Canadian investment firm Accelerate Financial files for Bitcoin ETF Calgary-based financial services firm Accelerate Financial Technologies is planning to list its Bitcoin ETF on the Toronto Stock Exchange.Another Canadian company has filed an application for a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund, or ETF, amid a renewed interest in crypto ETFs from global financial firms.Accelerate Financial Technologies has filed and obtained a receipt for a… ICO Performance in Q3 2018 Saw ‘Overall Disappointment,’ Study Shows Initial Coin Offering (ICO) performance was in part characterized by “overall disappointment” in the third quarter of 2018, according to a study from ICO analysis firm ICORating published Nov.15.As the report states, Q3 2018 saw 597 ICOs raise over $1.8 billion, a notably lower value than the over $8.3 billion reportedly raised in the… NASA Looks to Hire Data Scientist With Crypto and DLT Background The United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking to hire a data scientist with crypto and blockchain expertise.Crypto and blockchain considered a plusAccording to a LinkedIn job listing posted on Sept.20, NASA is looking to employ a data scientist for its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, whose primary function is the… Lucid Sight Raises $6 Million to Bring Its DLT-Powered Games to Traditional Platforms Blockchain games developer Lucid Sight has raised $6 million to expand its digital scarcity-powered games to traditional game platforms, tech news website VentureBeat reports April 2.Los Angeles-based Lucid Sight now has $11 million in funding to expand offerings of its digital ownership games company by bridging the gap between blockchain and traditional gaming.Leading investment bank… Bank of America Joins R3’s Marco Polo Blockchain Global Trade Network Bank of America has joined R3’s Corda-powered Marco Polo Network “to tackle trade finance challenges.”“Tackle trade finance challenges”On Sept.
19, Marco Polo announced the multinational investment bank was joining its network to improve international trade inefficiencies and deliver a better service for its customers.Geoff Brady, head of global trade at Bank of America, said:“Joining the Marco… Nasdaq-Powered EU Digital Exchange DX Adds Tokenized ETFs Estonia-based digital trading platform DX.Exchange has added tokenized Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) to its services, according to press release shared with Cointelegraph on March 6.The move involves the tokenization of popular ETFs, such as SPY, which represents the S&P 500, and QQQ, which backs the Nasdaq Composite at a 1:1 ratio.UWT (crude oil) and UDOW… Ethereum’s Constantinople Hard Fork Faces ‘Consensus Issue’ in Testing An alleged “consensus issue” in the testing of a planned hard fork of Ethereum, called Constantinople, has caused a testnet to be “not usable,” according to a tweet from Ethereum blockchain infrastructure firm Infura October 13.Infura’s tweet also advises developers to use other testing networks while the Ethereum developer community is “investigating” the issue.As reported… Reports: Bitmain Allegedly Fires All BCH Developers in Wave of Redundancies Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain has reportedly fired its entire staff of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developers, Blockstream CSO Samson Mow reported, citing Chinese social media sources on Dec.23.The second in what appears to be a phase of staff losses for Bitmain, around 50 workers are reportedly set to go this week.The messages follow reports on… Int’l Regulator Basel Committee Calls for Prudent Rules for Crypto Global banking regulator Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) calls for a conservative prudential treatment framework for crypto assets.The Basel Committee — which includes banking regulators from the United States, Europe and Japan — published its report on the prudential treatment of crypto assets.
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