Genius Group kicks off Bitcoin treasury play with $10M in BTC 

Tech giant IBM has launched a pilot for a blockchain-powered platform designed to streamline bank guarantee processIn a press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 3, IBM stated that the pilot was launched in partnership with four Australian financial services companies.The pilot — dubbed Lygon — is backed by IBM, the Australia and New Zealand…

“This funding will allow us to further develop our digital asset banking platform and strengthen our presence in global markets by attracting new talent,” says Guido Buehler, CEO of Seba Bank 349 Total views 19 Total shares Seba Bank, a Swiss-based digital assets banking platform regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, announced on Wednesday…

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, has publicized clarity on physical digital asset delivery as it applies to traded market products. “The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the Commission voted unanimously to approve final interpretive guidance concerning retail commodity transactions involving certain digital assets,” the Commission said in a statement provided to Cointelegraph,…

Coinbase Pro, the professional offering of United States-based crypto trading platform and wallet service Coinbase, is adding support for Ripple’s XRP token. Coinbase announced the development in an official blog post on Feb. 25.Per the announcement Coinbase Pro will now accept deposits of XRP for a minimum of 12 hours before enabling full trading. Coinbase…

The "Kimchi premium" has flipped to discount again, and could be saying something about crypto market sentiment, at least in South Korea. 409 Total views 5 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTSouth Korea’s "Kimchi premium" has flipped to a discount again, meaning cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are now…

Bittrex agreed to pay more than $29 million in a settlement with FinCEN, but the regulator said it will credit a $24-million payment “to settle its potential liability with OFAC.” 347 Total views 11 Total shares

Peer-to-peer crypto-powered wireless network Helium announced its expansion to Europe after launching in North America. 1691 Total views 38 Total shares Peer-to-peer, or P2P, crypto-powered wireless network Helium announced its expansion to Europe after launching in North America.According to a June 18 announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Helium will start shipping its network’s Hotspots to Europe…

The roadmap comes amid fierce competition in data availability among rivals such as EigenDA and Avail.

In its latest rankings, the Chinese CCID Research Institute put Bitcoin (BTC) in eleventh place on a list of 37 digital currencies in terms of technology, application and innovation. The ranking results were published by Forex Crunch on July 31.The CCID Research Institute is an initiative of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that…