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MERJ Partners with U.K Firm Globacap to Offer Tokenized Assets in IPO

September 1, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Business

In a bid to set international governance standards and safety nets in the cryptospace, MERJ Exchange, Seychelles' first national stock exchange to list tokenized securities, has partnered with Globacap, the U.K.'s first regulated platform to issue equity tokens. In their alliance, the duo will offer tokenized assets to the U.K....

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South Africa: Potential for Growth Despite Strict Crypto Regulations says Monero Core Team Member

August 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain, Regulation

Despite the severe economic and political issues on top of strict crypto regulations in South Africa, Riccardo Spagni, a member of the Monero Core Team and co-founder of decentralized platform Tari Labs says the country is still an excellent breeding ground for motivated entrepreneurs, reports Mybroadband on August 30, 2019....

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Pantera Capital Invests in Four Scalability-Focused DLT Projects

August 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Business

Pantera Capital, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) focused investment firm and hedge fund has adopted four blockchain projects aimed at solving the age-long scalability problems of the cryptoverse. The projects include Polkadot, BloXroute, Origin, and Filecoin, reports Forex Crunch on August 29, 2019. Pantera Capital Focused on Eliminating Scalability Issues ...

Thai Customs Adopt IBM’s Blockchain Platform for Shipment Tracking

August 30, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

The Customs Department of Thailand has adopted TradeLens, IBM’s blockchain-powered digital trade platform that supports efficient and accurate container tracking and real-time information sharing among stakeholders in the supply chain. The agency firmly believes that blockchain integration will foster transparency and enhance its processes, reports Bangkok Post on August 29,...

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SBI Holdings’ Subsidiary to pay Shareholder Dividends in Ripple (XRP) Tokens

August 30, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Morningstar Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Japan’s SBI Holdings, has announced that it will offer shareholders who hold a minimum of 1 unit of its shares, 30 XRP (XRP) tokens as dividends, according to a press release on August 28, 2019. Paying Shareholders’ in XRP Ripple and SBI have taken...

PNC Completes First Cross-Border Payment via RippleNet

August 30, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based bank holding corporation has successfully processed its first cross-border payments for clients’ using Ripple’s blockchain solution, RippleNet, according to a Fintech Futures report on August 29, 2019. PNC Joins DLT Bandwagon Per sources close to the development, PNC Treasury Management has become...

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Ernst & Young Set to Move QuadrigaCX’s Case from Halifax to Toronto

August 29, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Development

In line with Halifax’s request, Ernst & Young, a “Big Four” multinational professional services firm in charge of QuadrigaCX’s court proceedings has asked a Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge to transfer the case to Toronto, to save costs, according to a local news source, The Star on August 28, 2019. ...

Switzerland: FINMA-Licensed Cryptocurrency Bank Eyes Singapore Expansion

August 29, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Business

Sygnum, a cryptocurrency company that claims to develop an integrated solution that enables its clients to securely issue, store, trade and manage blockchain-based cryptoassets, is seeking for a banking license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), to enable it to offer brokerage, tokenization and other crypto-related services to qualified...

Telegram Cryptocurrency ‘Gram’ Available by October

August 28, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Telegram has hinted that the first batches of its Gram cryptocurrency will be available to a select group of investors by October 2019 and the Pavel Durov-led firm also plans to make the Gram wallet available to the nearly 300 million users of Telegram shortly, reports The New York Times...

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Switzerland Central Bank Discusses Libra Cryptocurrency with Regulators

August 28, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation

Switzerland National Bank’s (SNB) Vice Chairman, Fritz Zurbruegg has revealed that the apex bank is currently holding serious talks with relevant authorities across the globe concerning Facebook’s global cryptocurrency project, Libra, according to a Reuters report on August 27, 2019. Important Details Still Missing Per sources close to the matter,...