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Digital assets are here to stay; State Street survey reveals continued institutional interest

Crypto Technicals: ETH/USD dips below 140 mark, eyes trendline support at 132

ETH/USD chart - Trading View Exchange - Coinbase Support: 132 (Trendline); Resistance: 145.72 (5-DMA) Technical Analysis: Bias bearish ETH/USD is extending weakness for the 4th straight session, bias strongly...

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, Chamber of Digital Commerce partner on tokenization efforts

The Chamber of Digital Commerce and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) have entered into a strategic partnership to boost industry advocacy and education efforts around tokenization. Under the partnership, the...

Square Crypto awards grant to pseudonymous Lightning contributor ‘ZmnSCPxj’

Square Crypto, a bitcoin-focused unit of payments company Square, has awarded a grant to a Lightning contributor going by the pen name ZmnSCPxj. In a move that could never happen in any other space, were supplying...

Crypto Technicals: Bitcoin hits 2-week lows below $7100, bearish bias with rising volatility to see more weakness

BTC/USD chart - Trading View Exchange - Coinbase Support: 6963 (Lower BB); Resistance: 7287 (5-DMA) Technical Analysis: Bias Bearish BTC/USD was trading 0.73% lower on the day at 7151 at 04:10 GMT after...

Russian power grid company to use blockchain technology to solve massive energy debt issue

Digital ledger technology firm Waves Enterprise has announced that its going to be working with the Russian power grid company, Rosseti, to address a nationwide problem regarding the countrys energy consumption. The...

Elliptic launches a risk-assessment tool for banks to identify trustworthy crypto exchanges

Crypto-asset risk assessment company Elliptic just announced the launching of its new product to help banks to assess hundreds of crypto exchanges operating worldwide. Called Elliptic Discovery, this new product will...

Wu Jihan once again takes over the helm at Bitmain as CEO

In the latest twist to the leadership changes at Bitmain, Wu Jihan has once again taken over the helm as the chief executive officer, Bloomberg reported. As per the report, Jihan made his first public appearance at a...

China securities watchdog appoints former head of PBoC Digital Currency Institute: Report

The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) is reportedly setting up a new Technology Regulatory Bureau, CoinDesk reported citing local media outlet Caijing. The securities regulator is also reportedly planning to...

Nike secures patent for blockchain-enabled “CryptoKicks”

Leading sportswear brand Nike has been awarded a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for using blockchain technology to assign unique digital ID to shoes. The company had filed the...

BitPay rolls out stablecoin payments for merchants and consumers

Blockchain payment services provider BitPay has launched stablecoin payments for merchants and consumers worldwide. According to a press release, BitPay currently supports payment acceptance and settlement in three...

Ripple improves Xpring platform to boost growth of XRP developer community

Ripples investment arm, Xpring, has announced that the Xpring platform has been improved for developers looking to integrate payments into any apps. Called Xpring.io, this one-stop developer platform has been designed to...

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Binance launches Latin American fiat gateway; adds new fiat payment options Thu, 12 Dec 2019, 15:03 pm UTC

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a fiat gateway for Latin America, allowing people in Brazil and Argentina to buy and sell cryptocurrencies with respective local fiat currencies. The new platform has been...

Blockchain startup Digital Asset secures $35M in Series C round

Consensys shuts down India, Philippine offices; 11 people axed by the closure

Beowulf Blockchain Supports Anti-Human Trafficking Non-governmental Organization through Education and Technology

Technology

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles joins IBM responsible mineral sourcing blockchain Wed, 11 Dec 2019, 06:55 am UTC

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), the worlds eighth-largest automaker that counts Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep and Maserati among its brands, has joined the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network (RSBN). Built on the IBM...

WeBank becomes technical infrastructure provider for China’s Blockchain Service Network

Italian copyright pioneer collaborates with blockchain firm to protect intellectual property

China to launch first phase of digital currency pilot program by end of 2019: Report

Investing

Crypto Technicals: Major Cryptocurrency Daily Technical Outlook Thu, 12 Dec 2019, 12:57 pm UTC

Major Cryptocurrency Daily Trend/ Technical Outlook TokenPost |...

Crypto Technicals: Major Cryptocurrency Support Resistance Levels

Crypto Technicals: Tezos (XTZ) bucks bearish crypto market trend, grinds higher with strong bullish momentum

Crypto Technicals: DASH/USD finds no respite from bears, set to hit fresh record lows

Insights

SEC chairman says DLT can foster capital growth; Revealed that agency has been studying digital assets Thu, 12 Dec 2019, 07:42 am UTC

The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission has released a testimony for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Published on Tuesday, Dec. 10, Clayton outlined the regulatory agencys...

Blockchain technology poses money laundering, terrorist financing risks, says annual FINMA report

FinCEN sees spike in crypto-related suspicious activity reports after May advisory

Bank of Lithuania publishes paper on CBDC to nurture discussions around the new innovation

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Binance launches Latin American fiat gateway; adds new fiat payment options