Amung AG, a Switzerland-based digital asset investment company, known for its exchange-traded products (ETPs), plans to list them on at least two new European regulated exchanges, and believes that the trading volume will come from retail investors. Today, the exchange-traded products issuer lists cryptoasset investment products on the SIX Swiss Exchange, BX Swiss and Read…
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Fidelity Digital Assets announces expansion, launching its services in Europe with registration in the U.K. Fidelity Investments’ cryptocurrency branch Fidelity Digital Assets is expanding to the United Kingdom. “We plan to provide our services to European institutional investors through our U.K.-registered entity, Fidelity Digital Assets, Ltd,” a Fidelity Digital Assets representative told Cointelegraph on Dec.…
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Recent research from the European Central Bank showed that it is possible to develop a central bank digital currency payment system that protects user privacy. Recent research by the European Central Bank (ECB) claims that it is possible to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) payment system that protects user privacy. Per the report…
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When it comes to making crypto predictions for 2020, Ryan Selkis, CEO of crypto researcher Messari has written the book on the subject – literally. His 71-page Crypto Theses for 2020 is quite a tome, and would take hours to read in full – which is why we’ve read it for you, and sifted out…
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ISIS experiments with blockchain-based messaging app BCM to share videos and propaganda after being banned from Telegram. Terrorist organization ISIS has turned to blockchain technology to anonymously spread videos and propaganda to thousands of people worldwide. A Vice report on Dec. 13th noted that experts who track ISIS’s activities online have found that supporters of…
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As mistakes do ‘happen,’ Ethereum (ETH) is now forced to have another hard fork in January, less than a month after the Istanbul upgrade. During the Istanbul update earlier this month, the developers have made a mistake in estimating when the feature known as the difficulty bomb which slows down blocks, aka Ice Age, would…
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OKEx new feature aims to stimulate Dai trading, while statistics show that Tether still controls the lion’s share of the stablecoin market. Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has added support for a new feature that allows users of stablecoin Dai (DAI) to earn interest by staking their holdings. In a blog post on Dec. 17, OKEx…
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The amount of Venezuelan bolivars traded against Bitcoin hit another all-time high last week amid hyperinflation in the country. The volume of Venezuelan bolivars traded against Bitcoin (BTC) on the LocalBitcoins platform another all-time high last week amid rampant hyperinflation in the country. According to Bitcoin statistics website Coin Dance, bolivar volumes on peer-to-peer exchange…
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Cryptocurrency-related scams are prevalent among Japanese high school children – but it looks like the nation’s youth is already wise to bogus promises and get-rich-quick schemes. Per Ryuku Shimpo, the education authority of the Okinawa Prefecture last month conducted a survey at 88 high schools in the region – and has discovered that no students…
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State Street Corporation and Gemini cryptocurrency exchange will launch a pilot on digital asset reporting. A new collaboration between financial services firm State Street Corporation and the Winklevoss’ Gemini cryptocurrency exchange will launch a reporting pilot for cryptocurrency holdings under custody. Per a press release published on Dec. 17, the two entities launched a new…
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