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John Kiff

Crypto Token HBAR Is Tanking and Hedera Hashgraph Is Looking for a Fix - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/hashgraph-is-looking-for-a-fix

Hashgraph Fintech AltCoins CryptoAssets

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  • John Kiff on 03 Oct 19
     
    In a little over two weeks, Hedera Hashgraph's HBAR cryptocurrency has dipped from a high of $0.36 cents to around $0.03 as of press time. The blockchain-like network's CEO now says he will re-evaluate the token's economic model and potentially change HBAR's distribution schedule to give the company time to reassess.
John Kiff

Coinbase to Pay Users 1.25% Interest on USDC Stablecoin Holdings - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/st-on-usdc-stablecoin-holdings

Fintech CryptoAssets AltCoins Stablecoins USDC Coinbase

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    Coinbase customers can now earn interest on their USDC stablecoin holdings at a 1.25% annual rate, paid out on a monthly basis.
John Kiff

Librexits look likely - 0 views

www.ft.com/...c4-e529-11e9-9743-db5a370481bc

Fintech CryptoAssets AltCoins Stablecoins Facebook

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    Like the European Union, Facebook's Libra Association has 28 members, and both organisations face defections in the coming weeks. Brexit could be accompanied by Vexit and Mexit, according to reports.
John Kiff

Visa, Mastercard, Others Reconsider Involvement in Facebook's Libra Network - 0 views

www.wsj.com/...ok-s-libra-network-11569967023

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    Policy executives from the Libra Association have been summoned to an October 3 meeting in Washington DC, and on the 14th representatives from the companies are slated to meet in Geneva to review a charter for the Libra Association and appoint a board of directors.
John Kiff

The Bank of Mexico Launches the CoDi Faster Payments System - 0 views

www.banxico.org.mx/...-04EF-D191-C57F6A082B35%7D.pdf

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    Mexican central bank's real-time payment system CoDi (Cobro Digital, Digital Charge) went live on September 30. Use of the payment system, which uses QR codes or NFC, requires a smartphone and an account at a financial institution.
John Kiff

Ripple's Xpring Launches Crypto, Fiat Payments That Integrate Into Any App - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/ts-that-integrate-into-any-app

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    Ripple's Xpring is launching a platform it says makes it possible for developers to integrate fiat and cryptocurrency payments into any application.
John Kiff

Does Africa need Facebook's Libra? - 0 views

www.thebanker.com/...s-Africa-need-Facebook-s-Libra

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    One of the key selling points of Facebook's Libra project was that it would prove a boon the world's 1.7 billion-strong unbanked community. Over in Africa, however, the humble mobile phone has been fulfilling such a role for the past 20 years.
John Kiff

Facebook Libra Payments Partners Waver on Cryptocurrency - 0 views

www.bloomberg.com/...aver-on-cryptocurrency-support

Fintech CryptoAssets AltCoins Stablecoins Facebook PaymentSystems

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., PayPal Holdings Inc. and Stripe Inc. are undecided about formally signing onto Libra's organizing charter because they're concerned about maintaining positive relationships with regulators who have reservations about the project, the people said.
John Kiff

Where Top US Banks Are Betting On Fintech - 0 views

www.cbinsights.com/...ntech-investments-top-us-banks

Fintech

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    US banks are future-proofing by actively investing in fintech startups. In 2019 YTD, US banks have participated in 24 equity deals to fintech companies. This follows a record 2018, where US banks backed 45 equity deals to fintech startups - a 180% increase from 2017.
John Kiff

What Is Custody of Digital Assets? - 0 views

tabbforum.com/...t-is-custody-of-digital-assets

Fintech CryptoAssets Custody Institutionalization

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    For anyone working in the digital assets space - be it cryptocurrencies or asset tokenization - the question of how the custody industry can evolve to support digital assets is still unresolved. The starting point perhaps should be: What do we actually mean by digital custody?
John Kiff

Building FinTech Ecosystems: Regulatory Sandboxes, Innovation Hubs and Beyond - 0 views

papers.ssrn.com/...papers.cfm

Fintech Regulation Sandboxes

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    The paper presents data on regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs and argues that the data so far available does not justify the statement that regulatory sandboxes are the most effective approach to building FinTech ecosystems.
John Kiff

Switzerland's FINMA boss fears crypto's 'dark corners,' not Libra - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...s-facebook-libra-idUSKBN1WG3UL

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  • John Kiff on 02 Oct 19
     
    Switzerland is more worried about cryptocurrency projects developing outside official scrutiny than about the Facebook-conceived Libra project, which is being handled with openness, the head of Swiss financial supervisor FINMA said on Tuesday.
John Kiff

Revolut Partners with Visa to Expand Into North, South America and Asia - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...o-north-south-america-and-asia

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  • John Kiff on 01 Oct 19
     
    UK-based digital banking app Revolut announced a major partnership with Visa to expand its services globally across 24 new markets, including North America.
John Kiff

Luigi Zingales on How Digital Robber Barons Kill Innovation - 0 views

promarket.org/novation-stigler-center-senate

Bigtech Fintech

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  • John Kiff on 01 Oct 19
     
    "There is a need to update antitrust laws for the Digital Age, introducing better analytical tools to take into account the impact of potential and nascent competitors, and to deliver enforcement that protects competition on the merits, and prevents exclusionary conduct."
John Kiff

Venezuelan Central Bank to Open Crypto Payments - 0 views

www.financemagnates.com/...l-bank-to-open-crypto-payments

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  • John Kiff on 01 Oct 19
     
    The Venezuelan government is activating cryptocurrency payments methods to circumvent the international restrictions imposed on it.
John Kiff

LedgerX Claims 'Personal Animus' Drove Ex-CFTC Chair to Stall Approvals - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/-cftc-chair-to-stall-approvals

Fintech CryptoAssets Regulation Liquidity

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  • John Kiff on 01 Oct 19
     
    LedgerX executives claim the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is treating them unfairly - because of a blog post.
John Kiff

This Cryptocurrency Just Surpassed Bitcoin In One Key Adoption Metric - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...oin-in-one-key-adoption-metric

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  • John Kiff on 01 Oct 19
     
    Ethereum briefly passed Bitcoin in one key area last week: total daily USD-denominated transaction fees. In fact, Ethereum miners collected more in fees than Bitcoin miners on this past Saturday and Sunday too, according to Coin Metrics.
John Kiff

Yes, BitMEX Liquidations Caused Bitcoin Price to Crash; Here's How - 0 views

bitcoinist.com/tcoin-price-to-crash-heres-how

Bitcoin CryptoAssets Fintech BitMex

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  • John Kiff on 01 Oct 19
     
    The bitcoin market bloodbath has continued, with BTC testing the $7750 support on Thursday (September 26). It all began on the 25th, with the spread widening on BitMEX and futures contracts getting continuously liquidated....
John Kiff

California BitLicense Exposes Fault Lines Among Cryptocurrency Advocates - 0 views

www.forbes.com/...among-cryptocurrency-advocates

Fintech CryptoAssets Regulation Wyoming

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  • John Kiff on 01 Oct 19
     
    There is a rift emerging in the crypto sector.  California's AB 1489 (the "CA Act") which is modeled on the Uniform Law Commission's (ULC's) Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act (the "Model Act") seeks to regulate companies engaged in virtual currency business activity.  Not everyone is on board.
John Kiff

Will Libra Catalyze a Token Revolution in Finance? - 0 views

tabbforum.com/...-a-token-revolution-in-finance

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  • John Kiff on 01 Oct 19
     
    TABB Group director of fintech research Monica Summerville looks at the developing regulatory framework for cryptoassets and the future of tokenization.
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