Bank Negara Malaysia adds cryptocurrency website to list of unauthorized companies and portals
Jun 01, 2018 06:42 am UTC| Digital Currency
The Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has added Kazuki Coin to the list of companies and websites which are neither authorised nor approved under the relevant laws and regulations administered by it. When accessed at the time...
After SEC and CFTC, Cryptocurrency regulations now under the scanner of IMF
Jun 01, 2018 06:35 am UTC| Digital Currency Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
Amid the stringent regulatory framework actions taken by SEC, CME and CBOE have come up with BTFs (bitcoin futures) that could be instrumental in risk mitigation while price discoveries. However, the regulated derivatives...
Ethereum wallet imToken secures $10M Series A from IDG Capital to drive global expansion
Jun 01, 2018 06:03 am UTC| Digital Currency
China-based cryptocurrency wallet imToken has announced that it has raised $10 million in a Series A round of financing, fully funded by IDG Capital. The startup plans to use the new funding to drive its expansion into...
Blockchain startup Paxos attracts $65M in Series B Funding
Jun 01, 2018 05:14 am UTC| Digital Currency
Blockchain startup Paxos has raised $65 million in a Series B financing round, bringing the total funding till date to $93 million. The latest round was led by a consortium of existing investors including Liberty City...
Blockchain startups Shyft, Trunomi partner to launch fully interoperable global e-ID framework
Jun 01, 2018 04:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
Data rights management solution Trunomi has officially announced its partnership with blockchain digital ID startup Shyft. Under the partnership, the companies plan to leverage Shyfts blockchain technology with Trunomis...
France’s Natixis joins R3’s blockchain-based trade finance initiative Marco Polo
Jun 01, 2018 03:26 am UTC| Digital Currency
French banking giant Natixis has joined Marco Polo, a trade finance initiative run by enterprise software firm R3 and trade finance technology specialist TradeIX. Launched in September 2017, the initiative focuses on a...
EOS community shortlists BP candidates, 5 South Korean candidates make the cut
May 31, 2018 19:55 pm UTC| Digital Currency
EOS blockchain community, EOS Go, has announced the results of a weekly block producer (BP) candidate eligibility survey, conducted recently on the busy.org website, TokenPost reported. The survey was conducted on 177...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects