Cryptocurrency custody company BitGo recently claimed that it started providing its customers with a $100 million cover against theft or the loss of cryptographic keys through the Lloyd’s of London insurance market.
One of the underwriters behind the newest policy has accused the company of exaggerating.
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Underwriter Claims Crypto Custodian BitGo Exaggerated Insurance Coverage
An underwriter of BitGo’s $100 million crypto insurance policy says the custodian described it in a misleading way.
France-based retail giant Carrefour is working to implement the distributed ledger technology in tracking milk product supply chain.
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Retail Giant Carrefour Applies Blockchain for Tracking Milk Product Supply Chain
French retail giant Carrefour has continued blockchain development by using DLT for tracking micro-filtered full-fat milk.
The launch of various blockchain platforms often provokes an expected reaction. The cryptocurrency community notes that this is “one more step toward the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies”; everyone else shrugs, believing that this is “just some kind of fad.” Meanwhile, the fate of Russian oil and gas will be decided in this way, as the “unshakable” axiom that Russian gas is cheaper than American LNG, and a similar thesis about the acceptable price of oil from Russia may cease to be a reality.
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How Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Will Reduce the Prices of Goods and Services
The oil industry is powering its way onto blockchain, and some businesses and states risk being left behind.
The Theta Wallet enables users to receive and send THETA tokens. At Theta, whose advisors include the co-founders of YouTube and Twitch Steve Chen and Justin Kan, users can create decentralized applications for esports, gambling, and entertainment industries. And Theta Wallet, in turn, will allow users to save digital network tokens and transfer them to the balance of other applications.
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Theta Wallet: A Review of an App from the Theta Blockchain Platform Where Users Can Create Their Own Dapps
The Theta blockchain is offering its own wallet for users seeking to make use of gaming apps.
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👨🏽💻 Big four accountant PwC has found that cryptocurrency exchange WEX is linked to Iranian ransomware operators.
via CoinDesk
🏦 Cryptocurrency challenger bank BlockFi that is custodied by Gemini has launched accounts that pay interest in Bitcoin.
via Forbes
💠 Switzerland’s largest stock exchange has launched an Ethereum-backed exchange-traded product (ETP).
via Bitcoin.com
👀 Blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis has stated that it neither collects nor sells user personal data.
via Cointelegraph
👩⚖️ 1Broker, a platform for buying financial derivatives with Bitcoin, has settled two lawsuits with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
via The Block
👨🏽💻 Big four accountant PwC has found that cryptocurrency exchange WEX is linked to Iranian ransomware operators.
via CoinDesk
🏦 Cryptocurrency challenger bank BlockFi that is custodied by Gemini has launched accounts that pay interest in Bitcoin.
via Forbes
💠 Switzerland’s largest stock exchange has launched an Ethereum-backed exchange-traded product (ETP).
via Bitcoin.com
👀 Blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis has stated that it neither collects nor sells user personal data.
via Cointelegraph
👩⚖️ 1Broker, a platform for buying financial derivatives with Bitcoin, has settled two lawsuits with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
via The Block
According to a study conducted by Cisco security researchers, college campuses are the second-largest cryptocurrency mining sector, which is responsible for approximately 22 percent of the mining.
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College Kids Are Using Campus Electricity to Mine Crypto
College campuses are the second biggest miners of virtual currencies behind the energy and utilities sector, according to security researchers at Cisco.
SWIFT, a global provider of secure financial messaging services, has joined efforts with the Singapore Exchange and major banks to pilot a blockchain-powered e-voting platform.
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SWIFT Teams Up With Major Banks, SGX to Trial Blockchain Voting - CoinDesk
Financial messaging giant Swift has teamed up with Singapore Exchange and several major banks to trial a DLT platform for shareholder voting.
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has added support for Ripple’s XRP token to its over-the-counter (OTC) trading platform.
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Cryptocurrency Exchange Huobi Adds XRP Support to its OTC Trading Platform
The peer-to-peer over-the-counter branch of Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has added support for Ripple.
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🙅♂️ The information about a Japanese banking giant Mizuho Financial Group launching its yen-pegged stablecoin has turned out to be fake.
via Quartz
🗣 Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has doubted the J.P. Morgan Chase internal digital currency’s adoption by other banks in the future.
via CoinDesk
⭕️ Opera has announced the launch of a browser with built-in cryptocurrency wallet for iOS users.
via The Block
📲 U.S.-based startup VaultTel has released a tiny cryptocurrency hardware wallet that fits in the SIM tray of a smartphone.
via Cointelegraph
🇨🇦 The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the country’s tax authority, is reportedly auditing investors in cryptocurrencies.
via Forbes
🙅♂️ The information about a Japanese banking giant Mizuho Financial Group launching its yen-pegged stablecoin has turned out to be fake.
via Quartz
🗣 Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has doubted the J.P. Morgan Chase internal digital currency’s adoption by other banks in the future.
via CoinDesk
⭕️ Opera has announced the launch of a browser with built-in cryptocurrency wallet for iOS users.
via The Block
📲 U.S.-based startup VaultTel has released a tiny cryptocurrency hardware wallet that fits in the SIM tray of a smartphone.
via Cointelegraph
🇨🇦 The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), the country’s tax authority, is reportedly auditing investors in cryptocurrencies.
via Forbes
Germany-based securities marketplace organizer Deutsche Boerse and Commerzbank successfully trialed the blockchain technology for automating securities settlement process. A prototype transaction included the execution of a legally-binding settlement of a repo trade.
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Deutsche Boerse, Commerzbank Complete Blockchain PoC for Legally Binding Repo Transaction
German financial services firm Commerzbank and securities marketplace Deutsche Boerse have completed a PoC for a legally binding repo transaction using blockchain tech.
