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June 20, 2018 @ 7:52 am By Cali Haan  |  

Yet another computer-savant smart enough to have allegedly managed a vast Dark Web marketplace yet not quite smart enough to avoid countries with extradition treaties with the US is on his way there to face charges of conspiracy to traffic drugs and launder money. According… Read More

June 19, 2018 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zilliqa, a company that has created a scalable blockchain designed to be used at the enterprise level, has announced the creation of a new grant program for developers building applications on their platform. The “Zilliqa Ecosystem Grant Programme” is now providing $5 million to teams and… Read More

June 19, 2018 @ 9:31 am By Cali Haan  |  

The Kerala Development and Innovation Strategic Council (K-DISC), an advisory board tasked with finding technological ways to enhance the economy in the southwestern coastal Indian state Karala, has undertaken two blockchain initiatives to streamline operation in food distribution and farm insurance, Business Standard reports. The… Read More

June 19, 2018 @ 8:24 am By Cali Haan  |  

As part of its dedicated efforts to become ecologically and economically self-sustaining, a Japanese village called Nishiawakura is considering raising funds by ICO (initial coin offering) to replace revenue from government development grants that expire in 2020. The forested village, which sits in the mountainous… Read More

June 19, 2018 @ 8:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese fintech Yirendai announced on Tuesday global investment banking group Goldman Sachs has provided it with RMB 324 million of funding for a term of three years. While sharing details about the investment,  Dennis Cong, Chief Financial Officer of Yirendai, stated: “We are very excited to see the… Read More

June 19, 2018 @ 3:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Sentinel Protocol, a crowdsourced threat intelligence platform built on the blockchain, has not only signed a partnership with Bibox Exchange but announced a $27M funding windfall. Bibox has agreed to deploy Sentinel Protocol platform to protect its users but list Sentinel Protocol’s UPP token. “Exchanges are… Read More

June 18, 2018 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Viva Republica, Korea’s foremost fintech startup and creator of financial services app Toss, announced on Monday it has secured $40 million during its latest funding round, which was led by GIC and Sequoia China, bringing its total amount of funding raised to $116 million. Founded in 2011, Viva Republica stated that Toss “completely… Read More

June 17, 2018 @ 2:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

In April of this year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) commented on the status of cryptocurrencies. The RBI stated “we have decided to ring fence the RBI regulated entities from the risk of dealing with entities associated with virtual currencies. They are required to… Read More

June 16, 2018 @ 11:08 am By Xu Gao  |  

Tiger Brokers and Nasdaq Reach Strategic Cooperation on US Stock Data Solutions On June 14th, Tiger Brokers and Nasdaq announced a strategic cooperation to jointly provide Chinese Fintech platforms access to the US stock market data. According to the agreement, Tiger Brokers will become the… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 5:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic Protocol shared last week that it would now allow third-party developers to build and operate their own independent decentralized dark pools for the trading of cryptocurrencies on their platform. The Singapore based company says it will “operate like an open source entreprise” where others… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 9:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ping An Fin+Tech Accelerator, a program created by Ping An Group and SparkLabs Group under Futian District government’s support, hastened its opening ceremony on Thursday. According to the organizers, this new accelerator is dedicated to providing innovative transformation of modern finance by nurturing global advanced… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lendingblock has partnered with Octagon Strategy Limited a global digital asset brokerage firm. The collaboration is described as Octagon Strategy joining Lendingblock Institutional Advisory Group to trial and launch the platform’s real-time exchange for fully collateralized, cross-chain borrowing and lending of cryptocurrency assets. This is… Read More

June 13, 2018 @ 9:56 am By Cali Haan  |  

Police in Japan have charged three individuals with infecting the computers of unsuspecting individuals with malware that mines the privacy cryptocurrency Monero. According to the Japanese daily news provider Mainichi, the three individuals are accused of setting up web sites designed to attract and then surreptitiously… Read More

June 11, 2018 @ 7:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered recently announced it is planning to apply for a virtual banking license in Hong Kong. According to South China Morning Post, Standard Chartered will be the first traditional bank to seek the license locally to operate fully online without any physical branches. Standard… Read More

June 11, 2018 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The Decentralized Accessible Content Chain (DACC) project is reporting that it has received solid backing from both institutional and individual investors for its private token sale, which was said to be oversubscribed within a matter of hours. The private sale was scheduled to run from… Read More

June 11, 2018 @ 7:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yirendai Ltd. (NYSE: YRD), a fintech company that’s based in China, announced on Monday its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program whereby Yirendai is authorized to repurchase its ordinary shares in the form of American depositary shares with an initial aggregate value of up to $20 million. While sharing more details about the… Read More

June 9, 2018 @ 8:07 am By Xu Gao  |  

NIFA Releases China’s First National Fintech Identity Verification Platform Early this week, the National Internet Finance Association of China (NIFA) released China’s first Fintech identity verification platform. This was a response to the requirements of various Fintech industry practitioners and regulatory authorities. In the future,… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 8:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese fintech and Alibaba-affiliated Ant Financial Service Group announced on Friday it secured approximately $14 billion through its Series C Equity Funding round, which includes an RMB tranche raised by the company from domestic investors and a USD tranche raised by Ant international Co., Limited, a wholly… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 3:02 pm By Cali Haan  |  

“The millionaire is changing,” says glamorous London art dealer and Georgian noblewoman Eleesa Dadiani, and that millionaire needs a novel way to invest in art. Even the sub-millionaire can get involved now that Dadiani’s London Gallery has partnered with ‘decentralized’ gallery Maecenas Fine Art. Together… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator, along with their leading partner Standard Chartered, has shared their success of their program. Through the most recent 12-week session, the SuperCharger cohort companies have achieved 47 commercial deals and raised US$ 14.4 million while receiving 17 awards. This year’s program is… Read More