Global

March 25, 2019 @ 2:45 am By JD Alois  |  

France is a country that is pursuing a regulated path for the tokenization of securities. The Pacte Law (Loi PACTE) is predicted to be signed into law at some point this spring. Ostensibly, the legislation will define the issuance, and management, of digital assets. In… Read More

March 24, 2019 @ 6:04 am By JD Alois  |  

KRONN Ventures AG, a Switzerland based blockchain focused company, has signed a memorandum of understanding(MOU) with Linh Thanh Group, for the “production of cryptocurrency and the establishment of cryptocurrency exchange” in Vietnam. According to a release, the group has received a license from regulators to… Read More

March 23, 2019 @ 12:30 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Alexander Vinnik, a 39-year-old Russian national accused by three countries of crimes involving bitcoins, including money-laundering and fraud, has filed an appeal with a court in Piraeus, Greece, asking that he be released from prison on humanitarian grounds and returned to Russia, Ekathimerini reports. Vinnik… Read More

March 23, 2019 @ 10:30 am By Xu Gao  |  

WeChat Shuts Down More Than 2,500 Accounts for Illegal Loan Activities On March 15th, China’s Central Television (CCTV) shined its spotlight on the illegal loans market during its annual Consumer Right’s Show. On March 18th, WeChat released an official statement about combating illegal credit services… Read More

March 22, 2019 @ 2:20 am By Cali Haan  |  

Switzerland’s Federal Council has voted 99-83 (with 10 abstentions) that existing “procedural instruments of the judicial and administrative authorities” should be adopted forthwith, “so that they can also be applied to cryptocurrencies.” The motion was introduced by Giovanni Merlini (FDP / TI), a Swiss Free… Read More

March 22, 2019 @ 2:06 am By JD Alois  |  

First Data (NYSE:FDC), has acquired ayCash, a Germany-based provider of cashless payment terminals and digital merchant services. A First Data representative said ayCash has a growing client base, serving the increased demand for cashless technology in Germany and the region. Founded in 2008 by Hans… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 1:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Announced during the Security Token Summit in Bermuda this week, tribeOS said its “digital security offering” FIRE has received regulatory approval under Bermuda’s young ICO Act (2018). tribeOS is described as a blockchain-based digital advertising marketplace designed to help advertisers and publishers run secure, fraud-free… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 6:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Fintech InstaReM has announced a partnership with First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology and solutions. The new partnership will combine InstaReM’s digital payments and remittance solution with First Data’s debit processing solution. InstaReM said that by leveraging First Data’s… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 6:31 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The gay travel platform misterb&b has quickly surpassed $516K with the help of 916+ investors, easily bypassing its minimum target, and on its way to a $1M Wefunder campaign target goal. Just last year the startup celebrated an $8.5M Series A round. Founded by CEO Matthieu… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 6:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform The House Crowd has surpassed £100 million of invested capital through its platform. The House Crowd said the past year has been pivotal for the platform as the UK property market slowed. The Manchester-based online property lender reported several new… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 5:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UK Challenger bank Tandem Bank just added a new savings account feature powered by Autosavings. The new account pays 0.5% interest and helps anyone save little, while giving customers the flexibility to save how they want, when they want, rounding up purchases to the nearest pound… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 5:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tide Foundation just launched a data marketplace aimed at making privacy profitable. Tide’s blockchain protocol seeks to address costly GDPR compliance, compensation and data accuracy issues to drive a new consensual data economy. “While we all deserve a human right to privacy, we’re witnessing the disastrous results of… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 6:10 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Quebec’s Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and Financial Markets Tribunal (TMF) would like to hear from anyone who invested in “Blockchain Lab Inc.” Affected investors are asked to contact M me  Sarah Abi-Khalil at 1 877 525-0337 , extension 2644, before 1 st April 2019. The company and its proprietors, Jonathan Forte, Benjamin… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 3:29 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The man accused of killing 50 people at a New Zealand mosque and hospitalizing dozens more, including a 2-year-old child, claims in his lengthy “manifesto” that he made money from Bitconnect, a now-collapsed cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that ripped off participants for billions of dollars. In… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 3:19 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The Japanese government has approved proposed amendments to laws governing cryptocurrency trading that will, among other things, cap leveraged trades permitted in Japan at 2-4X, Nikkei Asian Review reports. Presently, “Certain exchanges voluntarily cap leverage at 25 times the deposit, as with the rule for… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

PUBLIQ has been selected by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain (APPG Blockchain) for its 2019 showcase of companies solving real-world problems with fully functioning blockchain tech. PUBLIQ is a “non-profit founded to rebuild trust in media.” Among the ten company finalists, PUBLIQ was… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Caspian, a crypto trading platform for professional traders and investors, has integrated its platform with Deribit, a crypto options and futures exchange, according to a release from the firm. Via its API, Caspian now claims to be the first institutional platform to offer both options… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 7:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Finnest, an Austria based Fintech that provides debt capital to small and medium-sized firms, has announced a planned merger with Finland based Invesdor Oy. The newly formed company will see the combination of a leading Nordic equity crowdfunding platform and a top online lender serving… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 6:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Curve is hiring country managers as it plans its expansion first in Europe and then other parts of the globe. Curve is a Fintech that enables users to combine all of their credit/debit cards into a single card and App. The company claims to be… Read More

March 20, 2019 @ 6:38 am By Cali Haan  |  

A young hacker from Holland who used Mirai IoT malware to command botnet attacks against Yahoo, the BBC, e-commerce firm Zalando, crypto-trading platforms and gambling sites has been spared additional jail time for his crimes, ZDNet reports. Prosecutors alleged that, in some cases, the hacker… Read More