Aug 16, 2018 09:54 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
BMO Capital Markets, the investment banking subsidiary of Canadian Bank of Montreal, is working on a blockchain pilot together with leading pension fund investor Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. The pilot involved...
American Association of Insurance Services taps IBM Blockchain to automate regulatory reporting
Aug 16, 2018 09:02 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), a not-for-profit insurance advisory organization, has announced its collaboration with tech giant IBM to automate insurance regulatory reporting using blockchain...
Fortnightly updates on ETH/USD perpetual swap trades
Aug 16, 2018 08:34 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Weve already covered that the BitMEX crafted theXBTUSD perpetual swap relying on its strength in the financial innovation space, a genuinely distinctive derivatives instrument to any financial market. For now, XBTUSD...
FxWirePro: BTC/USD upside capped by 10-DMA, close above to see minor upside
Aug 16, 2018 07:15 am UTC| Digital Currency Technicals
(Refer BTC/USD chart on Trading View) BTC/USD surged to 6628 levels on Wednesday but failed to close above 10-DMA and closed at 6272 levels, forming an inverted hammer pattern. The pair is currently trading around...
Can Turkey eye on Venezuelan-type own cryptocurrency or opt interest manipulation?
Aug 16, 2018 07:14 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Commentary
Very recently, Turkeys lira has remarkably collapsed to flash headlines across the world, and with countries such as Venezuela looking to cryptocurrencies as an alternative store of value, could bitcoin offer a solution to...
Coinbase increases focus on digital identity solutions with Distributed Systems acquisition
Aug 16, 2018 06:50 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cryptocurrency startup Coinbase has acquired Distributed Systems, a digital identity startup, TechCrunch reported. Founded in 2015, Distributed Systems raised $1.7 million in a seed funding round in 2017 led by...
LINE launches $10M blockchain venture fund, lists TRON on BITBOX cryptocurrency exchange
Aug 16, 2018 05:39 am UTC| Digital Currency
Chat giant LINE subsidiary Unblock has launched a $10 million fund for investing in early-stage blockchain startups. Launched in April, Unblock marks LINEs first venture into the blockchain space. The Unblock Ventures...
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