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John Kiff

Bundesbank confirms that blockchain is slower and more expensive than traditional settl... - 0 views

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    A trial project using blockchain to transfer and settle securities and cash proved more costly and less speedy than the traditional way, Germany's central bank president said.
John Kiff

Grayscale: BTC Holdings Make Up $1.97B of $2.1B Assets Under Management - 0 views

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    American digital asset manager Grayscale announced that out of the firm's $2.1 billion of assets under management, $1.97 billion resides in its bitcoin investment trust.
John Kiff

Has Blockchain Technology Crossed the Chasm? - 0 views

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    Several finance-related blockchain projects are progressing nicely, and trading technology firms are releasing products for professional traders aimed at the institutional crypto investment market. But blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies are far from crossing the chasm.
John Kiff

FSB publishes updates on work to assess and address correspondent banking declines - 0 views

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    The Financial Stability Board published two reports as part of its work on work to assess and address correspondent banking declines.
John Kiff

Monetary Stabilization in Cryptocurrencies - Design Approaches and Open Questions - 0 views

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    This paper systematically explores and analyzes the stablecoin landscape, based on a survey of 24 specific stablecoin projects, extracting general concepts and approaches to build a comprehensive taxonomy of crypto-asset stabilization.
John Kiff

Dark pool and OTC crypto trading growing as market begins to resemble traditional asset... - 0 views

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    An Aite Group report shows that the OTC market accounted for 60% of all crypto trades in 2018, up from 32% in 2016. Dark pool trading comprised 8% of volumes in 2018.
John Kiff

TRON Could Be A Major Altcoin Pick For 2019 - 0 views

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    TRON is a decentralized application platform and a blockchain-based operating system. The initial objective of this platform was to help resolve issues in the global entertainment sector. They later expanded the scope of their vision to tackle the whole DApps market.
John Kiff

MakerDAO Finally Approves DAI Fee Decrease After 11-Day Deliberation - 0 views

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    After nearly two weeks of continuous voting, MakerDAO token holders have officially activated a decrease to DAI stablecoin fees. DAI is an ethereum-based token which presently maintains a soft peg to the U.S. dollar.
John Kiff

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    Silicon Valley fintech group Plaid has expanded to the UK as it seeks to capitalise on Britain's push to open up banking. Plaid provides the technology for other financial technology companies to link to customers' bank accounts via apps such as Venmo and Coinbase.
John Kiff

Dubai Government and UAE Bank Unveil Blockchain-Based Mortgage Platform - 0 views

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    The Dubai Land Department, the real estate arm of the Executive Council of Dubai, has partnered with UAE-based Mashreq Bank to release a blockchain-based mortgage platform.
John Kiff

IOSCO requests feedback on key considerations for regulating crypto-asset trading platf... - 1 views

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    The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions is seeking comments on a consultation paper that describes the issues associated with crypto-asset trading platforms (CTPs) and sets forth key considerations to assist regulatory authorities in addressing these issues.
John Kiff

BitPay, and Hence AT&T, Supports Five Cryptocurrencies - 0 views

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    BitPay supports settlement in 12 currencies and direct bank deposit in 37 countries. Cryptocurrency settlements are supported in over 200 countries. Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Gemini Dollars (GUSD), Paxos (PAX), and Circle USD Coin (USDC)
John Kiff

FSB updates G20 on its work related to cyber incident response and recovery - 0 views

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    The FSB is developing a toolkit of effective practices relating to a financial institution's response to, and recovery from, a cyber incident. The toolkit also aims to help supervisors and other relevant authorities in supporting financial institutions before, during and after a cyber incident.
John Kiff

Facebook held talks with Winklevoss twins over new currency - 0 views

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    To make sure that its new currency, a digital coin linked to the value of the dollar, is liquid and tradeable, Facebook has talked to Jump and DRW, Chicago's biggest high-frequency trading firms about making a market, according to two people familiar with the talks.
John Kiff

Iran Developing National Blockchain Platform on IBM Hyperledger Fabric - 1 views

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    The Central Bank of Iran (CBI), via its Informatics and Services Corporation (ISC) and in conjunction with Areatak - a Tehran-based blockchain solutions provider - is developing a national blockchain project for its banking and financial sector.
John Kiff

Egypt: Central Bank's Draft Law Requires Licenses for Crypto-Related Activities - 1 views

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    A new banking law drafted for the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) would make it mandatory to obtain licenses in advance of creating, advertising or operating platforms for issuing or trading cryptocurrencies.
John Kiff

Sharia compliant Halal-Pesa introduced in Tanzania - 0 views

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    VODACOM Tanzania in partnership with Amana Bank has launched a new M-Pesa mobile service dubbed "Halal Pesa" to reach out to the Muslim population who are excluded in the current mobile money services.
John Kiff

The Need for a Federal Alternative to State Money Transmission Licensing - 0 views

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    U.S payment startups are running headlong into a thicket of federal and fragmented state money transmitter regulations, resulting in large fees and often redundant compliance costs.
John Kiff

South Korea's Shinhan Bank Turns to Blockchain to Speed Up Loan Issuance - 0 views

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    South Korean bank Shinhan is using blockchain technology to verify the items of proof required for credit lending, such as qualification or certification documents, to speed up loan approvals.
John Kiff

JPMorgan Adds New Privacy Features to Its Ethereum-Based Quorum Blockchain - 0 views

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    JPMorgan Chase's blockchain team has developed a privacy feature for ethereum-based blockchains, obscuring not only how much money is being sent but who is sending it.
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