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When it comes to cryptocurrency transactions, the region of Central and Southern Asia and Oceania, or CSAO, is growing rapidly.
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China declaring all crypto transactions illegal sent shockwaves through Asia's fintech market. It adversely impacted Hong Kong as well; not just crypto exchanges, but firms and stocks related to cryptThe post Crypto-related stocks in Hong Kong impacted, but more HODLers for Bitcoin, Ethereum appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-9-27 17:30 | |
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American investment bank and financial services provider JPMorgan, on Monday, April 12, launched ‘Confirm,' a blockchain solution to reduce the number of rejected or returned payments. ‘Confirm' Validates Transactions In ‘Near Real-time' Following the launch, the US bank is now test-running the blockchain solution with 12 banks in Taiwan.
2021-4-12 20:50 | |
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Ripple said that the acquisition would help the company meet the demand for the use of its native token XRP in transactions. This comes a week after Brooks Entwistle became Ripple’s managing director in Southeast Asia.
2021-3-31 18:38 | |
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Ripple has been, for a long time, in the business of cross-border transactions which has seen it collaborate with payment firms like MoneyGram and being deployed across the globe. It recently expanded on these efforts with a 40% acquisition in Tranglo, a prominent cross-border payment firm based in Asia. The announcement of this not only […]
2021-3-30 14:11 | |
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Ripple, a San Francisco-based blockchain firm that runs XRP, has partnered with Novatti Group, a digital banking and payments company based in Australia. Novatti Group unveiled this news via an official announcement on December 7, noting that this collaboration seeks to facilitate real-time cross-border transactions between Australia and Southeast Asia.
2020-12-8 18:22 | |
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United Arab Emirates-based commercial bank RAKBank has partnered with Asia, a major bank in Bangladesh to facilitate cross-border remittance transactions. Ripple’s digital payment solution RippleNet will be utilized for the initiative.
2020-5-13 21:07 | |
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Leading crypto security startup, Fireblocks has announced it is opening new offices in Asia in Singapore as well as Hong Kong. On April 30, Fireblocks revealed that its platform has so far transferred digital assets worth $30 billion and at the moment conducts transactions worth more than $7 billion every month. The firm revealed that […]
2020-5-1 00:07 | |
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It’s been a progressive year for Singapore’s fintech space, with a who’s who of players attending the Singapore Fintech Festival. Also in early November, Ripple held its third annual Swell conference for the first time in Asia, where we had the chance to experience insightful keynotes from the world’s most trusted voices in financial services, … Continued The post Cross-Border Transactions Are the Key to Connecting a Fragmented Region appeared first on Ripple.
2020-2-6 22:40 | |
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Siam Commerical Bank, a 112-year-old financial institution, announced a mobile banking interface that facilitates cross-border transactions at a lower cost. Asia is the world leader in mobile banking with China and Thailand boasting 86 percent and 67 percent mobile penetration respectively.
2020-1-10 14:00 | |
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Social video platform Vid to use Ontology blockchain - CryptoNinjas Vid, a social video platform scheduled to launch publicly later this year, has announced a strategic investment from Ontology.
2019-9-10 13:12 | |
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Elliptic has raised $23 million in a funding round led by Japan’s SBI Holdings to fuel the company's expansion into Asia. The company’s software is used to investigate criminal activity on the digital ledger for Bitcoin and monitor transactions to prevent money laundering.
2019-9-4 19:22 | |
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Contentos (COS) announced to join Binance Chain! New dApp “COS. tv” will also go live this week. “We warmly welcome Contentos community as part of our initiative to assist Binance Chain to reach mass adoption by the general public.
2019-6-18 19:19 | |
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The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2.
2019-5-25 21:56 | |
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Ripple and XRP have been making strides in the cryptocurrency sphere with their many partnerships and collaborations in the cross-border payments sector. Ripple’s xCurrent-powered Money Tap faced a setback when one of the member banks announced that they would cease collaboration with the service from May 13, 2019.
