Jun 14, 2018 08:28 am UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Digital Currency Insights & Views Fintech Commentary
Last Sunday, Swiss referendum conducted on Sovereign Money (or Vollegeld in German), where almost about 500,000 Swiss citizens casted their votes that sounds in favor of a financial system backed by fundamentals of...
Financial services industry shifting from PoC to commercial blockchain deployments: Survey
Jun 13, 2018 11:46 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
In a new survey, market intelligence firm Greenwich Associates has found that the financial services industry is spending about $1.7 billion on blockchain annually. For the survey, the firm conducted over 200 interviews...
Jun 13, 2018 08:14 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Fintech
We already stated in our recent post that financial service giant Fidelity Investments is planning to enter the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Fidelity Investments has been one of the prime providers of 401(k) services and...
Switzerland gets new trade association to boost blockchain use in capital markets
Jun 13, 2018 06:42 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
Leading Swiss financial, technological, academic and legal industry players have come together to form a new associative body the Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA) to facilitate the use of blockchain...
VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust urges for approval of ETFs, SEC prolongs
Jun 13, 2018 05:40 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views Fintech Commentary
A couple of days ago, NASDAQ was already supporting existing crypto exchanges. It also proclaims a collaboration with cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, founded by one of the pioneer bitcoin investors Tyler and Cameron...
LG CNS, KOMSCO to roll out first public blockchain platform in South Korea
Jun 13, 2018 05:09 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
LG CNS, an information technology services subsidiary of South Korean electronics giant LG, has been selected by the Korea Minting, Security Printing ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO) to establish a blockchain open...
South Korean banks to use blockchain for user verification from July
Jun 12, 2018 11:47 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech
South Korean banks are going to introduce a new system based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), also known as blockchain, in a bid to enhance the user verification process in online and mobile banking, Korea Joongang...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
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