State Street: 38% of Clients Will Put More Money into Digital Assets in 2020
The majority of asset managers that bank with State Street are interested in digital assets such as bitcoin, but none have asked the global custodian…
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Think Tank Pushes for Creation of a National Cryptocurrency in Switzerland
Avenir Suisse, one of the most influential think tanks in Switzerland, released a report urging the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to start working on a…
Blockchain and Financial Services Lead Jesse Lund Leaves IBM
Jesse Lund, IBM’s global head of blockchain for financial services, is no longer working for the company. A spokesperson for IBM confirmed Lund’s departure via…
Crypto Exchange Aggregator Caspian to Offer Crypto Options and Futures Trading
Institutional crypto trading, portfolio and risk management platform Caspian announced that it has integrated its platform with cryptocurrency futures and options trading exchange Deribit. The news was revealed in a press…
SWIFT Teams Up With Major Banks, SGX to Trial Blockchain Voting
Financial messaging giant SWIFT has teamed up with the Singapore Exchange and four banks to trial a platform for e-voting based on blockchain tech, the…
Asset-Backed Securities: Entering the Crypto Conversation in 2019
We are at the end of another busy autumn conference season, and I have had the opportunity to speak at half a dozen events to…
Crypto Assets on Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange Can Now Be Insured
The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), a subsidiary of the island’s stock exchange, is now providing insurance coverage for crypto assets listed on its platform. The…
US CFTC Chairman: Distributed Ledger Technology May Help in Monitoring Trading Markets
Christopher Giancarlo, the chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), recently said that distributed ledger technology (DLT) may help regulatory authorities monitor trading markets more…
OKEx Named “Crypto Exchange of the Year” at Malta’s Cryptocurrency Conference
Popular cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, which recently started setting up operations in Malta, has recently been named “Crypto Exchange of the Year,” during the Malta Blockchain Summit’s…
Korea Blockchain Enterprise Promotion Association Calls on Government to Regulate Crypto
The recently launched Korea Blockchain Enterprise Promotion Association has called on the state to adopt crypto and blockchain technology, local news agency Korea Joongang Daily reports Aug. 8. According to the…