03/13/2018
Central bank digital currencies could impact payments, monetary policy and financial stability
"Central bank digital currencies could help make settling trades of securities and foreign exchange more efficient in the future."
Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI
03/13/2018
Benefits of implementing Blockchain technology
The multi-layered processes (which include the pre-trade, trade, post-trade and custody, and securities servicing) is extremely complex.
03/13/2018
Big Banks Beginning to Sing the Crypto Tune
The interest that banks are showing in blockchain and cryptocurrency technology is bound to be a boost of confidence for crypto traders and miners who had been rocked by the downturn witnessed earlier this year.
03/12/2018
Bitcoin Accepted in Japan, Banned in China
Zhou's statement is an emphasis, after the United States on Thursday said the online trading platform of digital currencies “has the potential to break the law” so it must be registered with the regulator.
03/12/2018
Excessive Crypto Regulation Not Optimal, EU Banking Authority Says
Enria remarked that the policy debate on technological and financial innovation often focuses on two opposite approaches: “regulate and restrict”
03/12/2018
Align Wins Best Global Cloud Services Provider in the Hedgeweek Global Awards
Align Managed Cloud Solutions Voted Top of Industry Worldwide
03/11/2018
The Relationship of Ripple with Fleetcor and Japanese Banks
The objective is to join the hands of Cambridge Global Payments (Fleetcor’s international payments subsidiary) and blockchain solution firm Ripple in order to process more than $20 billion B2B transactions.
03/09/2018
Court confirms CFTC jurisdiction over cryptocurrency fraud and that virtual currencies are commodities
Self-regulatory organizations, or SROs, such as stock exchanges, that can help self-police virtual currency markets.
03/08/2018
Could bitcoin become the next Swiss bank account?
“The normal person in the U.S. today can actually start using offshore banking with bitcoin if they have an account abroad,” Drake told FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo during an interview on Wednesday.
03/08/2018
Legal input “needed after blockchain”, says fintech solicitor in wake of pioneering deal
It was the first time the legal architecture had been developed to enable a business to do this new kind of deal.
03/08/2018
SEI and Synechron Join Forces for Blockchain Utilization
SEI Evaluates Distributed-ledger Technology and Offers Training for In-house Experts
03/07/2018
Some banks in UAE ban online cryptocurrency trading
Transactions via licensed brokerage companies are still allowed.
03/06/2018
Ogier's Hong Kong and Jersey teams advise on cryptocurrency fund launch
The Fund, structured as a Cayman Islands master feeder fund structure and registered with CIMA, is credited with being one of the few institutional quality cryptocurrency funds at the time of its launch.
03/06/2018
Manny Pacquiao joins cryptocurrency celebrity exchange Gcox
GCOX allows the public to engage with celebrities through the sale of exclusive goods and services, transacted through Celebrity Tokens.
03/06/2018
ING, Credit Suisse complete $30mn securities lending transaction using blockchain
Whilst the success of this venture shows progress in the implementation of blockchain technology in financial operations, the technology still relatively remains in its infancy, with it unlikely to be used widely in the near future.
03/05/2018
Coming Soon: The World's First Cryptocurrency Banking Service?
It's for these reasons that blockchain is believed to be a game changer for the banking industry.
03/05/2018
Crypto assets rewrite estate planning
Former financial planner and partner of cryptocurrency brokerage firm Bitcoin Trader, Warrick Pleash, says a catch-22 is that without instructions as to the location of the crypto and its digital key, those assets could be lost forever.
03/02/2018
SEC Investigates Overstock Token Sale, Shares Slide
It announced the ICO launch in October last year and said at the time the offering would be legally compliant with SEC rules using an instrument called the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens.
03/02/2018
Germany: Blockchain Service Bitwala Introduces ‘Crypto-First’ Banking
The service labelled “blockchain banking” will offer Bitwalas’ customers a comprehensive package for trading and paying with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
03/02/2018
JPMC Gives Nod To Cryptocurrency As Long-Term Threat
The news comes after Bank of America reported that cryptocurrency could represent a substantial threat to its business in its annual filing with the SEC.