The Russian lobby of supporters of a state regulation of cryptocurrencies is growing. In a list with instructions to the Federal Assembly, President Putin demanded official regulation for cryptocurrencies at the end of February. By July 2019, the head of state wants new laws. New laws for digital assets Also…
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The president of the US Securities and Exchange Commission UU (SEC), Jay Clayton, has recently said that ethereum and similar cryptocurrencies may have been values in the past, but have lost that status. Last June, the head of the corporate finance division of the SEC, William Hinman, said, “As I…
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Much is currently being talked about in the crypto industry about Security Token Offerings (STO). Which could become a new source of revenue for startups after ICOs. But before STOs become a big thing, there is now a new trend. The so-called Initial Exchange Offerings, in short IEO. These are…
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Swissquote, a $ 618 million online banking group, announced on Friday that it plans to work with Zug based Crypto Storage to enable users to store cryptocurrencies on their platform. This Gland based bank said, institutional investors on its platform would be able to transfer crypto currencies from their external…
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Avaloq, a leading fintech company and global provider of software as a service (SaaS) and business process as a service (BPaaS) for banks and asset managers, is the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the world’s largest open source Blockchain initiative, joined. As a member of the EEA, Avaloq will work with…
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The main stock exchange of Switzerland, SIX Swiss Exchange, launched on March 5 a stock trading product (ETP) based on Ethereum (ETH), according to the website of SIX Group. This new financial product is backed by the Swiss company Amun AG, and will be listed under the AETH index. In…
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Most of the top 20 crypto currencies recorded slight gains and losses throughout the day until the editorial deadline. Bitcoin (BTC) is once again approaching $ 3,900 (3,428 euros), according to coinmarketcap data. Market visualization of Coin360 At the time of going to press, CoinMarketCap has increased Bitcoin by less…
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The German derivatives exchange Eurex plans to launch digital asset futures contracts linked to Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP. On December 13, 2017, WIWO already reported that Deutsche Börse is considering offering derivatives that allow its clients to bet on falling crypto prices. A spokesman for Deutsche Börse told the WIWO,”We…
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The Wall Street Journal reports that banks will consolidate mortgage loans. Thanks to changes in the Federal Reserve’s policy, it is now cheaper for banks to obtain loans than it has been for a while. The other effect of a reduced LIBOR rate seems to be lower mortgage rates. Rates…
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Bitcoin has overtaken ethereum in node numbers for the first time since at least 2016 with bitcoin currently having 10,266 nodes while the highest number for eth is 10,078. Etherscan, however, counts only 7,857 eth nodes. There used to be some 30,000 public eth nodes and even during summer 2018…
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