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In October 2020, the FCA introduced a new set of crypto laws to govern the sale of derivatives on these assets, – which have become effective as of January 6th, 2021. According to the law, cryptocurrency service providers are prohibited from selling, marketing, and distributing crypto-related investment products to retail customers given the risk these […] The post UK’s FCA New Law Prohibiting Sale of Crypto Derivatives to Retail Traders Takes Effect first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-1-8 23:16 | |
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In their ongoing fight against global money laundering, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has given out a new set of recommendations concerning cryptocurrency transfers between Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs).
2020-9-2 20:17 | |
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ErisX has now unveiled a REST API that grants its clients access to their Block Trade. This is a facility that allows investors to make big trades, within the given array of listed spot and futures commodities, privately.
2020-5-28 19:21 | |
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Bakkt has just announced that they have added over 70 new custody clients and given them the option to be covered by an insurance policy that provides coverage of more than $600 million. The Bitcoin warehouse made the announcement on Monday, through a blog post.
2020-5-19 19:13 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange BitBay went offline earlier today and, at the time of writing, it is yet to return. Those operating the platform have given scant explanation as to what is behind the sudden loss of service.
2020-3-27 00:15 | |
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Mingyuan Wang, Co-Founder of HiCoin, ChainUP’s wallet solutions division, has given detailed insights into their wallet solution. ChainUP is a leading global blockchain technology service provider with well-developed blockchain solutions such as white-label crypto exchange, wallet, and exchange liquidity solutions, to name a few.
2020-3-25 11:04 | |
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Sources suggest that Twitter is looking to add a tipping function to the popular social network platform. Given Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey’s repeated appraisals of Bitcoin, it would come as something of a surprise if a future Twitter tipping service didn’t use the cryptocurrency in some capacity.
2020-1-14 01:00 | |
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Before the emergence of crypto exchanges and trustless multi-sig, early bitcoiners saw the need for an escrow service – a mediator to act as a go-between for strangers transacting online. Given the panoply of options now available, it is strange to think that escrow was once provided by a few early supporters, who put their […] The post Bitcoin History Part 23: The First BTC Escrow appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-1-9 02:20 | |
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Bitstamp has announced updates have been made to its mobile app, which has been upgraded from a supporting role into operating as a standalone trading product. The Bitstamp mobile app users will be given the option to make withdrawals and open bank deposits.
2020-1-8 21:31 | |
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A recent presentation given to US Internal Revenue Service agents in the Criminal Investigation Division reportedly shows the agency considering the use of grand jury subpoenas on firms such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft to check taxpayers’ download history for crypto-related apps.
2019-7-10 00:11 | |
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SALT, a provider of crypto-backed loans for cryptocurrency holders, today announced its partnership with NODE40, a blockchain masternode hosting and monitoring provider. The partnership will provide expanded loan options for DASH masternode owners in tandem with the Dash community’s first masternode hosting service.
2019-6-27 17:34 | |
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The emergence of a buzzing crypto tech startup scene around Zug’s Crypto Valley has given unusual blockchain projects the impetus to take big ideas to the market. As an example: the country’s biggest telecom provider, which is backed by the Swiss government, has announced Noow, a blockchain service that allows customers to access digital artworks.
2019-5-27 20:27 | |
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It looks as if cryptocurrency service providers will have to adopt stricter know-your-customer (KYC) policies all across the world — and not everyone is happy about that.
2019-5-13 21:33 | |
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Microsoft is leveraging blockchain technology to create a trustless digital identity scheme, but its not launching a token or building a private blockchain to do so.
2019-5-13 18:34 | |
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The regulatory and legal environment around internet-based services and applications has changed considerably over the last decade. When large-scale social networking platforms first became popular in the 2000s, the general attitude toward mass data collection was essentially “why not?”.
2019-5-11 04:03 | |
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Kaspar Korjus, the Founding Managing Director of Estonia’s e-Residency program, shared his futuristic vision on how to get nation states to digitize with attendees of TNW2019 today. The private sector has set the pace for technological transformation, and Korjus thinks it’s time for nation states to catch up.
