China Central Bank to Set Standards for 17 Fintech Categories, Including Blockchain

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Oct 15, 2020 at 11:46 UTCStockpile (ediebloom/Getty Images)World’s Growing Stockpile of Negative-Yielding Debt a Positive for Bitcoin, Say AnalystsA global surge in negative-yielding bonds is likely to bolster bitcoin’s appeal as an alternative investment over the long run, experts say.The amount of global debt offering negative yields has more than doubled to $16.3 trillion in…

news A year after the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published initial regulations for funds investing in crypto, only one firm has successfully passed that gauntlet. Hong Kong-based Diginex remains the sole crypto fund to pass the regulatory hurdles issued in Nov. 2018 and formalized this October, according to research from Reuters. As…

A “crypto year” is often said to pack one year of innovation into a time span that would normally take seven. Like dog years. That said, institutions don’t move in crypto years when adopting innovation. They test and slowly build behind the scenes and those projects are starting to bloom just like spring flowers and

Ripple said it won't go forward with its outright acquisition of Nevada-based chartered trust company Fortress Trust."A few weeks ago, we signed a letter of intent to acquire Fortress Trust – we’ve since made the decision not to move forward with an outright acquisition, though Ripple will remain an investor," Ripple's CEO Brad Garlinghouse said

Bhutan, a Himalayan nation with fewer than 1 million people, has accumulated over $780 million in bitcoin, representing nearly a third of its GDP, through mining operations run by state-owned Druk Holdings. The mining operations are linked to Bitdeer, which has been expanding mining facilities in the country and aiming for a 600 megawatt capacity

NEWS After yesterday’s split of the bitcoin cash blockchain, several top exchanges have already accommodated the resulting two tokens. While the scheduled hard fork was originally intended as an upgrade to the network, the long-standard Bitcoin ABC version found itself with a rival network and token, Bitcoin SV, after it managed to garner enough support…

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Jan 21, 2020 at 18:40 UTCBitPay is adding support for XRP (BitPay CEO Stephen Pair via Chamber of Digital Commerce / YouTube)Cryptocurrency payment solution BitPay has added support for XRP to its wallet app on Tuesday, after first announcing its intent to do so in October 2019.BitPay worked alongside Ripple developer platform Xpring to complete…