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Blockchain Payments Firm Bitspark Releases Stablecoin Pegged to Philippine Peso - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...coin-pegged-to-philippine-peso

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  • John Kiff on 25 Apr 19
     
    Bitspark, a blockchain-based bankless money transfer solution, will launch a Philippine Peso pegged cryptocurrency for money transfers dubbed "peg.PHP."
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Top 3 Japanese Bank to Roll Out Services on Marco Polo Blockchain - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/vices-on-marco-polo-blockchain

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  • John Kiff on 25 Apr 19
     
    Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation will launch its blockchain-based Marco Polo trade finance platform later this year.
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Report: Samsung Planning New Blockchain Mainnet Featuring Samsung Coin - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...mainnet-featuring-samsung-coin

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  • John Kiff on 24 Apr 19
     
    Samsung may be developing a public-private blockchain based on Ethereum (ETH) along with a new asset dubbed Samsung Coin.
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China's Foreign Exchange Regulator Piloting Blockchain in Trade Finance - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/ng-blockchain-in-trade-finance

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  • John Kiff on 24 Apr 19
     
    The agency that regulates and manages China's foreign exchange reserves has developed a blockchain system aimed to address inefficiencies in cross-border trade finance.
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French Lender Societe Generale Issues $112 Million Bond on Ethereum - CoinDesk - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/s-112-million-bond-on-ethereum

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  • John Kiff on 24 Apr 19
     
    Societe Generale issued EUR100 million of covered bonds in the form of a security token on the ethereum blockchain. However the bank issued the securities to itself and no outside buyers were involved.
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IMF Spring Meetings: Digital Money Is Imminent, But No Decentralization in Sight - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...t-no-decentralization-in-sight

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  • John Kiff on 24 Apr 19
     
    Nice summary of Fintech activities at the IMF/WB Spring Meetings.
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Researchers: DEXs plagued by malicious trading bots - 0 views

bravenewcoin.com/...gued-by-malicious-trading-bots

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  • John Kiff on 24 Apr 19
     
    "Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges" uncovers a number of significant details surrounding the activity of malicious trading bots on decentralized exchanges.
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Life's a breach: banks settle uncomfortably into GDPR - 0 views

www.risk.net/...settle-uncomfortably-into-gdpr

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  • John Kiff on 24 Apr 19
     
    The EU's GDPR requires reporting of data breaches to authorities within 72 hours. The maximum penalty for failing to do so is 4% of a year's revenue. The number of breaches reported across Europe varies widely.
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Can IBM's World Wire Be The Answer To Cryptocurrency Payments? - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...nts-or-do-we-need-more-options

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  • John Kiff on 23 Apr 19
     
    The cross-border payment applications of Ripple, JPM Coin, and World Wire aim mainly at financial and enterprise institutions. None are designed for the other side of the market.
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Motivations and prospects for central bank digital currency - 0 views

www.centralbanking.com/...-central-bank-digital-currency

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  • John Kiff on 23 Apr 19
     
    So far, most central banks remain a long way from issuing CBDC of any kind. But given that technology has been progressing fast in the settlement and payment areas, as well as DLT, it is possible central banks may increase their interest in retail and wholesale CBDC proposals based on DLT and consider actual implementation seriously in the near future.
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Binance DEX Launches on Native Mainnet Earlier Than Planned, Invites Community Input - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...lanned-invites-community-input

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  • John Kiff on 23 Apr 19
     
    Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by adjusted volume, has launched its decentralized trading platform (DEX). A DEX enables users to trade P2P, using smart contracts to automate deal matching and asset liquidation.
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IMF / World Bank shares CBDC learnings from educational blockchain - 0 views

www.ledgerinsights.com/-bank-blockchain-learning-coin

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  • John Kiff on 23 Apr 19
     
    The International Monetary Fund and World Bank have been exploring blockchain together by creating a Learning Coin.
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Aa Traditional Remittance Rates Soar, Crypto-Baaed Transfers Can Cut Costs in Africa by... - 0 views

news.bitcoin.com/mittance-costs-in-africa-by-90

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  • John Kiff on 23 Apr 19
     
    On average, it costs 9.3% to send the equivalent of $200 to the Africa according to a new World Bank report. However, the cost drops by as much as 90% when money is sent through cryptocurrency-based fintech companies like Bitpesa.
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How Ambiguous Regulations Complicate Crypto Taxation - 0 views

news.bitcoin.com/ons-complicate-crypto-taxation

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  • John Kiff on 23 Apr 19
     
    Crypto-asset taxation in major bitcoin strongholds is complicated. Contradictory or non-existent laws, excessive red tape, and maddeningly vague guidelines have conspired to make the tax-paying process more arduous than it need be.
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How Tokenization Opens A New World Of Asset Management And Investment - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...sset-management-and-investment

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  • John Kiff on 23 Apr 19
     
    The blockchain offers a way to remove intermediaries from the equation and make the tokenization and transfer of assets peer-to-peer and far more liquid and tradable and also help reach different assets not amenable to securitisation.
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You Can Now Shop With Bitcoin on Amazon Using Lightning - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/coin-on-amazon-using-lightning

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  • John Kiff on 23 Apr 19
     
    Bitcoin spenders can now use the lightning network to shop at e-commerce sites like Amazon. Crypto payment processing startup Moon has announced that any lightning-enabled wallet can now also be used through Moon's browser extension.
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Why Goldman Sachs raised $22M for no code tech firm Unqork - 0 views

www.americanbanker.com/...m-for-no-code-tech-firm-unqork

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  • John Kiff on 22 Apr 19
     
    Unqork is a platform that allows users to drag and drop prebuilt modules into a useful workflow to quickly create financial services applications without the need for developers to create any code, to radically accelerate client acquisition and onboarding.
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E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Opens Its New Crypto Exchange to Customers - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/w-crypto-exchange-to-customers

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  • John Kiff on 22 Apr 19
     
    Japan's equivalent to Amazon, e-commerce giant Rakuten, has started accepting account registrations for its new cryptocurrency exchange, Rakuten Wallet.
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Anchor Cryptocurrency Stablecoin Holdings: How Does it Work? - 0 views

bitcoinexchangeguide.com/tocurrency-stablecoin-holdings

Fintech CryptoAssets Tokenization

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  • John Kiff on 22 Apr 19
     
    Anchor Tokens mirror global economic growth by tracking a proprietary monetary measurement unit based on the value of fiat currencies, national GDP and bond yields from more than 190 countries.
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You Can Now Own Tokenized Shares of SpaceX Stock - 0 views

beincrypto.com/kenized-shares-of-spacex-stock

Fintech CryptoAssets Tokenization

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  • John Kiff on 22 Apr 19
     
    Ambisafe is launching a project which will purchase SpaceX shares and then tokenize them to be traded on a secondary market. (SpaceX shares are restricted securities and cannot be traded on public exchanges.)
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