11/24/2017
Old Mutual precious metal fund invests in bitcoin
The bitcoin price exceeded the gold price for the first time in March.
Bitcoin, Blockchain & AI
11/24/2017
UBS Seeks to Expand Workforce in Artificial Intelligence
Future lies in ‘cognitive’ bank, head of innovation says
11/23/2017
BMO Financial Group injects $2m into Montreal AI lab
This year’s programme runs until June 2018.
11/22/2017
Ex-JPMorgan ECM boss targets instos for crypto currency fund
The fund will focus on investing in the more liquid digital assets such as bitcoin and ethereum
11/22/2017
Singapore cryptocoin firm banks with Japan as local account shut
Japanese authorities are taking a more active stance, granting licenses to 11 exchange operators in September, including Quoine.
11/21/2017
EY expands European teams’ presence to advance blockchain development worldwide
The European expansion is an integral part of the EY continued focus on supporting companies worldwide to use disruptive technologies like blockchain to transform their businesses.
11/21/2017
Wealth Managers Are Being Inundated With Calls About Bitcoin
Advisers say recover principal investment, brace for losses
11/21/2017
Banks Shun Bitcoin In Hong Kong, Businesses Seek Foreign Help
Bitcoin-friendly Japan had said it could not yet service the demand from Chinese businesses looking to relocate and forge ties with the newly-permissive neighbor.
11/21/2017
Raiffeisen Bank International is first Austrian bank to join R3 global network
In its work with R3, RBI will focus on cash and payment services, capital markets, digital identity, securities services and trade finance.
11/20/2017
Company Creates Crypto ATMs for Mainstream Use
As a payment method, businesses are lining up to participate in the crypto industry.
11/20/2017
Everbright Stiches Up German Robo Advisor
China is the largest asset management market worldwide, after the U.S.
11/20/2017
Top hedge fund AQR leads the way as blockchain comes of age
The quantitative giant is researching the use of the technology behind bitcoin — but hedge funds have been slower to embrace it than banks
11/19/2017
Swarm Fund announces results of public token sale and appoints new CEO
The first tranche became liquid immediately after the vote on November 6, 2017, at which point one-fourth of each member’s tokens became transferable.
11/19/2017
Bankers Continue to Sound the Bitcoin Alarm
A JP Morgan spokeswoman responded,”There is nothing more important to us than the safety and soundness of the global monetary system.”
11/19/2017
Hong Kong’s bitcoin businesses suffer after local bank accounts frozen
Companies say they have had to go to foreign banks after disruption
11/17/2017
Swiss Firms to Let Traders Short Bitcoin With New Futures Products
Likewise, in his statements, Manuel Durr, head of public solutions at Leonteq noted that clients "appreciate" the choice between a long or a short investment in bitcoin.
11/16/2017
'Blockchain capital' Dubai crowned Smart City of 2017
The new award reinforces Dubai’s position as the world’s “blockchain capital,” said Smart Dubai, one of the official organisations behind the project.
11/15/2017
Why It Is the Future of Technology and Banking
Cryptocurrencies provide additional loopholes for money to be laundered due to its lack of regulation by a verified third party.
11/14/2017
Man Group, a large hedge fund in London, ready to launch bitcoin products
The CME Group announced that the bitcoin futures will be ready in early December, 2017, which immediately increased the price of bitcoin.
11/13/2017
AML BitCoin Gains Rapport in the UK
A number of nations throughout the world have recently moved against anonymous digital currency, such as Bitcoin, for fear that their anonymity promotes entry by criminal and terrorist elements into otherwise protected financial systems.