San Francisco-based firm customizes crypto-products to lure institutional clients
May 16, 2018 05:21 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech Insights & Views
San Francisco-based Coinbase has recently proclaimed the unveiling of a wide range of products designed exclusively intended to entice institutional organizations to the briskly evolving cryptocurrency and blockchain...
Bermuda signs MOU with blockchain KYC/AML platform Shyft
May 16, 2018 05:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
The government of Bermuda has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Shyft, a blockchain KYC/AML solution. In the past couple of weeks, the government has been collaborating on a number of blockchain...
NEM showcases Kchain, Luxtag and other companies built on NEM Blockchain at Consensus 2018
May 16, 2018 04:24 am UTC| Digital Currency
The NEM.io Foundation and the developers of NEM blockchain announced a line-up of 15 partners at Consensus 2018 that are deploying NEM to build new products. Exhibiting partners include TechBureau / mijin, Asta,...
Cryptocurrency market plunge points to a fading fad: ECB’s Yves Mersch
May 16, 2018 03:35 am UTC| Digital Currency
The plunge in the cryptocurrency market seen at the beginning of 2018 points to a fading fad, an executive board member of the European Central Bank (ECB) said recently. Speaking at the International Center for Monetary...
Nomura to facilitate institutional investment in digital assets via ‘Komainu’
May 15, 2018 11:11 am UTC| Digital Currency
Japanese investment bank Nomura, in collaboration with cryptocurrency security solution provider Ledger and Global Advisors the parent company of CoinShares, has announced a new venture aimed at overcoming barriers to...
South Korean regulators widen probe of cryptocurrency exchanges
May 15, 2018 10:36 am UTC| Digital Currency
South Koreas top financial regulator is joining forces with the countrys prosecutors to widen their investigations into domestic crypto exchanges, The Korea Times reported. The deeper efforts follow the arrest of CEO...
ICON comes aboard LINE Plus’ blockchain initiative ‘Unchain’
May 15, 2018 09:41 am UTC| Digital Currency
Chat giant LINEs mobile platform subsidiary LINE Plus and ICON are co-founding Unchain to build LINEs blockchain network. LINE Plus last month announced the launch of its blockchain subsidiary Unchain, which marked its...
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