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The World Bank announced on Aug. 16 that it raised an additional A$50 million (over $33 million) for its Kangaroo bond due August 2020, using a blockchain. The bank claims that this is the first bond which has been created, allocated, transferred and managed through its life cycle using distributed ledger technology (DLT).Major banks join World…

Bermuda's Edward Burt reportedly met with U.S. lawmakers and government officials this week in Washington, D.C. to discuss common standards for digital assets. 135 Total views 24 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe dramatic collapse of crypto exchange FTX last November is not moving Bermuda away from receiving…

Chinese blockchain platform NEO will open an office in United States city of Seattle, according to an official announcement shared with Cointelegraph on Feb. 15. The new office will be headed by ex-Microsoft executive John deVadoss.The NEO Global Development (NGD) Seattle office will open and begin recruitment this month, purportedly allowing the company to expand…

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper, Oct. 30, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon found himself speaking yet again about the leading cryptocurrency, notwithstanding his track record of attempts to extricate himself from the debate.As CNBC reported Oct. 31, Dimon made his “reluctant” comments at the Axios conference in Los…

Major money transmission network MoneyGram has announced that blockchain-based payments firm Ripple has completed its original commitment with a final $20 million investment.In a Nov. 25 press release, MoneyGram announced that Ripple Labs Inc. has made a final $20 million equity investment in MoneyGram as part of Ripple's original $50 million equity investment commitment.A total…

Nansen analysts observed “unusual transactions between FTX and Alameda” in the days leading up to FTX’s bankruptcy. 478 Total views 4 Total shares Blockchain data analysts from Nansen have revisited the days leading up to the collapse of FTX, including the transfer of $4.1 billion worth of FTT tokens between the exchange and Alameda Research.A

IRB official Datuk Abu Tariq Jamaluddin warns crypto traders to declare taxes or face compliance actions.

Major crypto exchange Binance may be returning to China, with a planned office to open in Beijing, sources say.Binance in exileBinance, which left China in September 2017 in response to the country’s ban on crypto trading, is looking to open a new office in Beijing to accompany one operating in Shanghai, two unnamed sources told…