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A massive Bitcoin ad campaign has launched in the heart of Hong Kong’s financial district, featuring three Bitcoin trams and 20 matching billboards. It is a community initiative coordinated by the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, an organization with more than 5,000 members.
2020-9-13 19:30 | |
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BitGo is looking to expand its crypto custody business in New York; the company recently applied for a Trust Charter with the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) as part of this initiative.
2020-8-26 17:21 | |
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Leading crypto metrics site, CoinMarketCap, has launched an initiative that will enable its account holders to earn tokens for learning about projects in the industry. Dubbed ‘CoinMarketCap Earn,’ this program intends to scale educational activity in the crypto space as opposed to providing investment or financial advice.
2020-8-13 17:51 | |
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The Open Initiative announces the appointment of a new member for the advisory committee, Massimo Buonomo. The Open Initiative is a platform that intends to strengthen the financial system by equipping businesses and governments with new tools and services.
2020-7-29 11:15 | |
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Thailand's Central Bank (BoT) has announced that it will roll out a prototype for digital currency payments within the country's business ecosystems. The initiative will be based on an ongoing CBDC project dubbed ‘Inthanon, ‘ which kicked off two years ago in collaboration with Thai's leading financial institutions.
2020-6-20 19:54 | |
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Lykke Corp, the Swiss fintech company and builder of marketplaces for digital financial assets, today announced the endorsement by the CfC St. Moritz for Lykke’s Open Initiative
2020-6-11 12:15 | |
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Lykke Corp, the Swiss fintech company and builder of marketplaces for digital financial assets, today launched The Open Initiative, a project dedicated to helping governments envision the ways digital technology can transform the global supply chain and financial system in a post-COVID-19 economy
2020-5-21 16:33 | |
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Brazil’s financial watchdogs will start using a shared blockchain platform dubbed ‘PIER’ to enhance the transfer of information amongst the institutions. This initiative was launched in April with the major stakeholders being Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), insurance regulator (SUSEP) and the securities authority, CVM.
2020-4-11 16:35 | |
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The Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan’s premier regulator for securities, banking, and insurance, has announced the Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN) as a means of gathering stakeholders so they can broaden their understanding of the technology and implement it in a sustainable manner, as reported by Finextra, March 11, 2020.
2020-3-12 22:00 | |
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Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), has announced the launch of the Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN). The regulator revealed this at the “BG2C – Special Online Broadcasting Panel Discussion,” held in collaboration with Nikkei on March 10.
2020-3-12 19:29 | |
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Reports have surfaced that the Canadian Government has sought the services of two Blockchain solutions firm to create a Blockchain platform that would help trace its steel. The government through an initiative tasked with development of Canadian SME’s, the Innovation, Science, and Financial Development Canada (ISED) has awarded Mavenett and Peer Ledger each $150,000 to […]
2020-3-10 16:08 | |
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Samsung SDS, a subsidiary of Samsung Group focused on providing information technology and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to its clients, has joined forces with Credorax, an Israel-based financial technology firm.
2020-3-6 12:00 | |
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This week news. Bitcoin. com spoke with George Donnelly from the BCH Latam initiative about his plan to help the people of Latin America “achieve greater individual liberty and prosperity. ” Donnelly explained the BCH Latam initiative aims to generate greater financial inclusion through mass adoption systems and the organization’s gamified adoption app will help with this goal.
2020-2-14 21:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency has long been trumpeted and used as a tool to escape the hardships of abusive, inflationary financial regimes. Step forward an audacious plan to economically jailbreak the entire population of Zimbabwe with Dai.
2019-12-24 15:00 | |
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German stock exchange owner Boerse Stuttgart Group and Japanese financial giant SBI Group are teaming up on a joint initiative to expand their digital assets businesses internationally.
2019-12-20 13:10 | |
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The Bank of France plans to launch pilot project of digital currency for financial institutions in 2020. Authorities see this initiative as a means of improving the efficiency of the financial system and as a response to Libra's launch.
