Waking Dragon? Asia’s Token Economy Is Charging Full Speed Ahead
Far East dealers in crypto assets have been on the receiving end of severe regulation and yet the region appears undaunted – at least, that’s…
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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…
G20 To Focus On Crypto AML, ‘Too Stringent Regulations’ Not Good, Says Japanese Gov’t Official
Japan will call on the G20 member governments to concentrate on developing a common anti-money laundering (AML) strategy for cryptocurrencies during the annual summit in Buenos Aires on March 19-20, Reuters reports…
Japan’s Banking Giant SBI Delays Launch Of Crypto Exchange To ‘Strengthen Security’
Japan’s financial services conglomerate SBI Group announced in a post on its site Tuesday, Feb. 27 that it has to postpone the launch of its planned cryptocurrency exchange. In the…
Litecoin Lifted on LitePay and Upcoming Litecoin Cash Fork
Cryptocurrencies have their moments, each day one will outshine the rest on the back of good news or a FOMO (fear of missing out) moment. Today…
Singapore Confirms It Will Not ‘Ban’ Cryptocurrency, Has No ‘Risk Concerns’
Singapore’s deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam provided new commentary on the government’s commitment “not to ban” cryptocurrency as part of its future regulatory plans. In a series…
The Massive Plunges of Cryptocurrency Are Not to Be Feared
When January 2017 rolled around precisely one year ago, Bitcoin was valued at 900 dollars per unit on the forex market. Although this was already…
The Death of the ICO (And 4 Other 2018 Predictions)
If 2017 was the year of the ICO, 2018 will be the year of the great ICO hangover. It will also be the year major…