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John Kiff

Beyond KYC: Global Regulators Appear Set to Adopt Tough New Rules for Crypto Exchanges - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/new-rules-for-crypto-exchanges

Fintech CryptoAssets AMLCFT

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  • John Kiff on 20 May 19
     
    New Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards for regulating crypto firms are expected to be finalized in June. They will likely subject crypto exchanges, wallet providers and others to the "travel rule" followed by correspondent banks.
John Kiff

Inflation Bug Still a Danger to More Than Half of All Bitcoin Full Nodes - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...half-of-all-bitcoin-full-nodes

Fintech CryptoAssets Bitcoin CyberRisk

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  • John Kiff on 20 May 19
     
    More than half of the full nodes in the bitcoin network are still running client software vulnerable to an inflation bug that could allow miners to inflate the total bitcoin supply beyond the 21 million BTC.
John Kiff

In Code(rs) We Trust: Software Developers as Fiduciaries in Public Blockchains - 0 views

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

Fintech Blockchain

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  • John Kiff on 20 May 19
     
    This paper addresses the myth of decentralized governance of public blockchains, arguing that certain people who create, operate, or reshape them function much like fiduciaries of those who rely on these powerful data structures.
John Kiff

How Are Crypto Traders Distributed Across the Globe? - 0 views

datalight.me/...s-distributed-across-the-globe

CryptoAssets Liquidity Fintech

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  • John Kiff on 19 May 19
     
    Datalight analyzed website traffic data from 100 top crypto exchanges to determine where traders are located. With 22M traders, the US ranks first, with 6.2M Japan ranks second, South Korea ranks third with 5.7M, followed by the UK, Russia, Brazil, Germany, Vietnam, Turkey and Canada.
John Kiff

Circle Releases Another Attestation Report on Stablecoin USDC's USD Reserves - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...-stablecoin-usdcs-usd-reserves

Fintech CryptoAssets AltCoins Stablecoins

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  • John Kiff on 19 May 19
     
    Circle has published the latest third-party (Grant Thornton) audit of its USD-pegged stablecoin, USD Coin. It states that as of end-April there were 293,184,174 USDC issued and $293,351,374 in the firm's reserves.
John Kiff

Number go down - the single trade that crashed Bitcoin - 0 views

davidgerard.co.uk/...gle-trade-that-crashed-bitcoin

CryptoAssets Fintech Bitcoin

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  • John Kiff on 19 May 19
     
    The Bitcoin price goes up and down with weird jumps in the graph - nicknamed "Barts," after the shape of Bart Simpson's haircut - the telltale signs of market manipulation.
John Kiff

Bitcoin price and its marginal cost of production: supporting evidence - 0 views

www.researchgate.net/...production_supporting_evidence

Fintech CryptoAssets Bitcoin

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  • John Kiff on 18 May 19
     
    This study back-tests a marginal cost of production Bitcoin valuation model. The model, which JP Morgan uses for its valuation analysis, seems robust and challenges allegations that bitcoins are essentially worthless.
John Kiff

Lack of Banking Options a Big Problem for Crypto Businesses - 0 views

www.wsj.com/...-crypto-businesses-11558092600

Fintech Liquidity CryptoAssets

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  • John Kiff on 18 May 19
     
    Banks, wary of the drug dealers and scammers attracted to the anonymity of cryptocurrency, shun many of the firms behind the electronic money, leaving them to turn to shadowy middlemen for payment processing and other financial services.
John Kiff

What Crypto Exchanges Do to Comply With KYC, AML and CFT Regulations - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...th-kyc-aml-and-cft-regulations

Fintech CryptoAssets Liquidity AMLCFT

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  • John Kiff on 18 May 19
     
    The process of AML/CFT regulatory compliance involves KYC (know your customer) throughout transaction lifecycles. This post runs through the typical KYC process and compares different crypto exchange approaches.
John Kiff

Bitfinex Crypto Exchange to Debut New Exchange Utility Token - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...but-new-exchange-utility-token

Fintech CryptoAssets AltCoins Stablecoins Tether

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  • John Kiff on 18 May 19
     
    Bitfinex has reportedly raised $1B worth of US dollars, Bitcoin and Tether with its UNUS SED LEO exchange utility token offering. LEO lies "at the heart of the [Bitfinex parent] iFinex ecosystem" and will be useable for a variety of exchange-based activities.
John Kiff

