The cryptocurrency exchange mogul, Coinbase, has hired a former executive of the New York Stock Exchange to create a market supervision system for its platform. The stated purpose of the platform is to generate confidence in US securities regulators...
Recently, the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the Bahamas announced the launch of a pilot for a national digital currency by the Central Bank. The Minister of Finance, K. Peter Turnquest, hopes that The Bahamas will become a digital and...
ING, the Dutch banking and financial services giant, recently hired a research company, Ipsos, to conduct a study on the perception of cryptocurrencies in Europe, the United States and Australia. The results have just been published and are encouraging to those in...
One of the most open minded countries towards the world of blockchain, for many months has been Malta. The general attitude towards the industry is that blockchain is here to stay. Recently, the parliament approved projects on cryptocurrency...
"It is 'Too arrogant' to argue that Crypto will not work because they are 'unknown'", Goldman Sachs CEO
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs, ratified his acceptance of cryptocurrencies in an interview with Bloomberg at the Economic Club of New York, on June...
“Pier”, Brazil’s anti-corruption blockchain platform.
“Pier” is the codename for the recently announced Brazil’s Central Bank (BCB) blockchain platform. The platform will be used to facilitate information exchanged between the country's financial regulators and the BCB.
According to an official...
"Innovate or die!"
This is how the CEO of BBVA, Carlos Torres, summarized the vision of the bank on the future of the economy and financial sector. The executive observes the potential in cryptocurrency, in contrast to the opinion of regulators, and...
Two of the biggest and most high profile banks in Russia plan to support cryptocurrency portfolios for their clients, according to local press reports. Under the supervision of the central bank, Alfa Bank and Sberbank will offer their clients special...
Last April, regulated financial institutions in India where forbidden from providing services to cryptocurrency businesses. This came after a statement published by the Reserve Bank of India, which prohibited dealing in virtual currencies. In response to these...
After the cryptocurrency “boom” of the past few months, many states in the US have found themselves in the need to update their legislatures, in order to make sure any new concepts are properly treated within the...
