Switzerland to swiftly develop bitcoin regulations
Jul 12, 2017 06:37 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
Swiss Federal Council last week adopted an amendment of the Banking Ordinance (BankO), which aims to reduce the barriers to entry for fintech firms and boost the competitiveness of the Swiss financial center. To be...
R3, Intel partner to strengthen data privacy and security for blockchain platform Corda
Jul 12, 2017 05:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
Financial innovation company R3 announced that it has collaborated with Intel in a move to strengthen data privacy and security for its blockchain platform Corda. The collaboration was announced during the Intel Xeon...
Blockchain identity startup Sphre raises over $5M in XID token sale
Jul 12, 2017 05:17 am UTC| Digital Currency
Sphre, an identity management company focused on blockchain technology, has raised over $5 million USD in its month-long XID token sale, which ran from June 1, 2017, to June 30, 2017. According to the official release,...
Exscudo CTO suggests new way to secure users’ confidential online data
Jul 12, 2017 04:28 am UTC| Digital Currency
The chief technical officer of Exscudo Alex Sitnikov has come up with an original way of protecting users confidential data on the Internet. Sitnikov, with his vast experience in IT having worked as a system architect...
FxWirePro: BTC/CNY faces strong support at 55- EMA, break below targets 15000
Jul 11, 2017 13:26 pm UTC| Digital Currency
BTC/CNY has broken major support around 16640 and declined till 16110 at the time of writing (BTCCHINA). It is currently trading around 16800 at press time. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart indicates: Tenkan-Sen...
Financial institutions launch blockchain-based venture to ease SME post-trade operations
Jul 11, 2017 12:55 pm UTC| Digital Currency
BNP Paribas, CACEIS, Caisse des Dépts, Euroclear, Euronext, S2iEM and Société Générale along with the support of Paris Europlace have launched the European fintech venture...
FxWirePro: ETH/EUR trades below 89- day EMA, targets 113
Jul 11, 2017 11:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/EUR pair has broken major support at 188 (89- day EMA) and declined till 155 levels (KRAKEN). It is currently trading around 175 at the time of writing. Ichimoku analysis of daily chart indicates: Tenkan-Sen...
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