Timothy Massad has called for regulation of the Cryptocurrency sector. The former United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair, in an articled authored by Harvard University and published by the Brookings Institutions, blamed lack of regulation on the increased use of Cryptocurrencies in illicit activities. Massad, who was the chairman during President Obama’s presidency…
Thailand has approved the country’s first Initial Coin Offering portal. This has been undertaken by Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These portals would help in a variety of ways. However, their main purpose, according to the country’s SEC, would be to screen the tokens. They would also help in making sure that the project…
Malta will be partnering with CipherTrace in the management of financial crimes within its digital assets industry. Malta Partners With Ciphertrace The MFSA (Malta Financial Services Authority) will be collaborating with CipherTrace Compliance Monitoring in its efforts to improve the management of operational risks encountered with digital assets. The authority will be utilizing the CipherTrace…
A Barclays Bank analyst is predicting that the Facebook Coin that is being launched in the course of the first half of the year will earn the social media giant between $3 billion and $19 billion. The range depends on the marketing strategies that will be used to spur adoption by targeted clients. The Coin…
The Colorado Digital Token Act’ bill has been passed into law by the state of Colorado. According to a 6th of March published document, the bill was signed into law by the state’s governor Jared S. Polis. Colorado Passes Crypto Exemptions Bill The bill had been initially presented, in the beginning of the year, to…
Journalism network based on the Blockchain Civil has officially announced on the 1st of March that it will be launching its blog post. Civil To Launch Officially Civil brands itself as an independent journalism platform that is focused on the development of an alternative journalism model. The system has its own native token dubbed the…
Beyond the Cryptocurrency realm, Blockchain technology is gaining traction. Many industries are starting to depend on Distributed Ledger Technology as the next best option for securing and organizing data. According to Adjoint CEO Havell Rodrigues, the same data technology can be adopted in treasury management practices. The solutions include liquidity management and reconciliation of transactions…
Opera has announced that it will be launching Opera Touch for iOS devices, this going through a press release made on the 5th of March, Tuesday. Opera To Launch Opera Touch for iOS The Opera Touch functions as a Web 3 browser that has been integrated with a Crypto wallet which supports ETH (Ethereum). The…
In Turkey, one of the leading real estate companies recently released a report that showed it had sold nine homes in Bitcoin. Antalya Homes started accepting Bitcoin payments last year. Meanwhile, Opera browser has expanded its Cryptocurrency wallet services to iOS devices. The new Opera Touch for iOS users will support interaction with DApps and…
Tribeos, a new advertising platform that will be launched in the third quarter of this year will use Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain. According to the project’s chief executive officer Matt Gallant, the platform will offer a “ton of commerce” to BCH. The company is optimistic that the technology will help it provide transparency of transactions…
