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In this week’s selected Japan Crypto News November 2-9 – and blockchain-related news from Japan Crypto News, the Japanese financial regulator solidifies its policy of banning trusts that invest in crypto, more than 20 companies launch a consortium that aims to raise funds with security tokens, and Coincheck starts its automated cryptocurrency accumulation service, while […]

Huobi Cloud, part of the crypto exchange Huobi Group, has announced its plan to provide more local financial institutions with white-label exchange services based on cloud technology in the Middle East and Africa. Existing institutions include the Nigeria-based Sabi exchange, with about $100,000 worth of daily crypto trading volume, and the South African exchange HIZA, […]

Privacy web browser, Crypto Browser Brave announced a co-marketing agreement with the world’s largest blockchain-based encyclopedia, Everipedia, to boost the company’s brand awareness among its userbase. The partnership comes at a time when Brave’s popularity is skyrocketing, and its native crypto, Basic Attention Token (BAT), could soon follow through. Crypto Browser Brave Strategic Partnership Crypto […]

Malta-based Exchange Binance is looking to open an office in Beijing city of China. Binance originally started out in china but later moved its operations to Malta because of strict regulatory issues. Recently, Chinese President Xi Jinping endorsed blockchain technology in his speech as he urged the country to take the lead role in the […]

U.S-based stock and crypto investing app, Robinhood BitLicense holder, is on an expansion spree. According to its latest announcement, the platform is all set to expand its crypto-trading services to the U.S states of Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Vermont. The company was in the news yesterday after it announced the recruitment […]

Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX sent a mass email to its users on Friday with all of their email addresses in the “To” field. Usually, when you are sending a mass e-mail and you want to protect other users’ privacy, you put their e-mail addresses in the so-called blind carbon copy or BCC field. That’s how […]

The year 2019 is soon coming to an end. We’re only a few months away from stepping into 2020, and the blockchain landscape is changing quickly. Blockchain 2020. What To Expect? It’s been almost two years since the last bull run, and the whole ecosystem has evolved substantially in this period. New players are stepping […]

Leaks within the Bank of Canada show officials are considering the development of a national cryptocurrency. As such, with interest in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) on the rise, could it threaten bitcoin? Bank of Canada National Cryptocurrency Mike Eppel, Senior Business Editor at 680 News, has revealed that Canada’s central bank is considering the […]

The bitcoin market isn’t yet mature enough to support an exchange-traded fund – ETF. So said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week when it rejected Bitwise’s bitcoin ETF proposal in a mammoth 112-page order that included more than 500 footnotes. Legal experts said the decision suggests that a bitcoin ETF may still […]

After the Proof Of Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm will be implemented in Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, it would become more secure and costly to attack than Bitcoin (BTC), co-founder Vitalik Buterin has stated. Buterin has voiced this opinion during Devcon 5, the Ethereum developers conference that took place in Osaka on Oct. 8–11. He specifically noted […]

First, what are Blockchain programming languages for? Aside from functionality, Blockchain programming languages are essential in ensuring that blockchain networks and crypto infrastructure are secure. Their role is simple: They enable computers to understand instructions. While there is some overlap in the programming languages used to develop conventional software and technology for blockchain platforms, the […]

Blockstream co-founder and Bitcoin developer Greg Maxwell explained that it is very unlikely that a 51% attack would end the bitcoin. He thinks changing rules of bitcoin in favor of a more centralized structure is a far greater risk to the system. Another bitcoin developer Cory Fields believes an accidental bug that gets introduced internally […]

Blockchain In Crypto trading, everything is based on price movements, with market participants’ success depending on their ability to predict and quickly respond to this dynamic environment. Forecasting, however, is not always that easy, especially when it comes to high volatility. Even experienced analysts disagree in their assessments  —  while some of them predict that […]

A report by decentralized app platform dapp.com released yesterday found that dapp market transaction volume has dropped on major blockchain ecosystems by almost 40 percent compared to last quarter—from $3.28 billion to $2.03 billion—despite huge growth in the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry. The report analyzed six major blockchains—Ethereum, EOS, TRON, Steem, TomoChain, and IOST—which together […]

Mutual fund giant Vanguard has partnered with Nasdaq Ventures-backed blockchain startup Symbiont to developing a trading platform for the $6 trillion currency market, the companies said. With the new platform, Vanguard, which manages $5.2 trillion, aims to lower transaction costs for the trillions of dollars worth of currencies it trades annually by boosting peer-to-peer trading […]

RippleNet announced on Wednesday (October 9) a collaboration with UK-based Finastra, reportedly the third-largest FinTech firm in the world, to allow Finastra’s customers (financial institutions) access to RippleNet, Ripple’s global payment network, for faster, cheaper, and more reliable cross-border payments. In case you have not heard about Finastra, here are a few facts about the […]

Crypto debit card and wallet service company Cryptopay now offers transfers with the British pound (GBP) through the Faster Payments Scheme. Cryptopay revealed the development in a news release on Oct. 9, specifying that its United Kingdom-based users can now fund their accounts and make withdrawals with GBP, avoiding euro conversion charges. The release further […]

A recent report from the Canadian Digital Chamber of Commerce shows that salaries in the Canadian blockchain industry are amongst the highest in the country. Much needed legal clarity The Chamber of Digital Commerce Canada released its October report on the country’s blockchain ecosystem, showing insights into the health of the industry, current strengths and […]