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Sun, 08 Dec 2019, 11:17 PM
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BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda sees no public demand for CBDC at the moment

21 crypto exchanges now registered with Japan’s FSA; Lastroots latest to win approval

Japans Financial Services Agency (FSA) has approved Lastroots as a licensed cryptocurrency exchange, Bitcoin.com reported. The FSA started approving cryptocurrency exchanges after the amended Fund Settlement Law and the...

Crypto Technicals: Major Cryptocurrency Daily Technical Outlook

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Crypto exchange Gemini reveals European expansion plans

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has hired Starling Bank co-founder Julian Sawyer to spearhead its European operations. Sawyer has been appointed as the Managing Director of the UK and Europe and will report directly to...

Alibaba Cloud, Credits target China’s logistics industry with blockchain-based solutions

Blockchain startup Credits is teaming up with Alibaba Cloud to enter Chinas logistics industry with blockchain-based solutions. The logistics sector is currently facing a number of issues related to tracking and tracing...

Etherscan.io blocked by China’s Great Firewall amidst massive blockchain adoption in the country

Ethereum block explorer Etherscan.io is reportedly inaccessible in China as it has been blocked by the countrys Great Firewall, a security system that filters foreign sites in the country. Data from Greatfire.org reveals...

DeFi startup secures $2M seed funding from Placeholder, Blockchain.com Ventures, Gnosis

Zerion, a fledgling decentralized finance (DeFi) company, just announced that it successfully secured $2 million in seed funding. Placeholder partner and co-founder at Union Square Ventures Brad Burnham led the round, with...

WisdomTree lists physically-backed bitcoin ETP on Six Swiss Exchange

WisdomTree, a New York-based asset management company, has announced the launch of its first crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) on SIX, the Swiss Stock Exchange. The WisdomTree Bitcoin ETP has been listed on SIX under...

Global custodian bank’s blockchain development team gutted; Over 100 developers axed

Boston-based global custodian bank State Street has reportedly let go of most of its developers in its blockchain strategy team. To put it briefly, the maneuver is apparently rooted in the complications and operational...

Business

Investment group acquires green light from the SEC for Bitcoin Futures fund Sun, 08 Dec 2019, 10:30 am UTC

The New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) has acquired the green light from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer the shares of its new bitcoin fund to institutional investors. The NYDIG Bitcoin...

SEC taps British court to acquire deposition from former Telegram chief investment advisor

Ripple asks court to dismiss XRP securities lawsuit in latest filing ahead of court meeting

Blockchain firm Figure Technologies hits $1.2B valuation after closing $103M Series C round

Technology

Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – December 6th, 2019 Fri, 06 Dec 2019, 13:01 pm UTC

U.S. financial regulators call for continued monitoring of digital assets and DLTs The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) is urging federal and state regulators to continue monitoring risks from digital assets and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) to the financial system. In its 2019 annual report, the FSOC...

South Korean consortium to provide blockchain-based ID services via mobile app in 2020

Bitfury launches enterprise blockchain platform ‘Exonum Enterprise’

CULedger reveals an EFT payment solution for credit unions in collaboration with R3, Luxoft

Investing

Crypto Technicals: Major Cryptocurrency Daily Technical Outlook Fri, 06 Dec 2019, 13:11 pm UTC

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Crypto Technicals: Major Cryptocurrency Support Resistance Levels

Crypto Technicals: LTC/USD extends sideways, finds strong support at 42.45 (Trendline)

Crypto Technicals: BCH/USD intraday bias turns slightly bullish, scope for test of 20-DMA (220.99)

Insights

Reserve Bank of India governor against the development of private digital currencies Fri, 06 Dec 2019, 07:36 am UTC

The central bank of India is against the development of private digital currencies. This is the statement released by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday, Dec. 5. Das argues that currency...

North Korean hacking group may be behind near-undetectable macOS malware

Reserve Bank of Australia seeks stakeholder views on CBDC and global stablecoins

Bank of Japan releases research report on legal issues surrounding CBDC issuance

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Dec 8, 2019 (Sunday)

10:32

Investment group acquires green light from the SEC for Bitcoin Futures fund