The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is today consulting on guidance, which, once finalised, will set out the cryptoasset activities it regulates, and could extend the expected ban on the retail sale of crypto derivatives to other cryptoassets.
Contributed article by Terrance DeJesus, Threat Research Analyst at NTT Security
The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), a commercial, fishing and passenger port located in the South of Spain, has partnered with IBM in order to use its blockchain-based shipping platform, Tradelens.
Retail and institutional investors will soon benefit from a high-speed, reliable and trusted platform for trading digital assets with ATOM Group’s AAX Exchange set to leverage the London Stock Exchange Group’s Millennium Exchange matching engine.
Speaking on Bloomberg TV in Davos, Huw van Steenis, senior advisor to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, said “cryptocurrencies fail fundamental tests of financial services.”
It has been a busy week for Binance with the launch of another new exchange and a four day blockchain event that’s just wrapping up in Singapore. Running from January 19 to 22, the Binance Blockchain Week drew thousands of attendees to see some of the biggest names in the crypto industry. The week has focused primarily […]
The Bitfury Group, a bitcoin mining firm turned global blockchain company based out of London, has announced that it will launch an entertainment division tasked with developing an open-source music platform that runs on blockchain technology.
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang said that while the hype behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has reduced, blockchain technology still has important applications in banking and finance. However, the technology can only survive in the long-term if the crypto community builds a solid foundation of trust around it.
After four years of effort, tZERO, a security token trading platform and subsidiary company of online retail giant Overstock is finally going to launch this week.
U.S. crypto payments processor BitPay says it processed over $1 billion-worth of transactions last year.
Trading of physical commodities has historically been a cumbersome process, requiring mountains of documents, including letters of credit, invoices and inspection certificates. VAKT is using a blockchain platform to bypass the paperwork and offer a more secure way of completing a commodities trade.
