The task force’s so-called “travel rule” calls for virtual asset service providers to gather personal data during transactions. Today during a panel at BlockShow Asia 2019, a group of cryptocurrency industry leaders announced the creation of a protocol that aims to maintain privacy while complying with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) regulation. The FATF’s so-called…
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German regulator federal financial supervisory authority issued a warning against Bulgarian cryptocurrency broker 5 Capital. German regulator federal financial supervisory authority (BaFin) issued a warning against Bulgarian cryptocurrency broker 5 Capital on Nov. 11. The regulator has barred 5 Capital from operating in the country since the firm illegally offered Contracts for Difference (CFDs) designed…
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Faster payments on an optimized blockchain. Speaking at BlockShow Asia 2019, aBey Foundation co-founder Dr. Ciprian Pungila announced aPay, a payment system that lets the cryptocurrency community use its assets for daily payments via credit card integrations. aPay users can send their cryptocurrencies to the platform and gain access to three different credit cards that…
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Despite the pullback to $177, Ether’s USD and BTC pairs continue to flash bullish signals hinting at a potential run-up to the 200 DMA. This past week, Bitcoin (BTC) price had many investors biting their nails as the top crypto asset turned bearish and is currently fighting to stay above crucial support at $8,300. Meanwhile,…
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In this week’s news from Cointelegraph Japan, a new association promoting crypto assets in antiquing was born and a well-known trader was arrested. In this week’s selected cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news from Japan, a new association promoting crypto assets in antiquing was born, a well-known cryptocurrency trader was arrested and the Kyoto University started participating…
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Binance CEO’s thoughts on China’s digital currency and insights on the future of stablecoins were just some of the highlights from this year’s BlockShow Asia. Couldn’t make it to this year’s BlockShow Asia? Don’t worry. Cointelegraph has you covered with some key highlights of BlockShow Asia 2019 held Nov. 14-15 in Singapore. Cointelegraph moderated the…
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Welcome to your crypto-week summary. Let’s see what happened. While financial professionals say BTC will outperform S&P 500, a Manhattan condo was paid for with BTC and Buterin said that Bitcoiners may change their minds on PoS. Bakkt opened its Bakkt Warehouse to all institutions, Justin Sun confirmed that he invested in Poloniex and TRX…
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Bitcoin price is teetering on the edge of more downside and is at risk of crashing below $8,400 as the bulls are running out of time to step up. Bitcoin (BTC) price is still retracing from the massive rally two weeks ago, which leads the sentiment to turn bearish. Several signs indicate that the price…
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A peek at the Reserve Bank of India’s views on cryptocurrency regulation and its exploration of central bank digital currencies. Cryptocurrencies, with a market capitalization of over $200 billion, can no longer be dismissed as just a fad. While still making up only a tiny fraction of overall global financial markets, they have matured from…
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Ten years in, and crypto is still largely unregulated and uncontrolled in many parts of the world. But over the past couple of years, a growing number of countries have introduced cryptocurrency regulations, with varying degrees of permissiveness and restrictiveness. These countries include Switzerland, Japan, Lithuania, Malta, and Mexico, which in previous years have Read…
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