2019-12-8 01:20 | |
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The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has recently talked about crypto regulation in Europe. According to the institution, the European Union (EU) has the potential to become one of the leaders of the crypto market.
2019-11-15 23:22 | |
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The Token Taxonomy Initiative, which boasts major tech and financial firms as members, has launched its Token Taxonomy Framework
2019-11-5 17:04 | |
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In an effort to bridge the communication gap between financial regulators and innovators building fintech, distributed ledger technology (DLT) and crypto-related platforms aimed at promoting the growth of decentralized finance (DeFi), forward-thinking blockchain entrepreneurs have launched the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR).
2019-10-30 14:56 | |
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The funding round raised $10 million for the crypto startup specializing in token sales. The move comes months Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey launched Square Crypto. The startup could turn out to be a competitor to Cash app.
2019-10-31 14:46 | |
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the House Financial Services Committee, supporting the Libra initiative and reasoning out previous allegations in relation to breaking the users’ trust.
2019-10-23 18:38 | |
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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.
2019-10-16 20:30 | |
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Binance, the world’s leading exchange in terms of driving crypto innovation, has bagged another partnership with regulation technology company Coinfirm. As per the official blog post, “Binance and Coinfirm announced their partnership to address the recently issued guidelines on anti-money laundering (AML) rules by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
2019-10-4 21:25 | |
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Japan-based SBI Holdings currently stands as one of the most crypto-accepting financial body as it propels cross-border payments landscape through Ripple’s network. In the latest effort to maintain this trajectory, SBI’s MoneyTap initiative announced inclusion of two more traditional financial banks, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
2019-10-1 21:32 | |
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As of recently, the U. S. government has been loosening its regulatory leash on the crypto-landscape, making sure not to miss out on its share of financial dominance. In a rare instance, Caitlin Long and Trace Mayer & Tyler Lindholm, together featured on Peter McCormack’s podcast to discuss Wyoming’s role in leading this initiative.
2019-9-30 09:00 | |
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Five major banks in South Korea have joined the Interbank Information Network (IIN) — JPMorgan’s blockchain payments project. This news further increases the Asian presence in the IIN initiative.
2019-9-23 13:00 | |
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Ripple Xpring invests in crypto ATM company Coinme - CryptoNinjas Xpring, the XRP ecosystem accelerator initiative from Ripple, announced that it has invested in Coinme, a cryptocurrency ATM and blockchain financial services company.
2019-9-13 04:58 | |
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Switzerland’s financial regulator has indicated that Facebook’s cryptocurrency project Libra will be required to meet additional requirements besides getting a payment system license prior to starting operations.
2019-9-12 18:01 | |
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MIT’s head of the media lab has been forced to resign after reports emerged that he and other personnel at the institution had attempted to conceal information which indicated that they had over the years received financial contributions from Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender.
2019-9-10 19:16 | |
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Since Facebook announced the Libra cryptocurrency, a couple of other similar projects have been unveiled with all of them being dubbed potential ‘Libra-killers’. They include Venus, an initiative by Binance to 'develop localized stablecoins and digital assets pegged to fiat currencies across the globe', and Metal Pay.
2019-9-3 13:48 | |
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Alibaba, Tencent, Union Pay, and other large financial institutions are reported to be the the first receivers of China’s sovereign cryptocurrency initiative, as per Forbes, August 27, 2019. Paul Schulte, the ex-head of global financial strategy at the China Construction Bank is the main spruce behind the information.
2019-8-28 16:00 | |
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Negative interest rates, a common occurrence in Europe these days, are unpleasant for both banks and clients. And financial institutions have been increasingly transferring the bulk of the burden on to their customers.
2019-8-25 00:00 | |
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Ripple has taken the word ‘partnership’ to the next level as it dictates domination over the entire cross border payments ecosystem. As the recent Ripple-MoneyGram initiative continues to define financial momentum within various geographies, the quest to find out the core inner-workings has led crypto enthusiasts to carry out surprise AMA sessions with business leaders.
