2019-12-17 19:21 |
ASB Bank, owned by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, becomes the 2nd biggest shareholder of blockchain firm TradeWindow as it joins $1.7 million funding round
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The New Zealand Bank ASB participated in a $1. 7 million seed funding round for a blockchain company called TradeWindow. The information was released on Monday by TradeWindow in a press release in which they informed that they are also planning a commercial launch in the near future.
2019-12-17 23:26 | |
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Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. Bitcoin saw an effectively flat week, gaining 0. 08% over the past seven days according to Coin360. com. Altcoins have posted similar results, or rather, a lack of results, with a majority of cryptocurrencies posting gains or losses of a percent or two.
2019-12-8 22:35 | |
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Reports are emerging that Russia’s stance on crypto has turned negative. The news comes in the wake of a week of FUD stemming from another ‘bitcoin ban’ in China. It is no surprise that central banks do not favor decentralized currencies in a world where they’re racing to launch their own ones.
2019-11-30 10:34 | |
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The People’s Bank of China head office has just made a new regulatory update which clarifies the legal situation for cryptocurrency trading in the country. China is pushing its policy of ‘blockchain, not cryptocurrencies’ to the extreme with a fresh round of regulatory stipulations for the industry.
2019-11-22 15:26 | |
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The Central Bank in China seems set for another round of crypto crackdowns after President Xi’s latest remarks revived speculation on blockchain technology. Financial regulators in each Shanghai District are required to search and conduct an inspection of all suspected crypto companies and exchanges by 22nd November. A notice issued by the Shanghai Internet Finance […]
2019-11-16 20:16 | |
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Galaxy Digital CEO, Mike Novogratz remains bullish on Bitcoin’s long term price while speaking in an interview with CNBC on Thursday. The bullish statements follow the recent investment in Current, a millennial and Gen-Z focused bank with a blockchain wallet, by Galaxy Digital, who led the $20 million Series B funding round. Mike further confirmed […]
2019-10-25 23:28 | |
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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network dev ACINQ raises $8M in a new funding round
2019-10-9 11:47 | |
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Veronique Jacq, managing director of the Digital Investment Unit at Bpifrance, says that the institution is “convinced that bitcoin is becoming more and more obvious.” Jacq, who heads the partially state-owned French investment bank, stated...
2019-10-9 11:29 | |
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A few years ago, most of us would probably never have believed that traditional banks would be investing in the blockchain technology. This is, however, what seems to be happening right now. Bpifrance, an important state-owned French investment bank, has recently participated in the investment of ACINQ, a Bitcoin Lightning startup that raised $8 million […]
2019-10-9 00:58 | |
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Facebook is set to go through another round of extreme questioning as it goes ahead with the plans to launch its controversial cryptocurrency Libra. The tech giant will face representatives of twenty-six central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB, in Basel, Switzerland, on Monday.
2019-9-17 11:36 | |
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HSBC, a multinational bank, has recently become the first bank to complete a blockchain transaction on the European We. trade platform. The project, which was started back in 2017, has only recently started its second round of pilot tests.
2019-8-28 22:57 | |
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Blockco, a South Korean blockchain company that was backed by the tech giant Samsung has managed to raise $7.5 million recently during its latest Series B+ funding round. According to the company, the round was led by the Shinhan Bank, one of the largest forex banking institutions in the country. Other prominent investors included the […]
2019-8-23 00:18 | |
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Blocko, a blockchain firm working on enterprise applications of the tech, says it's raised $7.44 million from investors including Shinhan Bank.
2019-8-23 15:00 | |
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Samsung-backed blockchain startup Blockco raised $7.5 million in a funding round from the likes of Shinhan Bank and KEB Hana
2019-8-23 14:21 | |
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Базирующаяся в Бахрейне криптовалютная биржа Rain закрыла сид-раунд финансирования, в рамках которого ей удалось привлечь $2,5 млн. Основным инвестором выступило инвестиционное подразделение BitMEX Ventures.
2019-8-1 12:11 | |
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Bitwala, a Bitcoin bank based in Germany, has recently announced that it was able to get $13 million EUR during its most recent funding round. The investments were led by Sony Financial Ventures, a Sony subsidiary, along with NKB GRoup and Global Brain.
