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John Kiff

How Many Stablecoins Are There? - 0 views

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    With 147 projects announced throughout the year, 2018 was dubbed the year of stablecoins. This year, the rate of stablecoin announcements has stabilized , with 19 diverse projects announced throughout the first quarter of 2019.
John Kiff

Meet the Universal Euro - Universal Protocol - 0 views

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    UPEUR is a stablecoin pegged at a 1:1 ratio with the Euro. Once a Universal Euro has been minted, a record of this transaction is recorded on the Ethereum blockchain. It will be Euro-pegged, and available directly on Uphold and other participating exchanges.
John Kiff

Kinesis Currencies Now Sharia Law Compliant - 0 views

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    "This review has resulted in Kinesis being awarded a Sharia-compliant certificate for the Kinesis Velocity Token (KVT), Kinesis currencies (KAU and KAG), the Kinesis Blockchain Network (KBN) and the Kinesis Currency Exchange (KCX)."
John Kiff

World Economic Forum: Three things you need to know about securing a blockchain - 0 views

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    Blockchain technologies are revolutionary in many ways, but the simple fact that blockchain is different need not require a wholly new security paradigm.
John Kiff

Kenya's financial inclusion rate passes 80% - 0 views

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    In Kenya, formal financial inclusion has risen to 83% from 27% in 2006, while complete exclusion has narrowed to 11% from 41%. Also, the disparities in financial access between rich and poor, men and women, and rural and urban areas also declined remarkably.
John Kiff

Western Union Integrates With Crypto Wallet to Expand Philippines Remittances - 0 views

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    Western Union has teamed up with blockchain startup Coins.ph to enable residents of the Philippines to more easily receive cash remittances. While Western Union has previously teased possible relationships with Ripple and Coinbase, neither came to fruition.
John Kiff

Inwara 2019 Q1 ICO/STO Report - 0 views

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    According to InWara's quarterly crypto space report the number of ICOs declined by nearly 60% dramatically during Q1 2019, but the number of STOs increased by 130%.
John Kiff

Ripple Building: First Fiat--InterLedger Protocol (ILP) Connector Launched - 0 views

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    "The Ripple development team has launched the first fiat InterLedger Protocol (ILP) connector, and it is expected to be a big step towards interoperability with traditional financial systems and gain massive adoption."
John Kiff

Real-time-payments monopoly puts financial system at risk - 0 views

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    "The Federal Reserve Board is considering a decision about the future of digital banking that goes well beyond the narrow question of whether now is the time to transition to immediate payments. The board will decide whether the Federal Reserve will continue to play an operation role in digital payments."
John Kiff

Cryptocurrency and Other Digital Assets for Asset Managers - 0 views

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    Law firm Davis Polk discusses the current US regulatory framework applicable to cryptocurrency and other digital asset investment funds offered to US investors.
John Kiff

BigTech and the changing structure of financial intermediation - 0 views

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    Differences in the development of FinTech credit reflect differences in income and financial market structure. The higher a country's income and the less competitive its banking system, the larger the FinTech credit volume.
John Kiff

Tunisian central bank explores digital dinar - 0 views

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    Tunisia is looking to be a pioneer in implementing blockchain as the country's central bank explores the use of the technology for a national digital dinar.
John Kiff

New report evaluates stablecoin contenders and the sector's likely evolution - 0 views

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    A new report from Techemy Capital identifies winning and losing business models, explores underwriting options beyond "cash in the bank" and predicts the likely stablecoin market evolution through to 2022.
John Kiff

Chinese Bitcoin Investors Are Happily Paying a Markup For Tethers - 0 views

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    The Tether (USDT) premium is going up because after the PBoC ICO/exchange ban, the most convenient way to buy cryptos in China, is to buy stable coins like USDT first using OTC, and then trade it into any cryptos on exchanges.
John Kiff

Bitcoin Cash Spikes 12%: Is the Anticipated "Altcoin Season" Imminent? - 0 views

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    Bitcoin is said to have increased in value by a large margin in the last seven days primarily due to the liquidation of around half a billion dollars worth of short contracts on exchanges like BitMEX.
John Kiff

Returns on Crypto Assets: The Hidden Message - 0 views

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    The past couple of weeks have seen a flurry of headlines proclaiming a relatively new type of crypto asset return: income, not from trading or realizing profits, but from just holding the cryptocurrencies and tokens.
John Kiff

What's Behind Bitcoin's Mysterious Surge - 0 views

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    VanEck's Gabor Gurbacs said the big crypto price jump on April 1 was related to a short squeeze following a big CME bitcoin futures expiry the previous Friday.
John Kiff

People Are 'Waking Up' - 40% Drop in Dormant Wallets Fueling Bitcoin Rally - 0 views

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    The latest surge in Bitcoin price may have been caused by increased activity across the board as the number of active wallets has risen by as much as 40-60 percent, according to the latest data and industry analysts.
John Kiff

A Balanced Approach to Fintech Regulation and Innovation-at Home and Abroad - 0 views

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    IMF's DMD David Lipton: Countries facing the challenge of Fintech have legitimate concerns about competition, about the market power of technology giants, and the cyber-risks and social disruptions that may accompany rapid technological change. Many countries worry about how data is collected and used; and how IT firms are taxed. We need to ensure that our actions enable us all together to maximize the benefits of Fintech for the benefit of all our citizens.
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