‘Silly’ to shade Ethereum, the ‘Microsoft of blockchains’ — Bitwise exec

18 million users of Coins.ph are expected to receive a faster, lower-cost and more accessible remittance option as a result of the new partnership with Circle. Circle, the issuer of the U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDC (USDC), is increasing its presence in the Philippines with a new local partnership.On Oct. 10, Circle announced a strategic partnership

The Capital Markets (Amendment) Bill will now be introduced to the lower chamber of Parliament in Kenya. 89 Total views 2 Total shares A bill defining crypto assets as securities and featuring the capital gains tax on them made it through the Parliamentary Committee. It will be introduced to the lower chamber of Parliament as

Dutch blockchain startup Finturi has secured 2 million euro ($2.2 million) to enable businesses to secure loans against invoices via blockchain tech, the company tweeted on March 12.Founded in September 2018, Finturi aims to help businesses finance invoices by linking them with financiers to borrow money against invoices, using blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI), according…

The freeze does not affect Binance accounts owned by ordinary Palestinian civilians. 327 Total views 1 Total shares Crypto exchange Binance has frozen accounts linked to Hamas militants as per requests from Israeli law enforcement.According to an Oct. 10 WeChat post by Yi He, the exchange’s co-founder, the freeze is targeted toward Hamas and not

Binance said it revised operations to comply with EU standards after carefully considering feedback from the community and several projects. 926 Total views 1 Total shares Binance has decided to reverse its plan to delist several privacy coins in Europe after revising operations to comply with local regulations.In a comment from the cryptocurrency exchange received…

The company is pushing new use cases for blockchain payments through its partnerships with Bitso and Stellar Development Foundation. 495 Total views 28 Total shares Crypto-focused enterprise payment platform Tribal Credit has concluded a $40 million debt offering that was funded through fiat and stablecoins — giving the company additional capital to expand its business…

Calibra CEO David Marcus recently claimed that the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards of Libra — Facebook’s proposed stablecoin project — will be better than other payments networks.Citing statements from Marcus’ speech at the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas, finance publication Finextra reports on Oct. 29 that he explained the nuances of the project during…

Bakkt, the much-anticipated digital assets platform operated by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has closed its first acquisition, a tweet from the company revealed Feb. 8.The move marks the finalization of an acquisition of assets in futures commission merchant Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG). “With today’s closing of our transaction with Rosenthal Collins Group, we welcome great…