Judge finds Ripple Labs liable for $125M penalty in SEC case

Hedera Hashgraph intends to integrate the Now Platform to create a new level of trust and accountability in digital transformation transactions. 1021 Total views 41 Total shares The Hedera Governing Council has accepted cloud-based digital workflow platform ServiceNow as its newest member. Hedera intends to integrate the Now Platform to create a new level of…

Economist and academic John Vaz believes Bitcoin (BTC) still faces stiff competition from Facebook’s troubled Libra project.Vaz told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin has scaling challenges in terms of payments and was used disproportionately as a vehicle for speculation. By contrast he said Libra has been purpose-built to scale as a payments network and could quickly emerge as…

NatWest and other U.K. high street banks have ramped crypto curbs amid recent regulatory pressure on the sector. 379 Total views 1 Total shares As the crypto crackdown continues in Britain, another high street bank has intensified its efforts to curtail  its customers' use of digital assets. The Natwest Group has reportedly capped the daily amount…

Ahead of the launch of its U.K. regulated cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.UK vows to proactively update CryptoUK’s code of conduct to remain fit for purpose. Binance.UK is joining the self-regulating industry association CryptoUK as an executive member.The exchange will join stakeholders such as Coinbase, CryptoCompare and Ripple in leading the association’s strategic direction, and working with…

Former Texas Republican congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul received his reportedly first Bitcoin (BTC) from Bitcoin Foundation board member and Bitcoin wallet startup Ballet Crypto founder, Bobby Lee, on Oct. 28.Ron Paul now owns a gold plated Bitcoin walletLee publicly announced the gift he had given to Paul on Nov. 2, noting that the…

In a seminal blog post by Blockchain Capital, Bitcoin (BTC) was described as a “demographic mega-trend.” And while new technology tends to follow a path of diffusion from younger to older generations, there is another thing driving crypto adoption among Millennials: The fiat-based economy has failed them.The demographic megatrendAn online Harris poll conducted in April…

Jesse Coghlan 1 minute ago Crusoe Energy Systems has just acquired the operating assets of Great American Mining, a sign that further consolidation could be ahead. 9 Total views #Mining #Business #Bitcoin Mining #Markets #Hash Rate

Samsung Pay, the mobile payments service of South Korean tech giant Samsung, has partnered with payments platform Finablr, Ripple’s RippleNet member, to offer cross-border payments feature Money Transfer to its app’s users.Finablr announced the partnership on Oct. 3, claiming that the new feature “offers users seamless and secure cross-border payments to 47 countries through a…

When the financial system or the economy as a whole undergoes a rapid and large decline, it is said to be in a financial crisis. Financial assets like stocks, bonds, and real estate often see a sharp and significant decline in value during financial crises. They can also be identified by a decline in credit…