Several days remain before the launch of the regulated Bakkt trading platform, which will bring large institutional investors and their money to the market. Paradoxical as it may sound, the vast majority of participants in the cryptocurrency market very much hope that the cost of the main cryptocurrency will quickly rise above $ 100,000. Will…
Bank of America has joined the Marco Polo blockchain trading finance platform, based on the R3 Corda blockchain. The bank said that as a long-standing provider of trade finance and supply chain solutions, the company decided to join Marco Polo to offer customers better services. Geoff Brady, head of global trade and supply chain finance…
The Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that it is necessary to improve the regulation of bitcoin before cryptocurrency can be traded on large exchanges. Speaking at a CNBC Delivering Alpha conference, SEC chairman Jay Clayton said investors were “very wrong” if they thought bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were priced the…
The American game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) tweeted out of the blue “Invest in crypto.” Is your heart beating faster? Does this mean that the publisher of, among other things, promotes the Fifa series of cryptocurrency? Unfortunately not. The tweet turned out to be a promotion for season 3 of their game Apex Legends. invest…
The Ministry of Health of the United Arab Emirates has announced the launch of a blockchain system for storing assessment data by licensing authorities of healthcare providers. The system will “store and transmit assessment information by local licensing authorities for healthcare providers, including doctors, pharmacists, and technicians.” Awad Saghir Al Ketbi, Assistant Secretary for Support…
The publication of CoinDesk got a draft bill on licensing mining activities in Iran. Now the document is waiting for official approval. The Cabinet of Ministers of Iran has issued a bill proposing the introduction of mandatory registration and licensing of mining companies. Now the document is waiting for official approval. According to CoinDesk, citing…
Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma’s financial market committee, said that a meeting with finance minister Anton Siluanov on a bill on cryptocurrencies has been postponed indefinitely. “The meeting was postponed until the deadline was determined, it depends on the schedules. Yesterday, the schedule did not allow the meeting to be held not because…
SEC filed a lawsuit in the federal court of the Central District of California against ICOBox and its founder Nikolai Evdokimov, accusing them of unregistered sale of tokens for $ 14 million. According to the SEC, the defendants violated federal securities laws by selling tokens that were unregistered securities and acting as an unregistered broker….
The Swiss subsidiary of Arab Bank, a banking giant in the Middle East, is starting to provide trade and storage services for BTC and ETH. Thanks to this initiative, large-capital clients serviced by Arab Bank Switzerland, including business leaders and family entrepreneurs, can now access digital assets. “We strongly believe that the blockchain will dramatically…
Wallet operator Abra will begin cryptocurrency sales for Philippine pesos in the Philippines in 6,000 stores at 7-Eleven. The company has signed an agreement with a local payment company ECPAY to access its network, which includes all 7-Eleven stores in the country. The service allows any Abra wallet user to purchase cryptocurrencies through the 7-Eleven…
