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Thomas Farley said traditional Wall Street banks made the Coinbase stock listing and innovations in crypto possible by largely ignoring the industry. 1269 Total views 11 Total shares Thomas Farley, president of the New York Stock Exchange, said the world of finance was "past the point of no return" on crypto following Coinbase's public listing…

According to filings through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), money transmission network MoneyGram has gained over $11 million from the blockchain-based payments firm Ripple Labs.In a press release by MoneyGram, the company stated it had received funds from Ripple divided over two quarters: in the fourth quarter, $8.9 million, and $2.4 million in the…

Telegram founder and free speech advocate Pavel Durov was born on Oct. 10, 1984, in St. Petersburg, Russia, and demonstrated an early knack for computer science, culminating in the entrepreneur establishing several successful online social media platforms. While studying at Saint Petersburg State University, Durov became inspired by the success of the Facebook social media

United States-based investment firm Blockchain Capital has led a seed funding round for  blockchain compliance startup TRM, a press release from the firm reveals Jan. 31.TRM announced today that it had a closed a funding round totalling $1.7 million. Tapas Capital, Green D Ventures, The MBA Fund, and “strategic angel investors” also participated in the…

Leila Ismailova began her professional career at the age of 15 as a broadcasting star in Belarus, the Russian-neighboring Eastern European country that plays home to 9.3 million citizens. She continued in the role for 10 years, she says, before reaching what she felt was a “professional ceiling” and beginning a journey that led to…

United Kingdom-based mining firm Argo Blockchain has doubled its order of new cryptocurrency miners as it eyes “significant expansion” of its capacities.An Oct. 30 report from Proactive Investors revealed that the firm — which is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange —  is poised to increase its current hash power by…

EY expects that its new blockchain-based withholding tax solution can lay a foundation for the European Commission’s withholding tax relief system. 372 Total views 7 Total shares Global professional services firm Ernst & Young (EY) continues exploring the potential of blockchain technology to improve taxation processes with a new initiative.The company announced Wednesday that EY…

For the second time in one week Bitcoin (BTC) price has fallen below $6,000. Today’s pullback below the $6,000 mark comes as the weekly and monthly close approach and its possible that the price could also be influenced by investors fear that traditional markets may continue to correct at Monday’s opening bell.Crypto market daily price…

Japanese internet conglomerate GMO Internet Co. Ltd confirmed plans to release a cryptographic stablecoin Tuesday, Oct. 9, pegged to the Japanese yen.GMO, which entered the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange market in May last year, intends to begin issuing tokens at the start of the 2019 financial year.The news marks a further potential player in the yen-pegged…