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FINRA Requests Financial Firms Report to them Prior to Dealing with Digital Assets

July 21, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Regulation

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) previously asked its member firms to inform them before they engaged in activities relating to digital assets. In a new notice, FINRA has confirmed the continuation of this rule along with a few more added clauses in an attempt to set a precedent for...

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China Acknowledges Value of Bitcoin in Landmark Ruling

July 19, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin

The first case regarding Bitcoin as a commodity in China led to the Hangzhou Internet Court pronouncing it as virtual property. The court said Bitcoin has value, scarcity, and can be disposed, giving it the necessary attributes of a digital currency with inherent utility. China has been vocally critical of...

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Russia May Postpone Implementation of Cryptocurrency Law

July 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation

Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market revealed that Russia's digital financial assets law has been practically agreed upon but it may be postponed to autumn because the authorities have been unable to reach a concrete agreement on how bitcoin and altcoins should be handled...

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Longfin CEO Charged by Prosecutors for Propping up Books

June 6, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at News, Regulation

Longfin, a FinTech company specializing in structured trade solutions, was previously charged by the SEC for securities fraud and froze $27 million worth of assets. In a press release, the SEC revealed they are now charging ex-CEO, Venkata Meenavalli, with cooking the books and faking 90 percent of the company's...

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Ex-Congressman Condemns Rep. Brad Sherman’s Harsh Crypto Stance

May 15, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Bitcoin, Commentary, News

Ronald Ernest Paul, a retired United States politician who contested for presidency in 1988, 2008 and 2012, has condemned the draconian stance of Rep.Brad Sherman towards bitcoin and other digital assets. Paul has also advised the U.S. government to stop interfering in the matters of blockchain-based virtual currencies, reports Yahoo...

IOHK and Polymath Partner Up for First Security Token Blockchain

May 14, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, Blockchain, News, Regulation

Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), the company behind Cardano and the Ouroboros protocol, are launching the worlds first security token blockchain alongside security token issuance platform Polymath, as announced on May 13, 2019, at Consensus. This blockchain will be the first of its kind with Hoskinson as the chief architect. ...

High Net Worth Individuals are Increasing Their Exposure to Cryptocurrencies

May 5, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, Investment, News

A survrey conducted by deVere Group showed 68 percent of their clients have already invested in or plan to invest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple, as reported on May 3, 2019, by TechRound. Cryptocurrency for the Elite The poll carried out by deVere Group, an independent financial advisor,...

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Ethereum-Powered Crypto Trading Platform dYdX Goes Live

May 3, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Ethereum, Exchange, Investment, News

Ethereum-based trustless digital asset trading venture, dYdX, has gone live and is now open to the public as announced by dYdX announced in a Medium post, May 1, 2019. The highly anticipated project, backed by the likes of Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain Capital, enables traders to trade ETH using leverage...

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Digital Assets Data Raises $6 Million from Digital Currency Group and Others

May 1, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, Business, Investment, News

Digital Assets Data is launching a crypto data platform to deliver institutional grade insights to investment funds. The customer base will encompass everything from family offices to hedge funds. This according to a Venture Beat, report April 30, 2019. Financing the Future The demand for cryptocurrency market data has been...

Morgan Creek Invests in Ikigai Crypto Asset Management Firm

March 22, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News

Morgan Creek Digital has invested an undisclosed amount in Ikigai Asset Management, a cryptocurrency and digital asset management firm that claims to be focused on generating superior risk-adjusted returns for its clients through venture-stage pre-Initial Coin Offering (ICO) investments, according to a Business Wire press release on March 20, 2019....

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