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The stage is set for the debate over cryptocurrency and blockchain legislation in South Korea. Advertisements South Korean legislators have drafted bills intended to provide a framework for the regulation of cryptocurrency exchanges, initial coin offerings, and blockchain technology, according to The Korea Times. The bills will be submitted during an extraordinary session that will […]

A recent staff analytical note from Canada’s central bank points to increased bitcoin knowledge and utilization across the country. Advertisements This month, the Bank of Canada, the country’s central bank, released a staff analytical note analyzing the results of a survey it conducted to assess the Canadian population’s general awareness of bitcoin. The survey took […]

One month after reports surfaced that R3 was running out of money, the startup has launched Corda Enterprise, which it says includes a “unique Blockchain Application Firewall for businesses.” Advertisements On July 10, 2018, R3 announced the launch of Corda Enterprise, a commercial version of Corda, the company’s open-source blockchain, which has been around since […]

With Minerac, the collaborators hope to increase the efficiency of mineral supply chain operations while boosting profits. Advertisements According to a July 9 announcement, blockchain software company ConsenSys and the cloud-based metal concentrates exchange Open Mineral have collaborated to develop a blockchain conglomerate intended to improve mineral commodities trading and supply chain management. The blockchain […]

The European Union’s fifth anti-money laundering directive came into force yesterday but is already being criticized; some stakeholders are calling for further reform. Advertisements Two years of talks inside the EU on how to improve control measures for digital payments and cryptocurrencies have led to a fifth version of the EU’s anti-money laundering (AML) directive. […]

Life used to be different for “Crypto Shaolin.” Advertisements Long before he was known by his current nickname, he’d follow tourists in the heat of central Africa, swinging an ice box and offering them a chilly bottle of Coca Cola or Fanta with a sugary smile to match. But as chipper as his demeanor made […]

Oasis Labs reportedly attracted $45 million in investments from a handful of venture capital firms, including Andreessen Horowitz. Advertisements In a launch announcement this morning, Oasis Labs shared its goal of building a “privacy-first, high-performance cloud computing platform on blockchain.” Headquartered in Berkeley, California, the company boasts an executive team with impressive academic credentials. In […]

The Chinese bank is looking to blockchain technology to increase efficiency and improve customer service for financial asset exchange. Advertisements A patent application from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) outlining a blockchain platform intended to improve financial asset exchange has been published. The institution is one of the world’s largest in terms […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has released a notice requesting that investment firms disclose their involvement in cryptocurrencies. Advertisements On Friday, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released a regulatory notice advising that all member firms are to report all cryptocurrency dealings. FINRA is a self-regulatory US organization that oversees securities brokers and has the […]

Bof head of digitalization Aleksi Grym has published a scathing analysis of digital currencies in a recent report that calls them “a fallacy.” Advertisements A new research paper from the Bank of Finland (BoF) is titled The Great Illusion of Digital Currencies. It includes a note clarifying the BoF Economics Review is an analytical study […]