Australian regulator’s ‘blitz’ hits crypto exchanges, money remitters

The German bank Commerzbank is the first full-service bank in the country to receive a crypto custody license from local regulators. 372 Total views 5 Total shares The German bank Commerzbank has been granted a crypto custody license by local regulators, according to an announcement released by the lender on Nov. 15. Commerzbank says it is

International banking group Standard Chartered has become the latest member of a blockchain standard-building organization, the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA).In a press release issued on Nov. 6, Standard Chartered said the move would allow it to expand its client offerings across its 60 international markets.Standard Chartered is latest EEA banking member“Technology enables us to facilitate…

Gün Sirer says the U.S. “won the first wave of the internet revolution” because it enabled responsible innovation. Now, it must do the same with blockchain. 369 Total views 2 Total shares Ava Labs CEO Emin Gün Sirer will be calling on United States officials to “nurture” and “support” responsible blockchain innovation, warning that they…

Cointelegraph breaks down stablecoins and how they give users a way to safely store their assets without worrying about depreciation. 216 Total views 3 Total shares Cointelegraph’s director of video production Jackson DuMont dissected stablecoins in the latest episode of Cryptopedia. DuMont also explored and explained algorithmic stablecoins and the recent incident involving the TerraUSD…

Bitcoin (BTC) has hit a new all-time high in terms of hash rate despite dropping almost 12% last week, data suggests.According to various resources tracking hash rate growth on the Bitcoin network, the metric was circling its highest value ever as of March 1.Bitcoin network hits up to 136 quintillion hashes per secondHash rate refers…

Ahead of the imminent Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork, mining giant Bitmain has rushed to deploy around 90,000 Antminer S9 machines to the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, Chinese blockchain news source DeepChain reports Nov. 8.As reported, the BCH network will hard fork on Nov. 15, and Bitmain is reported to be strategizing its role…

New regulations for crypto-related companies, which Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) earlier announced, might prevent crypto entrepreneurs from entering the market. Expert comments on the situation were reported by business media Nikkei Asian Review on Monday, Dec. 17.Timothy Loh, owner of a local law firm, told Nikkei that some entrepreneurs might decide not…

Finance Redefined is Cointelegraph's weekly DeFi-centric newsletter, delivered to subscribers every Wednesday.The end of January saw a string of interesting announcements from projects building innovative products that may well push DeFi forward. And more price gains of course.To briefly touch on the market side of things, this does feel like a much quieter rally than…

The former foreign and finance minister of Nigeria said the G20 should be looking into blockchain solutions to close the gender gap. 598 Total views 6 Total shares Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director general of the World Trade Organization and former foreign and finance minister of Nigeria, said blockchain technology could help empower unbanked and underbanked…