency according to major investment management firm Cambridge Associates. IT’S TIME TO ‘BEGIN EXPLORING’ SAYS CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES The Boston-based consultancy only advises major institutions who manage more than $300 billion worth of clients’ assets.
2019-2-18 20:11 | |
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Since it came to life in early 2009, Bitcoin has begun disrupting the world of finance. Over the years, this decentralized digital currency came to mean different things for different people.
2019-2-18 18:30 | |
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“Some of the best weapons do not shoot,” states the leaked military manual titled “Army Special Operations Forces Unconventional Warfare” that was recently highlighted by WikiLeaks where the US Army states that major global financial institutions such as IMF and World Bank are used as unconventional financial weapons in times of not only conflict but […]
2019-2-10 23:43 | |
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Another country that faces a financial crisis due to the US sanctions issues its own national cryptocurrency. A group of Iranian banks presented a PayMon pegged to gold. Islamic revolution in digital Four Iranian banks (Bank Mellat, Bank Melli Iran, Bank Pasargad, and Parsian Bank) presented PayMon cryptocurrency, each coin of which is backed to gold reserves.
2019-2-8 17:22 | |
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Key Takeaways Why did Cardano fail to implement its liquidity boost plan? The enactment window expired before the governance could act on it. Overall, it could derail DeFi activity. How’s the AThe post What's the latest on the Cardano governance front? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
Key Takeaways Which Layer 2 is leading the ecosystem right now? Arbitrum dominates with higher transactions, active users, bridgers, and over $2. 7B in TVL. Does Optimism still have a competitive The post Arbitrum vs.
Key Takeaways Which DePIN project has the larger user base on Solana? Helium, thanks to millions of migrated hotspots and strong Helium Mobile adoption. Which project shows higher trading activitThe post Assessing Solana's DePIN ecosystem - Helium and Render appeared first on AMBCrypto.
Key Takeaways What are the odds of SOL hitting $500 in 2026? Only about 1%, per Deribit Options data — showing the market hasn’t priced in a potential 3x move yet. How much inflow could SOLThe post Could Solana ETFs drive altcoin's price to $500 in 2026? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
Key Takeaways What’s driving Ethereum’s staking growth heading into 2026? Innovations like liquid restaking and ETF staking are attracting more validators and institutional capital. How couThe post Ethereum's liquid staking update - What should you expect in 2026? appeared first on AMBCrypto.
Key Takeaways How has Ripple grown this year? It has expanded its stablecoin offering, rolled out custody, and established a brokerage unit. Is growth visible for the XRP token? No, the altcoin The post Institutional interest in XRP grows? Analyzing recent custody and fund mentions appeared first on AMBCrypto.
Key Takeaways When did the court make its ruling? In July 2023, Judge Analisa Torres ruled that XRP is not a security in retail trading but is a security in institutional sales. What penalty did RiThe post SEC vs.