04/06/2022
Cryptocurrency exchanges shun EU anti-laundering directive
To date no firms have been registered as virtual asset service providers [VASP] in Ireland.
Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI
04/06/2022
Aspen Digital leads global crypto asset management space joined by wealth managers and family offices
The strategic investors joined Aspen Digital on the heels of a $9 million pre-A round raised in September 2021, led by RIT Capital and Liberty City Ventures.
04/06/2022
Crypto Startup Blockchain.com Launches Asset Management Service
Blockchain.com is doubling down on its institutional business with the launch of the new service, McGarraugh said.
04/06/2022
Crypto startup Blockchain.com launches Asset Management platform
Blockchain.com, which claims to have 37m verified users and has processed over $1 trillion in crypto transactions
04/06/2022
Financial Services & Banking News
The Government will further deliver a Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) Sandbox which will help firms to experiment and innovate and they will also establish a new Cryptoasset Engagement Group as a high-level industry group which will guide government
04/05/2022
Cryptocurrency: UK Treasury to regulate some stablecoins
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: "We want to see the [cryptocurrency] businesses of tomorrow - and the jobs they create - here in the UK, and by regulating effectively we can give them the confidence they need to think and invest long-term."
04/05/2022
Central bank coins: Switzerland still has room for improvement
In the wholesale model, CBDCs are limited to transactions between central banks and financial institutions with an account at a central bank.
04/05/2022
Treasury to create NFT as Sunak vows to make UK global crypto hub
Chancellor tells Royal Mint to create non-fungible token as government unveils cryptocurrency plans.
04/05/2022
Leaving crypto assets in will 'not straightforward', lawyer warns
Research from rival exchange platform Gemini found 18 per cent of UK adults now own cryptocurrency
04/05/2022
Institutional Investors Are Slowly Warming to Active Crypto Funds. This Company Isn’t Waiting to Address the Growing Demand.
Abra, a crypto-focused wealth management platform, is launching an asset management arm.
04/04/2022
New report suggests RippleNet as an alternative to SWIFT for the Arab world
A pseudonymous Twitter person, WrathofKahneman, had shared this remark on the social media platform with over 30k followers.
04/04/2022
Will Ethereum Replace Bitcoin?
Both PoW and PoS are so-called consensus protocols used to maintain Blockchains in a decentralized way.
04/04/2022
How fintech can boost financial inclusion for Latin American SMBs
It is critical to devise solutions for these issues to leverage more finance access for SMBs
04/04/2022
Central Bank of Ireland approves qualified exposure to crypto assets
The funds industry in Ireland continues to grow, with data from the CBI as end of December 2021
04/04/2022
Moneybox plans crypto and investment push with £35m Series D from Fidelity
Co-founder Ben Stanway speaks exclusively to AltFi about branching out into Bitcoin, figuring out financial planning, and whether an IPO is in Moneybox's future.
04/01/2022
DBS U-Turns on Retail Crypto Plans
DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx) launched in December 2020 and currently only allows institutional and accredited investors to access the platform
04/01/2022
Crypto vs gold: the search for an investment bolt hole
The market in the yellow metal may be a bubble, but at least it’s a 6,000-year-old one. Meanwhile, bitcoin looks like a short-term fad
04/01/2022
Russian Invasion, Crypto Trading Drive 'Tail Risks' for U.S. Banks -Regulator
"History is littered with examples of supposedly hedged positions blowing up," he said.
04/01/2022
Part 1: A proliferation of international arbitration of cryptocurrency disputes
The massive sell off of cryptocurrencies at the material time allegedly resulted in clogged transactions which prevented investors from closing out or liquidating their trading positions during the outage.
03/31/2022
$50,000 on target: FOMO & fundamentals to drive new Bitcoin bull run
In addition, recent serious geopolitical issues have put a spotlight on Bitcoin’s other key traits, which include being decentralized, permissionless, censorship-resistant and unconfiscatable.