Crypto-Assets: Implications for financial stability, monetary policy, and payments and ... - 0 views

www.ecb.europa.eu/...ecb.op223~3ce14e986c.en.pdf

Fintech CryptoAssets Regulation

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    Crypto-Assets: Implications for financial stability, monetary policy, and payments and market infrastructures This ECB paper summarises the outcomes of the analysis of the ECB Crypto-Assets Task Force. It concludes, in the current market, crypto-assets' risks or potential implications are limited and/or manageable on the basis of the existing regulatory and oversight frameworks.
John Kiff

Bitcoin Tumbles After $35 Million Trade Triggers Wave of Selling - 0 views

www.thestreet.com/...rs-liquidation-orders-14964231

Fintech CryptoAssets Bitcoin AltCoins

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    The price of Bitcoin tumbled by 11% to about $7,000 after a $35 million sell order on London-based exchange Bitstamp triggered a rash of liquidations by other investors. Other digital currencies like Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP and Bitcoin Cash fell in sync.
John Kiff

Self Sovereign Identity Promises to Return The Power of Personal Data Protection to the... - 0 views

hackernoon.com/ion-to-the-people-75798eea7199

Identity Fintech

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    Self-sovereign identity promises to return personal data to the people providing it rather than letting it sit precariously in the hands of businesses that have repeatedly failed to secure it.
John Kiff

World Bank and CBA Partner to enable Secondary Bond Trading recorded on Blockchain - 0 views

www.worldbank.org/...trading-recorded-on-blockchain

Fintech Blockchain

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    World Bank and Commonwealth Bank have enabled secondary market trading recorded on blockchain for bond-i making this the first bond whose issuance and trading are recorded using distributed ledger technologies.
John Kiff

Facebook forms Swiss fintech firm with payments focus - 0 views

www.reuters.com/...h-payments-focus-idUSKCN1SN1ZT

Fintech CryptoAssets Blockchain AltCoins Stablecoins

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    Facebook has set up a new Fintech company, Libra Holdings, in Switzerland focusing on blockchain and payments as well as data analytics and investing, Geneva's commercial register shows.
John Kiff

Coin Metrics Report Highlights Discrepancies in Ripple's Escrow System Reporting - 0 views

cointelegraph.com/...ipples-escrow-system-reporting

CryptoAssets Fintech Ripple AltCoins

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    Blockchain analysis company Coin Metrics has found discrepancies in blockchain payments network Ripple's escrow system reporting.
John Kiff

Bahamas Securities Regulator Proposes Rules for Token Sales - 0 views

www.scb.gov.bs/...ltory%20Framework(f2apr19).pdf

Fintech CryptoAssets Regulation

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    On April 2 the Securities Commission of the Bahamas has filed a draft of the new bill regulating token offerings not deemed securities. The bill lays out a procedure for registering such offerings and informing authorities and investors on the details of a token sale.
John Kiff

Fintech Collaboration between the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank of Thailand - 0 views

www.hkma.gov.hk/...20190514-3.shtml

Fintech Regulation

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Bank of Thailand have entered into an MOU to foster collaboration between the two regulatory authorities in promoting financial innovation.
John Kiff

Banks to invest around $50 million in digital cash settlement project - 0 views

in.reuters.com/...-project-sources-idINKCN1SM2U0

Fintech Blockchain Stablecoins

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    Several of the world's largest banks are investing around $50M in Fnality to create a blockchain-based digital cash system to settle financial transactions. It may be an offshoot of the UBS and Clearmatics "utility settlement coin" project.
John Kiff

Digital Renminbi: A Fiat Coin to Make M0 Great Again - 0 views

www.coindesk.com/at-coin-to-make-m0-great-again

Fintech CryptoAssets Blockchain AltCoins CBDC

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  • John Kiff on 17 May 19
     
    Contrary to what many think, China does not oppose blockchain technology. Rather, it takes issue with bitcoin and other privately issued cryptocurrencies, which it fears may facilitate financial fraud and capital flight. The PBOC has in fact had an initiative for issuing a blockchain-based digital renminbi since 2014. The project has already generated 71 patents and has initiated a trial operation for an interbank digital check and billing platform.
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