February 2019 | Page 4 of 104 | Last Cryptocurrency News Feed

South Africa’s Standard Bank to Launch Permissioned Blockchain for Overseas Exchange Services

South Africa’s Standard Bank will soon launch its private permissioned blockchain for overseas exchange trades on behalf of corporate clients, fintech news outlet FinExtra reports Thursday, Feb. 28.The platform, which is set to go live in the second half of 2019, is based on the Hyperledger Fabric — a foundation for developing applications or solutions…

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Crypto Brokerage Firm Voyager From Uber’s Former CTO Acquires Wallet Startup Ethos

Voyager Digital, a crypto brokerage firm co-founded by a former CTO of Uber, is acquiring crypto wallet startup Ethos, an announcement published by Voyager on Feb. 27 reveals.This acquisition is building on a strategic partnership between Ethos and Voyager, which was first announced in September last year. According to the announcement, the Ethos Universal Wallet…

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Crypto Money Laundering Reports Spiked in Japan Last Year, Police Say

news Reports of suspicious cryptocurrency transactions in Japan soared last year, the country’s police agency has said. According to an article in The Japan Times on Thursday, the National Police Agency (NPA) has released data indicating that cryptocurrency exchanges reported 7,096 cases of suspicious transactions in 2018. That figure is a hefty 961 percent greater than…

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China’s 10th Crypto Rankings: EOS Still in First, TRON Joins and Beats Ethereum to Second

China’s state-backed tech workgroup has released its tenth crypto rankings report, placing Bitcoin (BTC) in 13th, while EOS (EOS) keeps its top spot. The monthly report was released by China’s Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) on Feb. 26.Operating under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, CCID first launched its monthly crypto ratings…

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Moscow Government Plans to Use Blockchain Tech in E-Voting for Parliamentary Election

The city council of Moscow, Russia’s capital city, has submitted a bill to use blockchain technology for an electronic voting system, major Russian news agency Tass reported on Tuesday, Feb. 26.The Moscow City Duma, a local parliament of the Russian capital city, plans to protect the process and results of electronic voting in the upcoming…

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SingularityNET Platform Launches Beta Decentralized AI Marketplace After $36 Mln ICO

Blockchain artificial intelligence (AI) platform SingularityNET has officially launched a beta version of its Ethereum-based decentralized marketplace on Thursday, Feb. 28, according to a press release obtained by Cointelegraph.Ben Goertzel, CEO and chief scientist at SingularityNET, noted in the press release that the pre-beta version was stress tested by the community and volunteers prior to…

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Asia Crypto Week 2019 Is Upcoming Up This Month: Everything You Need To Know

Asia has cemented its position as a major hub for blockchain and crypto innovation thanks to a combination of friendly policies and a thriving tech scene. The continent has embraced blockchain openly, led by countries like Japan and Singapore, even though other significant powerhouses like China and India are taking a warmer stance toward disruptive…

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Crypto Broker Voyager Is Buying Token Issuer and Wallet Ethos.io for $4 Million

feature Voyager, a crypto brokerage platform that launched and went public this month, has agreed to buy wallet startup Ethos.io for about $4 million. Announced Thursday, the deal would give Voyager a range of products developed by Singapore-based Ethos, including the Ethos Universal Wallet and the blockchain platform Ethos Bedrock, plus “certain blockchain technology and…

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Thai SEC Added 3 Cryptos to List of Crypto Assets Suitable for ICOs and Trading

The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (Thai SEC) has updated the list of cryptocurrencies suitable for use in initial coin offering (ICO) investments and trading pairs. An official Thai SEC statement reported the development on Feb. 28.Until now, Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP) and Stellar (XLM) could be used for the purposes mentioned above…

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The Binance Magic: Fetch AI Token Surges 400% Following Successful $6M Fundraising

Today, as announced by Binance, Fetch.AI started trading following successful fundraising on Binance Launchpad. Exactly as BitTorrent (BTT) did before, being completed in just under 18 minutes and followed by a price discovery of over 600%, Fetch.AI is not disappointing its token investors, with a little over than 400% ROI on its fundraising price. Binance…