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Interview: Bitcoin Exchange Binance on China’s ICO Ban, Burning $1.5 Million in Tokens & More

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which launched with 0% trading fees in an attempt to heat up competition among exchanges, recently announces its Q1 results and revealed that, as planned...

Japanese Conglomerate SBI Group Launches Eight Cryptocurrency-Based Businesses

Japan-based financial services firm SBI Group has announced its plans to establish several new businesses based on digital currency. The group is simultaneously developing...

Vietnamese Central Bank Bans Cryptocurrencies

Vietnam’s central bank, State Bank of Vietnam has declared the use of digital currencies in the country as illegal. The central bank also announced that it...

TokoBitcoin, BitBayar Shut Down Operations After Bank of Indonesia’s Bitcoin Ban

Indonesia-based Bitcoin payment platforms TokoBitcoin and BitBayar have reportedly shut down their operations following the announcement by the country’s central bank, Bank of Indonesia, that it will not...

Singapore Will Not Regulate Cryptocurrencies, Singapore Official Says

Recently during an interview with Bloomberg, an official of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which serves as the central bank and financial regulator of Singapore,...

India Goes Bitcoin: Zebpay Will Add 500k Users Monthly by 2018

Indian Bitcoin exchange Zebpay is adding 200,000 users a month and is eyeing half a mln by the end of 2017. In an interview with Forbes India, the exchange,...

Japanese Banking Chairman: Cryptocurrencies Mean New Data Opportunities

A Japanese national cryptocurrency will allow its finance sector to “use data to create new value” not possible with traditional setups. This is according to comments from...

Hong Kong Bitcoin Exchange OKEx to Open SegWit2x Futures Market

Bitcoin exchange OKEx has announced it will join Bitfinex in opening a futures market to enable traders to speculate on the outcome of the...

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