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...
"We Are at the Beginning of Tokenization of Everything", according to the CEO of Circle.
On July 13th, Jeremy Allarie, the co-founder and CEO of the payment company Circle, spoke of the "Crypto-revolution" that the world is currently experiencing, saying that we...
Everyday, new nations come to the conclusion that the global adoption of strict regulations on cryptocurrencies are necessary.
However, there are still some nations that maintain optimism in the potential for cryptocurrencies, and continue to have a more flexible point of...
Switzerland has been referred to several times as the most blockchain-friendly country in Europe. Due, in part, to the existence of “Crypto Valley” and the country’s tax-free policy for crypto investors. As reported by local news outlet...
With the constant discussion of nations and central banks issuing their own cryptocurrencies, Russian President, Vladimir Putin recently dissipated any rumor by clarifying that,
"digital currencies are a phenomenon that is just developing"
Putin added that,
"Russia can not have their...
According to the Deputy of the Bank of Italy: government cryptocurrencies could save the EU up to € 76 billion.
Fabio Panetta, Deputy Director of the Bank of Italy, gave an opening speech
focused on the digital currencies of the...
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is considering the issuance of their own cryptocurrency, according to the bank's governor in a statement on June 5th.
In a speech on Thai economic development, the governor of the Bank of
Thailand, Veerathai Santiprabhop,...
The CEO of Ripple affirms that BTC will never be the global currency.
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, was recently interviewed by CNBC, and stated that he does not believe that Bitcoin will become the global currency. He added that it...
