Monthly Archives: October, 2017

Singapore Regulator, Banks Complete KYC Blockchain Prototype

A consortium comprising of a Singaporean government body and a number of major banks has completed the ASEAN region’s first-ever proof-of-concept for a Know...

Japan’s SBI to Launch Digital Currency for Instant Payments

A Japanese financial services group is drawing plans to issue its own tradeable digital currency to be used for payments and instant P2P transfers. Japan’s SBI...

North Korea Did Target South Korean Bitcoin Exchanges: Police

South Korean authorities have confirmed that hackers from North Korea targeted bitcoin exchanges in the country in multiple attempts to steal the cryptocurrency. The Republic...

Ethereum, Bitcoin Prices Dip as Market Contracts to $143 Billion

The bitcoin price pulled back on Tuesday, dipping nearly $200 to put a pause on its week-long rally. The ethereum price retreated by a...

European Central Bank Calls for DLT Post-Trade Interoperability

Researchers at the European Central Bank (ECB) have published a new research report on the impact of distributed ledger technology (DLT) on the harmonization...

US Commerce Department Backs Blockchain Trade Mission to UAE

Representatives from the blockchain industry are in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week on a trade mission backed by the U.S. Department of...

Appcoin Law Part 2: The SAFT Solution

  Nearly a year ago, I gave a generalized explanation of how some token sales might violate federal securities laws in the U.S. I also gave some...

Bitcoin Core Nodes Spring Up 30% As SegWit Takes 7% Of Transaction Pie

Bitcoin Core nodes have increased 30 percent in three months as the battle of the hard forks continues to reshape the network. Together with a smaller...

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