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Wed, Jan 16, 2019 07:06 PM
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Crypto project Bakkt announces first ever acquisition deal

Swiss investment bank Vontobel launches crypto custody solution

Swiss investment bank Vontobel on Monday announced the launch of a crypto custody solution, called Digital Asset Vault. In its press release dated January 14, it said: Vontobel now offers financial intermediaries...

[Video] TokenPost Daily News: Russia allegedly invests 10 billion US dollars in BTC - 15 January 2019

Watch the latest news with Hun, Host of the TokenPost Daily News video series. In todays news... Bakkt acquires independent futures commission merchant RCG. HSBC processes 250 billion US dollars in forex trades...

HSBC settles $250B worth of FX transactions using distributed ledger technology

Banking giant HSBC has announced that it has settled over $250 billion in transactions using distributed ledger technology (DLT), CoinDesk reported referring to a press release from the bank. The bank used a...

Vermont to launch captive insurance blockchain pilot

The U.S. state of Vermont is going to launch a pilot project that will focus on exploring blockchain potential in the digital recordkeeping practices of the captive insurance industry. On January 9, the Secretary of...

Monetary Authority of Singapore seeks to introduce regulation for cryptocurrency exchange services

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking to introduce a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency exchange services. During the second reading of the Payment Services Bill, Ong Ye Kung, Minister For Education,...

Securities Commission Malaysia likely to launch crypto and ICO regulatory framework by Q1 2019

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has announced its plans to implement guidelines to regulate the trading of cryptocurrencies and initial coin offering (ICO). The announcement follows the recent statement from the...

Crypto startup Totle raises $1M from Arrington XRP, NEO Global Capital, and Goren Holm Ventures

Totle, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency startup, has raised $1 million in a private funding round led by leading blockchain industry institutional investors including Arrington XRP, NEO Global Capital (NGC), and Goren Holm...

Google, Lenfest and blockchain startup ConsenSys back Automattic’s new publishing project “Newspack by WordPress.com”

A number of companies in the news industry and blockchain startups are teaming up to develop an advanced open-source publishing and revenue-generating platform for news organizations. The project, called Newspack by...

Coincheck joins the list of registered cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan

Coincheck, which suffered a major $530 million hack last January, has now received the license to continue its operations as a cryptocurrency exchange. Monex Group, a Japanese online brokerage firm that acquired...

A comparative study of two competing blockchains – EOS and TRON

The three major cryptocurrencies which focus on smart contracts and decentralized apps are Ethereum, EOS, and TRON. EOS and TRON target the gaming and gambling industry and dApp usage is mainly dominated by gaming/gambling...

Business

Blockchain startup Bitfury launches music division ‘Bitfury Surround’ 2019-01-16 10:26:36

Blockchain startup The Bitfury Group has launched a music entertainment division, Bitfury Surround, which will develop blockchain solutions to address the issues faced by various stakeholders in the music...

[Video] TokenPost Daily News: Maduro mandates use of Petro as Venezuela’s second national currency - 16 January 2019

SIRIN Labs re-opens flagship store in London for its blockchain smartphone ‘FINNEY’

New Zealand crypto exchange Cryptopia suffers security breach

Technology

Oil majors Chevron and Total join blockchain platform for energy commodity trading ‘Vakt’ 2019-01-16 13:01:27

Oil giants Chevron and Total have joined London-based blockchain platform Vakt, Reuters reported. Vakt is a blockchain-based post-trade processing platform backed by energy majors BP, Shell and Statoil; trading houses...

Dubai telecom company du to develop blockchain solution for patient safety

IBM announces blockchain initiatives on mining and metals supply chain and tracking ethically sourced minerals

Iberdrola trials blockchain technology for tracking renewable energy

Investing

Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange adds support for EOS on GBX-DAX 2019-01-16 10:58:57

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), an institutional-grade, regulated and insured token sale platform and digital asset exchange, has announced the addition of EOS to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). The...

Cryptocurrency Brief: Bitcoin trades slightly higher, U.S. government shutdown weighs on regulatory decisions, Binance-powered crypto-to-fiat exchange kicks off – Wednesday, January 16

Bitwise files for new physically held bitcoin ETF with US SEC

Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange lists Ripple’s XRP on GBX-DAX

Insights

Cryptocurrency space continues to snowball 10 years after Bitcoin’s Genesis Block 2019-01-04 05:29:26

It has been 10 years since Satoshi Nakamoto mined Bitcoins genesis block and laid the foundation of the still-evolving token-based economy free from intermediaries. It all started with Block #0 on Jan 3rd,...

UK government, FCA respond to Treasury Committee’s crypto-assets report

Lack of Knowledge, A Hindrance for Investment into Crypto-Space - eToro survey

Institutional Investors Reluctant in Cryptocurrency, JP Morgan Referring to BTC Futures Contracts Data

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Ethereum (ETH) $123.56 (-3.05%)
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) $129.15 (-0.75%)
EOS (EOS) $2.45 (+1.17%)
Bitcoin (BTC) $3,656.70 (-0.48%)

Breaking

Jan 16, 2019 (Wednesday)

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Oil majors Chevron and Total join blockchain platform for energy commodity trading ‘Vakt’