Seed CX targets institutional investors
Crypto exchange Seed CX has launched a digital asset wallet solution with on-chain settlement.
Augur metrics showing ~$2m ‘total money at stake’ include markets that have already ended.
If we exclude markets that have ended there is <$100k total money at stake on Augur.@AugurProjecthttps://t.co/Lrxr1GWCqLhttps://t.co/aw2PvBkV7A pic.twitter.com/2AtOA14rj9
— Alex Sunnarborg (@alexsunnarborg) January 10, 2019
David Labhart joins Tron to guide regulatory efforts
Tron has hired David Labhart as its first Head of Compliance.
Labhart, who also will serve as Co-general Counsel, spent nine years at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including time as a Supervisory Attorney in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. He was most recently at S&P Global Ratings, where he managed North American compliance and advised on regulatory issues.
“This is the perfect progression in a career driven by a passion for the frontier of financial industry; where technology meets regulation,” he says. “Blockchain and cryptocurrency are the next step in the evolution of the world’s financial system, and I’m excited about Justin’s passion and long-term view of the benefits and potential impact of this new technology.”
Bitwise announced today the filing of an initial registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a new proposed physically held exchange-traded fund. https://t.co/2k23ghuWss and https://t.co/tNKE4XNNni
— Bitwise (@BitwiseInvest) January 10, 2019
Canaan eyes US IPO
Canaan, China’s second-biggest maker of Bitcoin mining hardware, is considering listing in the US after shelving plans for a Hong Kong IPO, Bloomberg reports.
On 1/5/2019, Coinbase detected a deep chain reorganization of the Ethereum Classic blockchain that included a double spend. In order to protect customer funds, we immediately paused movements of these funds on the ETC blockchain. Read more here: https://t.co/vCx89dz44m
— Coinbase 🛡️ (@coinbase) January 7, 2019
Pakistan: Blockchain remittance service goes live
Telenor Microfinance Bank, in partnership with Valyou of Malaysia, is laying claim to Pakistan’s first blockchain-based cross-border remittance service, powered by Alipay.
This is why @jordanbpeterson and I are leaving Patreon and working on an alternative. It’s becoming clearer and clearer to me that crypto and decentralization will have to play a significant role. https://t.co/N7tcPuHUwO
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) January 10, 2019
Zero or hero? Which way will Bitcoin go?
Bitcoin has the potential to be worth a lot or worth zero, says Miller Value Partners CIO, Bill Miller.
Malta: Government blasts opposition leader following Bitcoin jibe
Malta’s government has taken aim at opposition leader Adrian Delia. This was after Delia said that while Malta had touted itself as the ‘Bitcoin Island’, the government had remained silent in recent times as the price of the cryptocurrency slid from €20,000 to just €4,000 in recent times.
Com poucos dias de governo, não só a caixa preta do BNDES, mas de outros órgãos estão sendo levantados e serão divulgados. Muitos contratos foram desfeitos e serão expostos, como o de R$ 44 milhões para criar criptomoeda indígena que foi barrado pela Ministra Damares e outros.
— Jair M. Bolsonaro (@jairbolsonaro) January 7, 2019
Nevada tapping blockchain for public records
Some Nevada counties in the US are using blockchain to store digital versions of government records like birth and marriage certificates, the AP reports.
BREAKING NEWS: We’re excited to announce the next generation hardware wallet: the Ledger Nano X.
Keep your crypto secure, everywhere.
Visit our website for more details: https://t.co/exqQBcpukC
Share the news!#Everywhere #LedgerNanoX pic.twitter.com/2xKAlEZKdW
— Ledger (@Ledger) January 7, 2019
Bitcoin treasure hunt, anyone? It’s art, innit
French graffiti artist, Pascal Boyart, has hidden $1,000 in Bitcoin in his latest project, he revealed in a blog post.
Peek at our Compliance team's 2018 Transparency Report. You can see why many businesses choose to block US users. Cost of handling subpoenas (regardless of licenses) is quickly becoming a barrier to entry. Inquiries up 3x YoY. pic.twitter.com/YbyLEqhOUf
— Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) January 5, 2019
tZERO crypto patent filing
US online retailer Overstock’s subsidiary tZERO has filed a patent for a crypto integration platform for trading digital assets.
https://twitter.com/DXdotExchange/status/1082283797956063232
Bitcoin is balderdash, ECB ’s Hansson
Cryptocurrencies will probably die as a “complete load of nonsense,” according to European Central Bank policy maker Ardo Hansson.
200+ financial institutions are leveraging RippleNet to make international payments faster, lower cost and more transparent. Learn more about our newest RippleNet customers here: https://t.co/scORZ41ngS
— Ripple (@Ripple) January 8, 2019
Ethereum Foundation backs Parity Technologies
The Ethereum Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to UK venture Parity Technologies.
BIS issues central bank digital currency research
Central banks are proceeding with caution when it comes to digital currencies and most are only at a conceptual stage with their work. However, a handful have moved to considering practical issues and a couple with idiosyncratic circumstances might issue a digital currency in the short or medium term, according to a report published by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
With a heavy heart, today we laid off 37 people. We've published a blog on this, also discussing some of our missteps and lessons as a company. "Overcoming ShapeShift’s Crypto Winter and the Path Ahead" by @ShapeShift_io https://t.co/1eNT54eyPp #bitcoin
— Erik Voorhees (@ErikVoorhees) January 8, 2019
KODAKOne looks to have last blockchain laugh
The KODAKOne blockchain project has generated more than $1 million in licencing claims for photographic rights during a beta test of part of its platform, BREAKER reports.
Might be something fishy going on with the new DX exchange.
Admittedly, I don't understand most of this technical jargon and I've never heard of this blog site.https://t.co/vXjJ5JjKVO
— Mati (@MatiGreenspan) January 10, 2019
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