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New Zealand Academics Call for Amenable Cryptocurrency and DLT Regulations

October 4, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, News, Regulation, Tech

Professors at the University of Auckland have written a new report urging the New Zealand government to regulate the local distributed ledger technology (DLT) and cryptocurrency ecosystem to make the country a hotbed for related businesses, reported the New Zealand Law Society on October 1, 2018. New Zealand's Big Wigs...

Ugandan Authorities to Develop Blockchain-Based Renewable Energy Economy

October 4, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at News

After helping Ugandans to become their banks and seamlessly carry out daily financial transactions like purchasing mobile airtime, paying electricity bills and more, without having to pay exorbitant banking fees, the creators of DALA, an Ethereum-based ERC-20 token, are now partnering with the Ugandan government and other local firms to...

HM Land Registry to Revolutionize Land Registration with DLT

October 3, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, News, Platform, Tech

Her Majesty's (HM) Land Registry, a non-ministerial department of the U.K. government, has joined forces with Methods software firm to integrate distributed ledger technology into its research and development initiative called Digital Street, which is aimed at revolutionizing the land registration and property buy-sell process in the United Kingdom, according...

FXCM Group Unveils Fresh Cryptocurrency Trading Product

FXCM Forex Trading Company now Offers Clients Bitcoin CFDs

October 3, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News, Tech

Forex Capital Markets (FXCM), a London-based global foreign exchange brokerage has joined the bitcoin bandwagon just like some of its competitors in the forex and financial services industry including Admiral Markets, ICM Capital and others, reported Finance Magnates on October 1, 2018. FXCM Bitcoin CFD According to sources close to the...

U.S SEC File Charges against Bitcoin-linked Firm, 1pool Ltd and its Founders

September 30, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Crime, Finance, Investment, News, Regulation

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against 1pool Ltd, a securities dealer registered in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and its founders for allegedly selling unregistered security-based swaps to U.S residents, according to statements from the commission on September 27, 2018. SEC Crushes another...

Voyager Cryptoassets Broker Joins Forces with Ethos for Fiat-to-Crypto Exchange

September 28, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Development, Exchange, Finance, News, wallet

Voyager, a DLT-based digital currency broker, offering users commission-free investments, has partnered with Ethos, a cryptocurrency services provider, to integrate the latter’s universal cryptoassets wallet into its platform and make it easy for both retail and institutional cryptocurrency traders to convert fiat currency to cryptos back and forth. Users will...

Blockchain InsurTech Consortium RiskBlock Alliance Engages Deloitte to Facilitate Canada Expansion

September 28, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Business, News, Platform

RiskBlock Alliance, an insurance-focused distributed ledger technology (DLT) consortium, has employed the services of Deloitte, a globally recognized professional services organization, to help take its cutting-edge blockchain solutions development to the next level. The partnership looks to fuel its expansion plans to crypto-friendly Canada, according to a news release by...

AAATrade CryptoExchange Launches Cryptocurrency Trading App for Mobile Devices

September 28, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Mining, News, Platform, Tech

In a bid to offer clients more convenient cryptocurrency trading services, CryptoExchange, a digital assets trading platform owned by the AAATrade CySEC-regulated Investment firm, has now launched a beta mobile app to enable bitcoin and altcoin traders do business on the go, according to a Finance Magnates report on September 26,...

North Korea Using Cryptocurrencies to Circumvent U.S. Sanctions According to Experts

September 28, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, Crime, Exchange, News

Two U.S-based financial crimes and intelligence experts, Lourdes Miranda and Ross Delston, have said that it is likely that North Korea is using both established DLT-based digital assets like bitcoin and ether to bypass U.S sanctions, reported Asia Times on September 24, 2018. North Korea Overcoming Sanctions with Bitcoin While...

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Kenyan Blockchain Task Force Advise Authorities to Tokenize the Economy

September 27, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, Finance, News, Tech

Chairman of the Kenyan blockchain technology task force, Bitange Ndemo has urged the country's financial authority to replace the current fiat system with tokens, to reduce corruption and economic hardship, reported local news source, The Star on September 26, 2018. Kenya's DLT Task Force Recommend Blockchain-Based Crypto According to sources close...