Chinese Bank Issues Securities Worth $66 Million on a Blockchain

Binance and Gulf Innova, a subsidiary of Gulf Energy Development, said that their joint venture crypto exchange Binance Thailand is now open for trading.“We are deeply humbled to finally announce the launch of our local platform to the general public in Thailand. Over the past year, we have been working closely with Thai regulators, putting

NEWS Oct 23, 2018 at 16:18 UTC  |  Updated  Oct 23, 2018 at 16:18 UTC Crypto exchange Coinbase announced support for the Circle-issued stablecoin Tuesday. In a blog post, the exchange said U.S. customers outside the state of New York can now buy, sell, send and receive the USD//Coin (USDC), which was first announced last month.…

Nov 19, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC(kentoh/iStock via Getty Images Plus)A Crypto Ally as Top US Bank Regulator?President Trump has nominated former Coinbase counsel Brian Brooks to a full five-year term as Comptroller of the Currency, but will he be confirmed in time?For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases,…

news A Germany-based pharmaceutical multinational’s Canadian arm is set to trial IBM blockchain in Canada in a bid to raise the quality of clinical trials. Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) announced Tuesday that it has partnered with IBM “to improve trust, transparency, patient safety and patient empowerment in clinical trials” using the tech giant’s blockchain platform. The…

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the U.S. Federal Reserve concluded its two-day policy meeting Wednesday by resuming rate hikes after a one-meeting pause, raising its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points to a targeted range of 5.25%-5.50%.The price of bitcoin (BTC) was little-changed at $29,300 in the immediate aftermath of the…

At a time when non-fungible tokens face scrutiny for environmental damage, 14-year-old Abigail is using NFTs for conservation.Her project, “Belugies,” is a collection of 8,000 cartoon beluga whale NFTs created on the Solana blockchain. Abigail made the artwork for the project by hand, with plans to donate a portion of the profits to beluga conservation…

One of the first verticals Davis will launch is SLiC Images, which aims to be a decentralized platform, file storage product and licensing system for photographers – pros and amateurs alike. “If a picture says 1,000 words, we want to capture history now because in blockchain and Web3 those words can live for 1,000 years,”…

Sep 14, 2020 at 15:15 UTCBitcoin prices, Sept. 14, 2020. Bitcoin advanced on Monday, ending a 10-day-long price consolidation, as the U.S. dollar weakened against gold and fiat currencies. The number one cryptocurrency by market value printed a high of $10,691 at 14:05 UTC, the highest level since Sept. 4, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price…

Sep 26, 2020 at 00:11 UTCUpdated Sep 26, 2020 at 00:17 UTCThe Bahamas' Sand Dollar central bank digital currency will begin a "gradual national" debut on October 20. (Kim Schuster/Flickr)The Bahamas confirmed it will cross the central bank digital currency (CBDC) finish line next month.In a late Friday tweet, the Central Bank of the Bahamas…