2019-5-9 19:35 | |
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Kaspar Korjus, the Founding Managing Director of Estonia’s e-Residency program, shared his futuristic vision on how to get nation states to digitize with attendees of TNW2019 today. The private sector has set the pace for technological transformation, and Korjus thinks it’s time for nation states to catch up.
2019-5-9 19:35 | |
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The Chinese equivalent of WhatsApp, WeChat, has updated its terms of service to ban merchants from fundraising by using tokens or cryptocurrencies. The Tencent-operated chat messaging app quietly revised its policy last month; the new policy will take effect on May 31.
2019-5-7 17:19 | |
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Decisions taken by regulatory authors have usually created a make or break situation for cryptocurrency companies in the short term or the long term. In a recent letter written to the Financial Action Task Force [FATF], Chainalysis, a cryptocurrency organization touched on the KYC-AML [Know Your Customer-Anti Money Laundering] recommendations given by the regulatory body.
2019-4-12 20:30 | |
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The peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace Paxful announced today, April 2, 2019, that it’s introducing AI-powered identity verification to help improve know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) procedures on the platform.
2019-4-3 21:13 | |
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Ohio might have made history as the first city to accept cryptocurrency for corporate taxes, but one Canadian town is adding its name to the books by becoming the first in North America to permit its citizens to pay their personal taxes in bitcoin.
2019-3-28 19:04 | |
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Binance has partnered with Medici Ventures’ portfolio company IdentityMind, a risk management and regulatory-technology compliance platform, in a bid to enhance its fraud protection and compliance protocols.
2019-3-28 18:08 | |
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Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has partnered with ‘RegTech’ firm IdentityMind to streamline its custodial and security operations. IdentityMind, a Software as a Service (SaaS) company focused on security and regulatory compliance, will now work to help improve data protection and identity verification for the exchange.
2019-3-26 19:41 | |
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At its 2019 “Cloud Summit” industry conference in Hong Kong, Huawei unveiled a new blockchain-based cloud service. Huawei Cloud now offers blockchain oriented services designed to help Hong Kong-based businesses make use of the decentralized platform’s typical characteristics.
2019-3-21 21:37 | |
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“The biggest problem I could think of was distribution. How do you share and educate both consumers and merchants on the power of bitcoin? I learned how much consumers loved earning and why merchants make decisions to adopt new technology.
2019-3-19 23:06 | |
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A streaming service called Feedbands has begun compensating its customers (artists and listeners alike), with Bitcoin. The service, whose major attention is given to artistes independent of major labels, has a “pay-per-stream feature” that lets users earn Bitcoin for streams.
2019-3-15 03:42 | |
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Blockstream has launched its satellite messaging application programming interface (API) on mainnet. Essentially, this means users can now broadcast data via the company’s satellite network and pay with Lightning payments.
2019-3-14 22:15 | |
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Blockstream has launched its satellite messaging application programming interface (API) on mainnet. Essentially, this means users can now broadcast data via the company’s satellite network and pay with Lightning payments.
2019-3-14 22:15 | |
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The main design goal of QCoin and Quantum1Net is to create a digital financial system that uses networking as an underlying value, just like the internet works in the sense that everyday internet networking creates value for ISPs, Online Merchants and others.
2019-3-13 19:34 | |
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Financial cooperatives, also known as credit unions, are abundant – there are about 85,000 of them. Such financial institutions are formed to serve members and given their non-profit quality, they collaborate to achieve a common goal, which is often quality service.
2019-3-12 17:40 | |
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Over the last few years, there has been a lot of attention given to the decision that PayPal made to avoid operation in some Palestinian areas. PayPal has provided a statement regarding the situation, saying that they “appreciate the interest,” though it doesn’t appear that they intend to make any collaborations soon. In a report […]
2019-3-11 14:44 | |
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There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.
2019-2-19 00:19 | |
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It happened: Bitcoin is now an Ethereum token. Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), an ERC-20 token with a 1-1 peg to bitcoin, went live on the Ethereum network on the final day of January, “the first token that makes Bitcoin compatible with the Ethereum chain,” its architects say.