In her op-ed, Maria Stankevich, director of business development and communications at the EXMO cryptocurrency exchange, tells about the advantages and prospects of initial exchange offerings (IEO) as a new financing tool for blockchain projects offered by market-leading crypto exchanges.
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New Alternative to ICOs: The Initial Exchange Offering, or IEO
An alternative to ICOs has emerged in the form of IEOs.
Health Wizz is a decentralized application for the aggregation and preservation of data related to human health. The program allows the user to monitor the physical condition, find the nearest hospitals, pharmacies, and even take part in research. In a global sense, the Health Wizz project plans to collect patient information in one place: on the blockchain. The data will be available only to the patient and their doctor. And no one else.
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Health Wizz: Review of an App for Monitoring Health Data
Health Wizz is an application for monitoring health data that is currently offering its services exclusively to the U.S. residents.
Investments in cryptocurrency business have already gone far beyond the framework of “investing in tokens and making quick, over-one-thousand-percent returns.” That is why the current “crypto winter” did not “freeze” business activity in the field of creating a cryptocurrency infrastructure; on the contrary, investors are more willing to invest in various areas. What is most in demand?
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The Modest Charm of the Cryptocurrency Infrastructure for Investors
The cryptocurrency and blockchain market is attracting ever more investors.
DDEX is an application for trading cryptocurrencies on the exchange of the same name. It was the first project based on the open Hydro protocol (the developers themselves call Hydro a “fork” of 0x). DDEX has an established asset trading venue and two smartphone applications for iOS and Android.
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DDEX: Review of a Decentralized Exchange Trading Application
DDEX is a decentralized trading app with some decent features to offer.
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🇺🇸 A bill has been proposed in Texas that, if passed, will require identity verification for using cryptocurrency.
via Cointelegraph
💵 Kakao Corp. raised $90 million in a private coin offering for its upcoming blockchain platform.
via Bloomberg
🏴 Invesco blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) is launching today on the London Stock Exchange.
via The Block
🗓 Amun AG plans to list an exchange-traded product (ETP) tied to XRP, Ripple network’s native digital token, within the next two months.
via CoinDesk
🇨🇭 Online bank Swissquote will add cryptocurrency custodial service at the end of this month.
via Bitcoin.com
🇺🇸 A bill has been proposed in Texas that, if passed, will require identity verification for using cryptocurrency.
via Cointelegraph
💵 Kakao Corp. raised $90 million in a private coin offering for its upcoming blockchain platform.
via Bloomberg
🏴 Invesco blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) is launching today on the London Stock Exchange.
via The Block
🗓 Amun AG plans to list an exchange-traded product (ETP) tied to XRP, Ripple network’s native digital token, within the next two months.
via CoinDesk
🇨🇭 Online bank Swissquote will add cryptocurrency custodial service at the end of this month.
via Bitcoin.com
The Court of Justice in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo has rejected the Banco Santander’s appeal against crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin and ordered the bank to return funds to the trading platform.
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Brazilian Court Rules Santander to Return $350,000 to Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin
A São Paulo court has dismissed the appeal made by Banco Santander against crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin.
The U.S. authorities have arrested a leader of a multi-billion-dollar Bulgaria-based cryptocurrency project called OneCoin, which allegedly was a multi-level marketing pyramid scheme.
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A Multibillion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Based on 'Lies': US Arrests Alleged OneCoin Leader - CoinDesk
Konstantin Ignatov, one of the heads of the infamous OneCoin pyramid scheme, has been arrested on wire fraud charges.
In a recent interview, Lane Rettig told DeCenter why it doesn’t matter which cryptocurrency eventually wins, where the long-awaited killer dApp could emerge from, why PoS is not a threat to decentralization but the contrary, and what a new mysterious community of Ethereans is.
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Ethereum Developer and ‘Etherean’ Lane Rettig Speaks on Who Ethereans Are and What the Decentralized Future Will Be Like
In an interview with DeCenter, Ethereum developer Lane Rettig discussed the role of Ether and Bitcoin, brought up some promising projects, and broke down what the new Etherean community is.
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🏝 The real estate developer company behind Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, plans to hold an initial coin offering sometime next year.
via CoinDesk
💵 According to analysts from Barclays, Facebook’s own cryptocurrency could potentially generate $19 billion in additional revenue for the firm by 2021.
via CNBC
👛 Bancor has announced a non-custodial wallet for cross-chain trading between Ethereum- and EOS-based tokens.
via The Block
🇺🇸 The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) intends to hire a contractor that will deal with custody and disposal of cryptocurrency confiscated as part of the agency’s investigations.
via Cointelegraph
💼 Law firms can accept cryptocurrency as payment or help their clients with initial coin offerings, but they must be mindful of ethics concerns, Bloomberg warns.
via Bloomberg
🏝 The real estate developer company behind Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, plans to hold an initial coin offering sometime next year.
via CoinDesk
💵 According to analysts from Barclays, Facebook’s own cryptocurrency could potentially generate $19 billion in additional revenue for the firm by 2021.
via CNBC
👛 Bancor has announced a non-custodial wallet for cross-chain trading between Ethereum- and EOS-based tokens.
via The Block
🇺🇸 The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) intends to hire a contractor that will deal with custody and disposal of cryptocurrency confiscated as part of the agency’s investigations.
via Cointelegraph
💼 Law firms can accept cryptocurrency as payment or help their clients with initial coin offerings, but they must be mindful of ethics concerns, Bloomberg warns.
via Bloomberg
Crypto Integrity published a report analyzing wash trading across cryptocurrency exchanges. Below is The Block’s summary article about the findings of the study:
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