Institutional digital asset trading platform Bakkt will start testing its physically-delivered Bitcoin futures contract today, on Monday, July 22, 2019.
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Bakkt Is Scheduled to Start Testing Its Bitcoin Futures Contracts Today
Bakkt is scheduled to begin testing its bitcoin futures contracts Monday, more than six months after its originally planned launch date.
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Now to the important news. Minter Development Foundation, a U.S.-based company representing the interests of the network and DAO, has successfully opened accounts in several U.S. banks and corporate accounts on U.S. exchanges. No, it is not that our keyboard has only “U” and “S” letters; we intentionally highlighted the initialism “U.S.” for three times. The reason is, it is the world’s largest, most progressive, and most promising crypto market. We are perhaps among those few projects that reached it so fast. Starting fall 2019, we will begin exchanging BIP for U.S. dollars and officially running the ad and PR campaigns in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico on all platforms available—for example, Facebook and Google.
Operating as a U.S.-based non-stock, non-profit foundation, we will have every chance to be listed specifically on regulated U.S. crypto exchanges as it is easiest for them to add projects with comprehensive and legally-compliant roots. But we aim for a much more exciting trading format, which is ETFs. If you do not know what that is, just google it and rejoice. Because a coin stored in the wallets on the exchanges is one thing. An asset that is included in the portfolios of the world’s largest investment firms is another. And where do those shops primarily operate? Right! In the U.S.
Only proper legal structure, transparent financial flows, and the legality of the business will allow us to hire special agents that will be drafting our ETF application, prove its viability to the SEC, and combat rejection should it occur. The process is lengthy, but in the long run, it is the only one that matters if we are to build the full-fledged Internet of Money.
#US #foundation #ETF
Operating as a U.S.-based non-stock, non-profit foundation, we will have every chance to be listed specifically on regulated U.S. crypto exchanges as it is easiest for them to add projects with comprehensive and legally-compliant roots. But we aim for a much more exciting trading format, which is ETFs. If you do not know what that is, just google it and rejoice. Because a coin stored in the wallets on the exchanges is one thing. An asset that is included in the portfolios of the world’s largest investment firms is another. And where do those shops primarily operate? Right! In the U.S.
Only proper legal structure, transparent financial flows, and the legality of the business will allow us to hire special agents that will be drafting our ETF application, prove its viability to the SEC, and combat rejection should it occur. The process is lengthy, but in the long run, it is the only one that matters if we are to build the full-fledged Internet of Money.
#US #foundation #ETF
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🏦 Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could solve the “competition issues” in the cryptocurrency sector.
via The Block
🇩🇪 BaFIN has approved a $280 million Ethereum-based token sale.
via CoinDesk
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via Cointelegraph
🇮🇷 Iran has legalized cryptocurrency mining activities.
via ccn
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Motion to dismiss an AT&T lawsuit concerning an alleged $24 million SIM-swapping hack has been rejected.
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The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) is forming a dedicated division that will be engaged in the oversight of cryptocurrency businesses.
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🗣 No Libra Association member has officially joined the project yet, according to the chairman and CEO of Visa.
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🇺🇸 The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on cryptocurrency and blockchain regulation.
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📱 Ethereum wallet MetaMask has released a public beta version of its mobile application.
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🇺🇸 The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on cryptocurrency and blockchain regulation.
via CoinDesk
📱 Ethereum wallet MetaMask has released a public beta version of its mobile application.
via The Block
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via Cointelegraph
🇳🇴 Norwegian Air is set to start accepting Bitcoin and open its own cryptocurrency exchange.
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The New York Times intends to utilize IBM’s blockchain technology to combat the dissemination of fake news.
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“South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In stated that regulatory innovation regarding blockchain technology is now a question of survival.”
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📱 Telecommunications giant Verizon is seemingly preparing to launch a new blockchain project.
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⚡️A Super PAC backing one of the U.S. presidential candidates will be accepting Bitcoin donations through the Lightning Network.
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📈 Ripple has sold over $250 million worth of XRP in the second quarter of 2019.
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🔓 Cryptocurrency loans firm YouHodler has suffered a massive breach of user data.
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💵 Crypto e-commerce platform Lolli plans to implement a lending feature.
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⚡️A Super PAC backing one of the U.S. presidential candidates will be accepting Bitcoin donations through the Lightning Network.
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📈 Ripple has sold over $250 million worth of XRP in the second quarter of 2019.
via Cointelegraph
🔓 Cryptocurrency loans firm YouHodler has suffered a massive breach of user data.
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💵 Crypto e-commerce platform Lolli plans to implement a lending feature.
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McAfee has been released!
More info: https://cointelegraph.com/news/john-mcafee-reportedly-released-following-detainment-in-the-dominican-republic
More info: https://cointelegraph.com/news/john-mcafee-reportedly-released-following-detainment-in-the-dominican-republic
The New Jersey Attorney’s Office has charged a resident of the state with running an unregistered money transmitting business.
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👮 The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York has charged an executive of cryptocurrency escrow service for an alleged Bitcoin fraud.
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🇺🇸 Digital asset investment application Abra will restrict its services to U.S. customers over regulatory issues.
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🇨🇳 The chief executive officer of Huawei believes that China can compete with Facebook by issuing its own digital currency.
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🇯🇵 Japanese financial services giant Monex has applied to join Libra Association.
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🇸🇪 Swedish cryptocurrency exchange QuickBit has suffered a massive breach of user data.
via ccn
👮 The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York has charged an executive of cryptocurrency escrow service for an alleged Bitcoin fraud.
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🇺🇸 Digital asset investment application Abra will restrict its services to U.S. customers over regulatory issues.
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🇨🇳 The chief executive officer of Huawei believes that China can compete with Facebook by issuing its own digital currency.
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🇯🇵 Japanese financial services giant Monex has applied to join Libra Association.
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🇸🇪 Swedish cryptocurrency exchange QuickBit has suffered a massive breach of user data.
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Bill Miller’s hedge fund has delivered a 46-percent return in the first half of this year due to Bitcoin price rally.
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“SIM swaps, default judgments, and international Satoshi depositions—such law, much crypto! This week, we look at a high-profile crypto case involving SIM swapping and a $24 million crypto loss, a default judgment involving Bitcoin where the plaintiff’s damages benefitted by a number go up market, and international deposition intrigue in the ongoing Kleiman v. Wright litigation.”
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Crypto Caselaw Minute #46–7/25/19
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🇺🇸 The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has granted an underwriter license to Galaxy Digital’s broker-dealer arm.
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🇨🇭 Cryptocurrency-oriented finance application Aximetria has won a license from a Swiss regulator.
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🇮🇷 The Iranian government has recognized cryptocurrency mining an industrial activity.
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✉️ Ripple CEO and executive chairman have posted an open letter to the U.S. Congress.
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🕹 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has allowed a gaming startup to sell tokens without registering them as securities.
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🇺🇸 The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has granted an underwriter license to Galaxy Digital’s broker-dealer arm.
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🇨🇭 Cryptocurrency-oriented finance application Aximetria has won a license from a Swiss regulator.
via CoinDesk
🇮🇷 The Iranian government has recognized cryptocurrency mining an industrial activity.
via Cointelegraph
✉️ Ripple CEO and executive chairman have posted an open letter to the U.S. Congress.
via ccn
🕹 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has allowed a gaming startup to sell tokens without registering them as securities.
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Four cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea—Bithumb, Upbit, Coinone, and Korbit—are reportedly facing stricter requirements from banks in the country for renewal of their accounts.
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