2019-8-1 00:37 | |
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Europe bitcoin bank service Bitwala raises €13 million to accelerate growth » CryptoNinjas Bitwala, the German-headquartered crypto-first bank app servicing the European Economic Area, today announced it has raised an additional €13 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate growth and offer B2B accounts International investors led by Sony Financial Ventures and NKB Group are investing in the company to help fuel expansion.
2019-7-31 21:52 | |
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Coinspeaker U. S. Mobile Bank ‘MoneyLion’ Raises $100 Million, Nears ‘Unicorn’ ValuationRecent news show that a rival U. S. mobile bank called “MoneyLion” has raised $100 million in a new funding round, putting them near a “unicorn” valuation.
2019-7-23 16:50 | |
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Coinspeaker U. S. Mobile Bank MoneyLion Raises $100 Million, Nears ‘Unicorn’ ValuationRecent news show that a rival U. S. mobile bank called “MoneyLion” has raised $100 million in a new funding round, putting them near a “unicorn” valuation.
2019-7-24 16:50 | |
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Crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital has led a $5.5 million Series A for Clause, a digital contract management startup that uses blockchain tech.
2019-6-28 16:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: The Dow and broader U. S. stock market opened sharply higher on Tuesday after European Central Bank (ECB) officials signaled that a new round of stimulus was on the horizon. Dow Surges After Open All of Wall Street’s major indexes opened higher on Tuesday, reflecting a strong pre-market fro Dow futures.
2019-6-18 17:00 | |
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On the 5th of June, Galaxy Digital, a merchant Bank dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology investments, led a $1. 8 million seed funding round for VentureBeat, a blockchain-based gaming rewards platform by Azure.
2019-6-6 17:30 | |
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Barclays Bank has jointly led a $5.5 million Series A funding round for blockchain-based B2B payments startup Crowdz.
2019-5-29 15:00 | |
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Japanese bank MUFG has backed an additional Series B raise for crypto analytics startup Chainalysis, bringing its round total to $36 million.
2019-4-17 12:00 | |
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In this edition of The Daily we cover a funding round by a Swiss startup that lists crypto instruments on the SIX exchange, an expansion of the Coinsource ATM network using a new business practice, and a new feature added to the Etoro wallet.
2019-3-12 15:35 | |
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As QuadrigaCX’s legal counsel descends on the courtroom in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for another round of legal proceedings, the court monitor’s third report on QuadrigaCX’s finances — specifically its revelation that the exchange’s cold wallets are empty — lays out some hopeful avenues for fund recovery — and some frustrating dead ends.
2019-3-5 20:20 | |
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Mike Novogratz's crypto investment bank Galaxy Digital has invested in blockchain security company CipherTrace
2019-2-21 20:12 | |
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CryptoNinjas Amon, a cryptocurrency wallet that uses an AI system to optimize user spending, announced it is getting a new round of funding from MKB Bank, one of the largest banks in Hungary.
2019-2-6 23:54 | |
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Reports indicate that Galaxy Digital is looking to raise $250 million to fund loans to cryptocurrency companies. Cryptocurrency Bank Set for Fundraising Round According to Business Insider, the cryptocurrency bank wants to offer cryptocurrency-collateralized US dollar loans to companies operating in the industry.
2019-1-28 15:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency mobile wallet provider BRD wants to accelerate its international expansion, and it has secured $15 million to do it. The Series B funding round was raised from SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings.
2019-1-26 20:04 | |
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There has been lot of excitement among the Ripple and XRP community about the upcoming face off between Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Swift CEO Gottfried Leibbrandt on the upcoming Blockchain Economic Forum to be held on 24-26 January, 2019.
2019-1-21 20:46 | |
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This is the fourth instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 and on Day 3.
2019-1-19 00:10 | |
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This is the third instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 and on Day 2.
2019-1-18 00:05 | |
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ConsenSys has taken part in a funding round for an Icelandic blockchain startup co-founded by the former chairman of the country’s central bank
2019-1-12 00:39 | |
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ConsenSys has joined a $2 million funding round for a blockchain startup led by a former chairman of the Central Bank of Iceland.
