Philadelphia Fed’s conference to focus on bitcoin and blockchain
Sep 15, 2017 06:52 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is going to host an event later this month that will discuss the impact of financial technology or fintech on consumer choice, banking, and regulatory policy. To be held on...
SEC Thailand calls for regulatory compliance for ICO tokens falling under definition of securities
Sep 15, 2017 06:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (SEC Thailand) has published its viewpoint on initial coin offerings (ICOs) which have quickly gained popularity as a convenient way of raising funds by tech...
Virtual currencies are not legal tender and considered unsafe: Bank of Namibia
Sep 15, 2017 05:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Bank of Namibia has released a new position paper on distributed ledger technologies and virtual currencies in the country. The central bank said that based on its understanding virtual currencies are unregulated...
BTCChina to stop all trading by month end, bitcoin price plummets to near $3,200
Sep 15, 2017 04:30 am UTC| Digital Currency
Leading Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCChina has announced that it will stop all trading on BTCChina Exchange, effective September 30, 2017. 1/ After carefully considering the announcement published by Chinese...
JBA to adopt Fujitsu cloud service for blockchain-based financial service testbed
Sep 15, 2017 03:53 am UTC| Digital Currency
Fujitsu, a leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company, has announced that the Japanese Bankers Association (JBA), an association of banks and other organizations operating in Japan, will employ...
Japan Exchange Group releases paper on DLT trends in capital market
Sep 15, 2017 03:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japan Exchange Group (JPX) has published a working paper that focuses on the trends in technological development and some issues with utilizing distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the capital market. JPX established...
FxWirePro: ETH/USD moves into Ichimoku Cloud, bias lower, stay short
Sep 14, 2017 10:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
ETH/USD continues trading in the red on Thursday and is trading at 271 levels at the time of writing (Kraken). Ichimoku analysis (Daily chart): Tenkan-Sen: 302.52 Kijun-Sen: 326 On the upside, resistance is...
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Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
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