2019-4-12 20:00 | |
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CryptoNinjas Propy, a global proptech real estate platform, today announced the completion of two blockchain-recorded property deals in Japan – the first of its kind in Asia. The properties are both residential plots of land located in the popular St.
2019-4-12 21:09 | |
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Propy, Inc. , a Silicon Valley property technology (proptech) startup, has announced the completion of two blockchain-recorded property deals in Japan, a first in Asia, the startup said on Thursday.
2019-4-12 20:11 | |
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Cryptocurrency mobile wallet provider BRD wants to accelerate its international expansion, and it has secured $15 million to do it. The Series B funding round was raised from SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings.
2019-1-26 20:04 | |
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Blockstream CSO Says New Satellite Allows For Bitcoin Transactions Without Internet And Supports LN The blockchain company Blockstream has leased the fifth satellite a few days ago. The main intention is to broadcast the Bitcoin blockchain to the Asia Pacific Region.
2018-12-21 20:58 | |
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While most crypto investors are shooting for the moon, Blockstream is focused on things a bit closer to Earth: in the outermost layer of its atmosphere, to be exact.
2018-12-18 00:31 | |
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SBI Ripple Asia has recently partnered with the Japanese Payment Card Consortium to fight fraud with blockchain technology. According to BankingTech’s article published on November 22, 2018, the participating companies plan to prevent the damages caused by fraudulent transactions, by sharing data and information on a real-time basis along Corda, R3’s open-source blockchain platform.
2018-11-23 14:00 | |
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Some years back, the Chinese government banned all cryptocurrency-related transactions in the country, effectively suppressing what could have been the largest crypto market in the world. The huge Chinese population indicates as much.
2018-11-26 12:26 | |
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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has added the Vietnamese Dong (VND) on its Customer-to-Customer (C2C) trading system, enabling Vietnamese customers to exchange their fiat currency for tokens on the platform.
2018-11-14 21:54 | |
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Cryptocurrency transactions are getting a policy makeover in Taiwan after the country’s top financial watchdog agreed to curb illegal transfers and crackdown on those in violation of the law. Taiwan’s Crackdown As reported by Asia Times on Nov.
2018-11-7 14:00 | |
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The Taiwanese Government recently amended their anti-money laundering and Countering Finance Terrorism (AML/CFT) laws concerning cryptocurrency regulations. According to an Asia Times article published on November 5, 2018, these revisions and changes will give Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), the ability to crack down on any anonymous cryptocurrency transactions.
2018-11-5 20:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency trading has widely been spread across the world, with significant concentrations collecting in Asia during recent years. On October 31, 2018, the peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace Paxful claims that the number of transactions from African consumers has soared significantly in recent times, mostly fueled by African millennials’ interest in the new space.
2018-11-2 09:00 | |
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Bitcoin futures trading is up. American financial market company CME Group Inc. announced on Twitter early on the morning of Wednesday, October 17, 2018, that its futures products are experiencing rising volume, explaining, “In Q3, Bitcoin futures average daily volume rose 41% and open interest was up 19% over Q2.
2018-10-18 00:59 | |
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Bitcoin, the world’s most sought-after cryptocurrency, could be at the wish and whim of Asia’s economic giant. A recent study titled “The Looming Threat of China: An Analysis of Chinese Influence on Bitcoin,” jointly researched by Princeton University and Florida International University researchers, suggests China’s mining scene has an overwhelming influence over Bitcoin, something that could invite network manipulation.
2018-10-11 00:29 | |
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Cryptocurrency trading just earned a major impetus in Southeast Asia, as the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange platform EurekaPro is set to launch the first ever fiat-to-crypto exchange platform in the region, per a report published by finews.
2018-10-10 03:00 | |
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GMO Internet Group is working to launch a stablecoin by 2019. In an announcement released on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, the Japanese IT conglomerate said it is putting all gears in place to begin building its stablecoin, called the GMO Japanese Yen (GJY).
