Europe
Cyprus registers Binance as a cryptocurrency service provider.
Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, will be able to provide services for virtual currencies in Cyprus as a result of the platform's recent registration with the nation's securities regulator. The...
Cryptocurrency
More than 24,000 ATMs in Brazil will offer USDT through Tether and Smartpay.
Usdt, the largest dollar-pegged stablecoin on the market, was created by Tether, a company. Tether recently announced that...
Blockchain
To solve the blockchain modularity issue, Celestia raises $55 million.
The project Celestia, which seeks to address the alleged centralization issue in the current monolithic blockchains, has announced...
Asia
Hong Kong considers removing the “Professional Investor-Only Requirement” and allowing retail investors to trade cryptocurrency.
Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong's director of licensing and head of the fintech division both...
Banking
A Societe Generale subsidiary in France, the third-largest bank, has been registered as a provider of digital asset services.
The third-largest bank in France's subsidiary, Societe Generale-Forge, has been registered as a provider of digital asset services...
How Blockchain-Powered Platforms Promote Financial Inclusion in Developed Countries
Achieving financial inclusion or inclusive financing has been a daunting task in major parts of the world. The World Bank Group, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...
SBI Reveals Joint Blockchain Remittance Venture With South Korean Startup
South Korean bitcoin exchange Coinplug has announced a new joint remittance venture with the fintech subsidiary of Japan-based investment group SBI.
The joint venture, dubbed...
Elad Gil and Silicon Valley’s bright future in cryptocurrency, genetics and health tech
Elad Gil is running around the Color Genomics office when I come to meet him for a little sit-down. The place is full for a Friday...
Droplex Offers a Solution to the ‘Quantum Revolution’ by Using a Bulletproof Blockchain
As previously covered by CCN, quantum computers are moving closer to realityand along with them, the possibility of those behind them breaking bitcoin’s encryption systems. Various organizations,...
Aircraft Asset Management: An Untapped Market for Blockchain Technology
By Lester Coleman
Bas de Vos, director of IFS Labs, thinks blockchain technology has an untapped market in managing commercial aircraft assets, according to MRO-Network.com.
There are disparate systems...
American Express Brings Credit Card Buying to Bitcoin App Abra
By Michael del Castillo
Beginning today, a select group of Abra users and new customers will see the option to buy bitcoin with their American...