12/10/2020
SimCorp partners with IntelliBonds
New partnership with IntelliBonds, offers SimCorp clients improved productivity and portfolio returns, using cloud-based, AI-augmented workflows…
Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI
12/09/2020
China and Hong Kong working on digital yuan cross-border payments
He stated, “As the renminbi is already in use in Hong Kong and the status of e-CNY is the same as cash in circulation, it will bring even greater convenience to Hong Kong and Mainland tourists.”
12/08/2020
UnionBank, Standard Chartered pioneer Philippine bond tokenization
Digital platform provides retail investors easy access to 9 billion peso issuance
12/08/2020
Why crypto is 'like Marmite' for family offices
Family offices are showing increased interest in cryptocurrencies, but for many it still remains too much of an esoteric investment.
12/08/2020
Hong Kong in Talks With PBOC on Digital Yuan Trial for Cross-Border Payments
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), the city’s central banking institution, said it is working with the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to test digital yuan use cases.
12/07/2020
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Paul Tudor Jones Expects Bitcoin's Market Cap to Grow Beyond $500 Billion
Famed hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones has updated his view on bitcoin. Envisioning a bullish future similar to “the metals complex where you have precious crypto,” he says that $500 billion is the wrong market cap for bitcoin, given all th
12/04/2020
Cyprus securities watchdog issues first cryptocurrency regulations
Papoutsis points out that the Circular cites the lack of previous regulation for cryptocurrencies.
12/04/2020
Crypto pioneer buys a R600k house with crypto and it ends up costing R200k
Using a smart contract, with no ID, email or customer information required.
12/04/2020
Is the bitcoin price surge a bubble?
Bitcoin made a new high this week of $19,857, topping its December 2017 record of $19,783.
12/04/2020
Another Crypto Skeptic Suddenly Flips To Bitcoin—But Adds A Stark Warning
Now, a top market strategist at the research arm of New York-based global investment manager AllianceBernstein, which has $631 billion in assets under management, has admitted he's "changed [his] mind" about bitcoin.
12/03/2020
Bitcoin rally seen to have legs on institutional demand
The rally this time may be partly driven by institutional investors’ response to the monetary easing measures introduced by global central banks in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
12/03/2020
Why Do Saudi Arabia and UAE Want a Common Digital Currency?
For now, the digital currency will only be used by two central banks and those commercial banks that have already announced their willingness to receive cryptocurrency as a unit of account for transactions: be it local transfers or transactions between th
12/03/2020
Option products will become the new needs for crypto exchanges
Meanwhile, in order to be accommodating to beginners and enhance the user experience, BitWell will release a simple option.
12/03/2020
UK fintech Pockit raises £15 million
Pockit, a UK fintech that provides financial services to underserved customers, has raised £15 million, including £500,000 from a Future Fund-backed crowdfunding campaign.
12/02/2020
Home of the Crypto Community, Holdex Implements the VerifEye Badge to Authenticate User's Identity Using Blockpass
The partnership between Blockpass and Holdex started in 2018 through the integration of Blockpass' flagship KYC product, KYC Connect(TM) into the Holdex Platform.
12/01/2020
Blockchain land title registry plan ditched
The Government said in June 2018 it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Bitfury that advanced “Bermuda's mission to improve government services for citizens by implementing blockchain-based solutions”.
12/01/2020
Can China’s digital yuan really challenge the dollar?
The DCEP will certainly bolster the Renminbi’s international position, but the weaknesses in China’s financial markets will prevent the Chinese currency from dethroning the US dollar anytime soon.
12/01/2020
Bitcoin Soars to All Time High, Breaking Its Prior Record
Bitcoin is a natural safe haven for those seeking shelter from rapidly increasing central bank money printing and the inflation that everyone agrees is already increasing
12/01/2020
Code(Cayman) offers introduction to blockchain
The learning and support network designs and organises free programmes for Cayman residents interested in technology.
12/01/2020
A Fiat and Crypto Leader Simultaneously
The former involves a cautious government while the latter has flat out cracked down on the market and recently proposed a ban even on yuan-linked stable coins.