10/26/2021
ECB invites tech experts to join CBDC debate
The talks will be held at expert level as closed sessions with members of the ECB’s digital euro project team.
Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI
10/26/2021
Art is drawing family offices — and me — into the crypto world
These are big numbers from often conservative managers of other people’s money.
10/26/2021
Insurtech Arturo joins AWS partner network
As an insurtech company that processes petabytes of data, Arturo has utilized AWS heavily since its founding.
10/26/2021
Fiserv partners Bakkt on crypto
The combination of expansive capabilities from Fiserv
10/26/2021
St Kitts and Nevis becomes leading nation in Caribbean for crypto-banking as market soars
The dual-island nation of St Kitts and Nevis has quickly become a leading nation in the Caribbean region for crypto-literate banking.
10/26/2021
Mastercard says any bank or merchant on its vast network can soon offer crypto services
Mastercard is preparing to announce that any of the thousands of banks and millions of merchants on its payments network can soon integrate crypto into their products, CNBC has learned.
10/25/2021
Seedify Taps Blockpass for KYC Provision in Blockchain Gaming & NFTs
Through Blockpass, users can create, store, and manage a data-secure digital identity that can be used for an entire ecosystem of services, token purchases and access to regulated industries.
10/25/2021
Top cryptocurrencies that can become Bitcoin of the future
Billed as the mother of all cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin which is a decentralised digital currency was created by someone called Satoshi Nakamoto (possibly a pseudonym) in 2009.
10/25/2021
Leading South African Bank Sends Account Cancellation Notices to Crypto Arbitrage Traders – Finance Bitcoin News
While acknowledging that Shiftly is not a client of the bank, de Villiers however suggests it is curious that Standard Bank — which once rejected his company’s attempt to open an account — maintains a business relationship with its rival
10/22/2021
Crypto investment frauds a ‘daily’ scourge
Pinto said that while AnotherDay is currently engaged in a further five crypto fraud investigations of similar value, there are many lower value cases his company is contacted about.
10/22/2021
Asset manager Valkyrie's bitcoin futures ETF will start trading on Friday, reports say
Valkyrie's bitcoin futures ETF will start trading in the US on Friday, October 22, media reports said.
10/21/2021
Trovata inks global marketing agreement with Wells Fargo
Trovata is natively built on open banking, having pioneered fast-connecting direct API integrations for wholesale banking that streamline setup and deployment times with no IT support required.
10/21/2021
Consideration of crypto funds
The Commission has a policy of encouraging innovation and we are willing to help new financial services businesses understand the regulatory framework.
10/21/2021
Investors flee gold for cryptocurrencies as inflation worries perk up
Metals fund manager laments ‘zero interest in our strategy’ while bitcoin hits new record
10/21/2021
In a world’s first, Bitcoin mining farms will provide heat to this chilling Canadian city.
The Canadian city plans to be the first city in the world to recover energy from crypto mining and provide heat to buildings.
10/20/2021
France tests CBDC issuance in treasury bond blockchain trial
The trial is part of a wider Banque de France initiative commissioned in March 2020, to test the integration of a central bank digital currency for the exchange and settlement of tokenised financial assets between financial intermediaries.
10/20/2021
Chainalysis adds bitcoin to its balance sheet with Nydig
NYDIG played a critical role in enabling Chainalysis to buy and custody Bitcoin
10/20/2021
Institutional investors and wealth managers set to invest in cryptoassets for the first time
The main reason given for investing in digital assets for the first time is the long-term capital growth prospects of cryptocurrencies and digital assets
10/20/2021
As Bitcoin goes mainstream, Wall Street looks to cash in
And in the latest milestone for the industry, an easy-to-trade fund tied to Bitcoin began trading on Tuesday.
10/20/2021
First US Bitcoin ETF launches using Cayman structure
ProShares filed its application to launch the ETF the next day.