2018-10-10 02:10 | |
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The noise that surrounds economic relations between the United States and China is amping up exponentially. You can thank the latest trade wars for that, as fresh tensions boil over between the two nations who are currently trading new tariffs on imports, with no shortage of ill will underpinning the moves.
2018-10-10 23:38 | |
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SBI Ripple Asia launched the MoneyTap application in Japan. Now clients can execute real-time payment transactions at any time.
2018-10-6 18:11 | |
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In traditional banking, for there to be a cross-border payment, two banks had to be directly connected on a one-on-one basis. The situation in the Association of South Eastern Asian Nations (ASEAN) was exactly this way up until the Siam Commercial Bank (SCM) – a member of RippleNet – became the first financial institution in […] The post RippleNet’s ‘Multi-Hop’ Feature to Ease Cross-Border Transactions in S. East Asia appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2018-9-29 10:51 | |
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The joint partnership between SBI Holdings and the creators of XRP, Ripple, also known as SBI Ripple Asia is now ready to launch their new blockchain based electronic settlement platform, MoneyTap.
2018-9-27 13:00 | |
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Japanese Fintech heavyweight SBI Holdings plans to launch a Ripple-powered mobile payment application called MoneyTap. In a tweet shared with his followers, Takashi Okita, CEO of SBI Ripple Asia shared the web page of the new payment application, which promises to offer "easy bank transfer application" without fees.
2018-9-15 22:03 | |
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Ultra Taiwan 2018, one of Asia’s hottest electronic music festivals, will be the world’s first to use blockchain technology for onsite transactions according to the press release on August 20, 2018.
2018-8-24 04:00 | |
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The hottest electronic music festival in Asia is a step ahead of its peers by accepting onsite transactions in Ultra Coin. Pundi X blockchain technology will be used at the event, which is expecting over 30,000 participants.
2018-8-23 19:41 | |
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PropPush is results oriented online service to connect property buyers, sellers, renters and agents for faster property transactions. PropPush is a platform to provide solution by distributing real-time information of properties offered and on demand within local markets.
2018-8-10 23:26 | |
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“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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Scaling has been a heated topic for the bitcoin community for some time. Further, even when a technology does become available, getting people to use it becomes the next big hurdle.
2018-7-20 17:33 | |
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In the pursuit of finding the perfect use case for Ripple XRP, Emi Yoshikawa, the Director of Joint Venture Partnerships at Ripple has spoken to TechCrunch about uses for Ripple XRP within the Asian continent.
2018-7-6 16:30 | |
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Authorities in Vietnam have cracked down on a major cryptocurrency scam that defrauded over 400 locals and 100 businesses out of roughly $1.17 million. According to local media, the Hanoi police have apprehended the general director and seven key suspects…
In a fortunate move, the Vietnamese authorities were able to successfully dismantle a large-scale cryptocurrency scam orchestrated by a company called ‘Million Smiles,’ protecting nearly 300 potential victims from financial exploitation.
Vietnam unveiled its National Blockchain Strategy, setting ambitious goals to advance its blockchain capabilities in an Oct. 23 announcement. The initiative aims to position Vietnam as the region’s leading hub for blockchain research, application, and innovation by 2030.
Vietnam’s government launched its National Blockchain Strategy, targeting legal frameworks, infrastructure, and innovation to boost its blockchain ecosystem by 2030. Vietnam officially launched its National Blockchain Strategy on October 22, aiming to become a leader in blockchain technology across Asia…
Vietnamese police have dismantled an international crypto fraud network, arresting multiple suspects for swindling billions of VND from Vietnamese citizens. The operation, led by criminals working from the Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone, involved scams enticing victims into fake…
Indonesia has entered Chainalysis’ global crypto adoption index for the first time, climbing into the top 3 as global crypto activity surged past 2021 bull market levels. Indonesia has made its debut in Chainalysis‘ global crypto adoption index, climbing to…
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has partnered with Solana to launch a new hackathon aimed at fostering the development of startups on the Solana network. Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has partnered with Solana to launch a new hackathon aimed at fostering startups on…