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Aisshwarya is currently working as SAP finance consultant for an IT consultancy. He likes to read about tech (fintech in particular) and history during his free time. He also likes to make 8-bit music.
Wall Street titan Fidelity Investments is poised to reward its employees in cryptocurrencies, per a report by Finance Magnets, November 27, 2019. Making Crypto an Everyday Phenomenon One of the largest financial institutions in the world by reported assets under management (AuM) - Fidelity Investments – is reportedly rewarding its...
According to a report by The Economic Times published on November 27, 2019, the Indian Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) - Sanjay Dhotre – has stressed the importance of blockchain technology in streamlining operations in various domains such as governance, banking and finance, and cybersecurity. A...
Anyone with a finger on the pulse of the crypto-sphere would know about The Block’s explosive report that came out earlier this week. In it, the news outlet claimed that “Binance's Shanghai office shut down following police raid.” Separating Fact from Fiction The reactions which followed the accusations were instant...
An increasing number of authors in China are turning to blockchain technology for intellectual property (IP) protection, reports media outlet Khaosod English, November 27, 2019. Tackling the IP Problem Thanks to the immense, multi-faceted benefits of blockchain technology, it has become an ideal fit for various industries across the globe,...
Twitter handle @cnLedger on November 25, 2019, quoted the People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) newly released China Financial Stability Report 2019, where the apex bank stated that the Chinese regulators had clamped down on 173 cryptocurrency trading and token issuing platforms in the country. China Chokes the Crypto Ecosystem China’s...
According to a Tweet by IOTA developer Marlon Morales on November 25, IOTA’s native digital currency – MIOTA – can potentially work as a medium of payment for all Unity supported platform games or applications. A Big Breakthrough for MIOTA IOTA, a Germany-based non-profit organization that is looking to foster...
U.S.-based crypto asset management company Grayscale Investments on November 22, 2019, announced that it will soon be launching its diversified cryptocurrency investment product for public trading. According to the firm’s Medium post, the said digital asset product will be available for trade on the OTC share trading platform OTCQX Best...
French video game company Ubisoft has inked a deal with Ultra – a blockchain-based games distribution platform that offers new solutions to both developers and gamers. Per sources in the know, Ubisoft will provide the necessary infrastructure to validate transactions happening on Ultra’s blockchain. This, according to a report by...
In a press release issued on November 20, 2019, leading enterprise-grade crypto-asset risk management solutions provider Elliptic announced transaction monitoring support for Ripple Inc.’s XRP digital token. XRP Transaction Monitoring Now Possible In a bid to bring more legitimacy to the often frowned upon cryptocurrency space, London-based crypto venture Elliptic...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the U.S. is mulling a distributed ledger technology-powered registry to accelerate the process of disaster relief payments. This was reported in a draft text of the National Advisory Council’s (NAC) November report, November 18, 2019. Tapping Blockchain for Disaster Management In a bid...
Ether (ETH) P2P exchange platform LocalEthereum has officially renamed itself to LocalCryptos and introduced support for a slew of different cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), and several other ERC-20 tokens. LocalEthereum Looks to go Global LocalEthereum, a prominent exchange in the cryptocurrency space that allows traders to buy, sell, and trade...
In a press release issued on November 18, 2019, Germany-based Hahn Air announced that it had issued a real-world ticket enabled by blockchain technology on an open-source travel distribution platform named Winding Tree. First Blockchain-Ticket Issued Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has often been dubbed as a game-changer for myriad industries...
Binance cryptocurrency exchange CEO, Changpeng Zhao – commonly known as “CZ” in the cryptospace – believes that a large number of institutional investors are willing to enter the digital currency industry despite the regulatory uncertainty surrounding it. Zhao made this statement in an interview with Bloomberg last week. Investors, Regulators,...
Cryptocurrency and blockchain project rating firm, Weiss Ratings, on November 14, 2019, made a rather divisive claim on Twitter stating that distributed ledger technology (DLT) project Cardano is “clearly superior” to Chinese blockchain venture EOS. Opening a Whole New Can of Worms Weiss Ratings, a prominent rating firm in the...
Binance cryptocurrency exchange’s U.S.-focused arm – Binance.US – on November 14, 2019, announced that it had added trading support for Qtum (QTUM) digital token. Binance.US Adds QTUM as 25th Cryptocurrency Open-source distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform QTUM is the latest cryptocurrency to be added to the Binance.US trading platform. In...