2019-2-2 00:04 | |
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CoinSpeaker SWIFT Announces Integration with R3 in a Bid to Improve Network’s Service R3 is taking the global financial network SWIFT by storm. Given R3 Corda and XRP's close alignment, people start wondering what SWIFT integration with R3 means for Ripple.
2019-1-31 22:14 | |
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This is the seventh instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 , on Day 3 , onDay 4, on Day 5 and on Day 6.
2019-1-29 01:51 | |
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Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings has given its opinion about the crypto market. In a recent tweet, the firm wrote that Tron (TRX) is the most bullish cryptocurrency in the market of any top 10 projects right now.
2019-1-26 21:38 | |
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Metal Pay is an app that enables users to securely send and receive digital currencies. The service rewards its clients with 5% of the transaction value each time they use the app. The rewards are given in MTL, the native cryptocurrency of Metal Pay.
2019-1-22 19:26 | |
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For investors whose first time investing in bitcoin was in 2018 or after late 2017, there is a high likelihood that they have incurred substantial losses for the fiscal year of 2018 if they haven’t sold yet.
2018-12-29 02:01 | |
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We know that marketing is essential for business. But it’s not for everybody, amirite? That’s totally understandable given the obscene pressure to stand out in a sea of competition when all you really want to do is focus on creating an awesome product or service.
2018-11-28 13:23 | |
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What do Bitcoin and communism have in common? Huobi. The world’s third largest digital assets exchange has set up a Communist Party committee via its $2. 9 million-subsidiary, Beijing Lianhuo Information Service, reported the South China Morning Post.
2018-11-21 20:00 | |
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Disney this week revealed details about its homegrown streaming service. It’ll be called Disney+, and it’ll be populated by new material in Disney’s most popular franchises, including Marvel and Star Wars.
2018-11-9 20:53 | |
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Erik Voorhees, the founder of ShapeShift, talked about the influence of Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) policies. During a discussion with Naomi Brockwell on Youtube, he has also given his opinion about regulations in the cryptocurrency world.
2018-11-5 00:53 | |
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Utility billing and payment services provider Novatti is launching a new Australian dollar (AUD)-backed stablecoin known as the Novatti AUD Utility Token on the Stellar Network.
2018-10-25 20:58 | |
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First hinting at his project in a reply to a BitPay tweet on August 2017, Nicolas Dorier boldly claimed that BTCPay would make one of crypto’s most popular payment processors obsolete.
2018-10-24 22:00 | |
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After killing all legitimate cryptocurrency businesses in the country, Chinese authorities are now turning their attention to other blockchain service providers. The country’s apex internet regulator, Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), released a draft policy on Friday that will require all companies to collect their users’ real names and national identification card numbers before offering them any blockchain related service.
2018-10-22 13:18 | |
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Here are a few of the most significant signs that the bulls are getting ready to break out and stampede on the markets. Five years ago, the industry didn’t have as many investors as we see today and most mainstream media wouldn’t have given any crypto related news the light of day.
2018-10-11 21:30 | |
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As if it hadn’t already given cryptocurrency enthusiasts enough reasons to hate it, Google has now taken a dig at the usefulness of cryptocurrencies. In a recent advertisement for its call screening service, the search engine giant mocked cryptocurrency’s high electricity consumption – and then went on to say that “it is not real money.
2018-10-10 16:19 | |
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Brain Space is a multi-platform that will simplify and expand the possibilities of IP registration and the further fate of the author of a work of any cultural theme and value. After the author completes the registration of intellectual property through our service, he will be given the maximum amount of leverage to globalize his product, both towards monetization, and in the direction of popularizing the product and entering the broader market.
2018-10-2 00:50 | |
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All of the top cryptocurrencies are going through a minor dip at this stage. Given the positive weekend, that is not entirely abnormal. One notable exception is the NEM price, which has successfully noted some strong gains.
2018-10-2 22:21 | |
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