2019-1-11 15:05 | |
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Cryptocurrency mining firm Bitfury Group has closed a Series C, $80 million funding round led by EU-based Korelya Capital. The round also included crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital, Lian and Jabre Group, Dentsu Inc.
2018-11-7 01:06 | |
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Bitfury, a San Francisco-based provider of blockchain infrastructure, has just closed an $80 million funding round led by venture capital firm Korelya Capital, the company announced in a press release on November 6, 2018.
2018-11-7 19:30 | |
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Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has raised a fresh $300 million in a Series E financing round, bringing the company valuation to $8 billion. Coinbase plans to use the funding to "accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrencies," as it plans to remain the "entry-point into crypto" for millions of investors, according to a published blog post.
2018-10-31 20:51 | |
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Crypto-to-USD lender BlockFi has announced that it will support loans backed by both Litecoin and Gemini’s recent stablecoin token GUSD. This is the first time the company is expanding to accept collateral in one of the crypto industry’s top-10 assets besides bitcoin and ether.
2018-10-16 16:07 | |
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Boston-based cryptocurrency finance firm Circle has just joined the multitudes of other crypto exchange platforms now issuing and trading their own stablecoins. As of September 26, 2018, dollar-pegged USDC is now trading on Poloniex, the crypto-to-crypto exchange Circle acquired in February 2018, and on Circle Trade, the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) platform.
2018-9-27 20:50 | |
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German money-transfer-turned-Blockchain-banking startup Bitwala has confirmed its integrated fiat and cryptocurrency bank account will go live in November following a €4 million funding round. ‘Closing Gap’ Between Fiat And Crypto Banking In a press release from September 25, Bitwala, which shuttered its previous cryptocurrency debit card offering in January when Visa cut ties with issuer Wavecrest, said an undisclosed German partner bank would now take over regulatory responsibilities.
2018-9-25 17:00 | |
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Bitwala, a blockchain banking service out of Germany, announced today has closed a funding round of more than €4 million led by Earlybird Venture Capital to finally launch its fully regulated blockchain bank service.
2018-9-25 13:02 | |
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In this overview, we explore Kraken and its journey from a Mt. Gox alternative to soften the blow of bitcoin’s dependence on just one exchange to becoming one of the most respected cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.
2018-9-27 21:21 | |
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Japanese Fintech heavyweight SBI Holdings plans to launch a Ripple-powered mobile payment application called MoneyTap. In a tweet shared with his followers, Takashi Okita, CEO of SBI Ripple Asia shared the web page of the new payment application, which promises to offer "easy bank transfer application" without fees.
2018-9-15 22:03 | |
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Abra, the all-in-one digital wallet and cryptocurrency exchange, has announced its support for Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) bank accounts. European users can now enable direct wire transfers from European banks to purchase any of Abra’s 28 available cryptocurrencies.
2018-9-7 23:38 | |
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Update (September 7): Goldman Sach’s CFO Martin Chavez has since called reports of dropping the bitcoin trading desk “fake news. ” (The original Business Insider report quoted unnamed sources as the basis of the information.
2018-9-8 21:57 | |
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Goldman Sachs is struggling to find a way to trade bitcoin. The financial services giant has scratched its plans to open a desk for trading cryptocurrencies, at least for the near term, according to a Business Insider report on September 5, 2018.
2018-9-6 21:57 | |
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The merchant bank belonging to billionaire and Bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz, Galaxy, has led a $52. 5 million dollar fundraising round for New York-based crypto-lender BlockFi. BlockFi allows investors to borrow as much as $10 million dollars in fiat currencies against their balances of Bitcoin or Ethereum.
2018-7-26 07:11 | |
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Crypto-focused merchant bank Galaxy Digital has recently led a $52.5 million fundraising round for crypto-lending firm BlockFi, according a blog post by the company July 24. Galaxy Digital CEO and founder Mike Novogratz confirmed in a tweet that he is, “excited to get into the crypto lending business.” With the new round of investment, the
2018-7-25 09:26 | |
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Misleading claims about Qoin approval, liquidity, and merchant acceptance were upheld. The court imposed financial penalties, public notices, and a long-term operating ban. ASIC is easing some crypto licensing requirements while maintaining enforcement pressure.
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