Major Japanese Fintech Company Reveals Plans to Launch Crypto Exchange This Year
Money Forward Inc., the operator of one of Japan’s most popular personal budgeting apps, has announced its plans to launch a crypto asset exchange this…
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Roger Ver and Mate Tokay from Bitcoin.com Join A New Fintech Startup Advisory Board
Bitcoin.com’s CEO Roger Ver and COO Mate Tokay have become advisors to a fintech startup MoneyToken, as reported in MoneyToken’s announcement. The partnership between MoneyToken and Bitcoin.com…
South Africa’s Central Bank to Setup Cryptocurrency Self-Regulatory Organization
Cryptocurrency is on the radar of South Africa’s central bank. The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is setting up an investigative unit to monitor the developments…
Binance Fights Increasing Regulation
Zhao Changpeng, founder of Binance, was able to grow his company into the world’s largest digital-asset exchange by traded value in less than eight months. The exchange,…
UK Financial Regulator Introduces Global Fintech Sandbox, ‘90%’ Success Rate Domestically
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is launching a global fintech regulatory sandbox, after the successful progress of their 2016 release of a UK sandbox, that allows for innovative fintech development…
CT Goes Italian: Cointelegraph Italia Launches Today
Cointelegraph (CT) is pleased to announce the launch of its Italian version Cointelegraph Italia, today, Feb. 9. Cointelegraph Italia provides all the latest information from Cointelegraph in…
Former FDIC Chair Says ‘We Don’t Ban Assets,’ Bitcoin Just Needs To Be Regulated
Sheila Bair, former US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) chair, told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Friday, Jan. 19 that there is no precedent to ban Bitcoin (BTC) as an…
Crypto-Mania Grips Hong Kong as City Looks for Life Beyond Banks
In the mid-1990s, Johnson Leung embarked on a career in shipping. In the early 2000s, he moved to finance. And now, he runs a Hong…