2019-8-11 11:30 | |
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Bitcoin’s financial prowess can no longer be ignored and traditional leaders have to choose sides between the disruptor and the status quo. Capital venture investor, Tim Draper leads this drive in making the shift into the unknown, while showing constant support toward crypto’s mass adoption.
2019-7-21 19:00 | |
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Huobi Group, a blockchain, and crypto exchange service provider, today announced a partnership with layered blockchain network Nervos to develop a new public blockchain focused on decentralized financial (DeFi) services.
2019-7-2 17:23 | |
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The crypto market has witnessed an explosive bull run in the last couple of months, with major coins experiencing a major price hike. This has led to different figures in the financial and tech sectors to offer their opinions on the scenario.
2019-6-29 00:34 | |
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As the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) prepares to roll out a new set of rules to increase reporting requirements on cryptocurrency transactions at the G20 Leaders’ Summit this month, a collective of international industry associations have led an initiative to convene Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASPs) for the first-ever V20 Summit, to be held as a concurrent event to the G20 on June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan.
2019-6-26 12:30 | |
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SWIFT, one of the most recognized providers of financial services around the world, announced that it is moving all in on blockchain and open finance. The main intention is to remain competitive in the blockchain market that is welcoming new participants and initiatives that could harm its market share. SWIFT Works On New Blockchain Initiative […]
2019-6-23 18:26 | |
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SWIFT, one of the world’s leading providers of secure financial services, turned heads in the crypto-community by announcing its move to go all in on blockchain and open finance. This step will change the current scene in the crypto-market as SWIFT aims to offer the same level of convenience and immediacy, as offered by other […] The post It’s do or die in payments, says CEO Gottfried Leibbrant as SWIFT embraces new blockchain initiative appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-6-22 20:30 | |
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By CCN Markets: U. S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the G7’s Financial Action Task Force (FATF) organization will never let crypto assets “become the equivalent of secret numbered accounts.
2019-6-22 05:00 | |
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“This initiative is an answer to great transformation”, the regulators said.
2019-6-18 01:30 | |
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Tezos Foundation announced the hiring of Roman Schnider, the former Assurance Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers(PwC) and Co-creator of its blockchain initiative. Schnider will take on the role of Chief Financial Officer and Head of Operations in summer 2019.
2019-6-13 23:30 | |
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Roman Schnider, co-creator of PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland's blockchain initiative, will supercede Eelco Fiole as Chief Financial Officer at Tezos.
2019-6-13 19:30 | |
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The technology is always moving forward, so financial institutions cannot get behind the times. Recently, a group of four banks (DekaBank, DZ Bank, Dwpbank and Helaba) has decided to start a new blockchain-based initiative.
2019-5-23 01:39 | |
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The first quarter of 2019 was bullish for the digital asset management firm Grayscale Investments and the company is gearing up to have another run. According to a first quarter “Digital Asset Investment Report” from the company, published on May 13, 2019, product inflows from Grayscale Investments grew by 42 percent over Q4 2018.
2019-5-15 19:23 | |
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On April 22nd, Aurora Wong, Vice President of ZB Group, spoke at Beijing’s Spring Session of the World Financial Forum. The annual conference brings together global leaders from business, politics, and academia to debate and coordinate on topics related to the “One Belt and One Road” initiative.
2019-5-3 11:51 | |
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Ripple has dominated the cryptospace owing to its numerous collaborations, with the latest announcement being its participation in the Saudi British Bank’s (SABB) initiative for Instant Cross-Border Payment Service.
2019-5-2 03:00 | |
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In light of the $112 million bond issued by Societe Generale, Michael J. Casey, senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative, discusses the future of permissionless blockchain platforms and security token offerings in the financial services industry.
2019-4-30 17:33 | |
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Marco Polo is the largest and fastest growing trade finance network in the world, powered by distributed ledger technology (DLT) and focusing on bringing significant efficiencies in financing trade. It is a joint initiative bringing together R3, TradeIX and 20 leading financial institutions based in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and the […]
2019-4-27 18:41 | |
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