Facebook Hires Lobbying Firm to Ease Regulatory Pressure on Libra Facebook has hired a Washington-based lobbying firm to help it grapple with the negative responses sparked by the announcement of its planned Libra cryptocurrency project.According to an O’Dwyer PR report published on Aug.26, the social media giant is working with FS Vector — a consultancy firm that specializes in regulatory compliance, public policy, and… Paxos receives ‘preliminary conditional approval’ for US bank charter The stablecoin issuer has nabbed a banking license, but it doesn’t mean they’ll be doing any banking in the traditional sense.473 Total views 2 Total shares The U.S.Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted today stablecoin company and PayPal collaborator Paxos a federal charter to form a national trust bank… ‘Halal Coins Only’: First Islamic Crypto Exchange to be Launched in 2019 The ADAB Solutions project, based in the United Arab Emirates, is planning to launch FICE — the First Islamic Crypto Exchange which will be operating “according to the principles of Shariah law.” The company is expecting to reach $146 million daily trading and $4.4 billion monthly turnover by 2020.Islamic finance as crypto exchange baseThe new… Everledger’s Leanne Kemp on How to Enable Marketplaces With Fair Pricing This interview has been edited and condensed.Leanne Kemp is the founder of blockchain platform Everledger, which tracks high-class assets like diamonds in order to reduce fraud and promote more viable marketplaces.Cointelegraph spoke to Kemp about how the service’s role as a global digital registry can help ensure ethical trade across a variety of… CoinShares opens up its $1B crypto coffers to public audit Ever wondered what $1 billion worth of crypto looked like? CoinShares, a company that manages over $1 billion worth of crypto assets is opening up its reserves to a public audit.The service is provided by an accounting firm Armanino, which will be providing an updated state of reservers for various electronically traded products issued… Grayscale survey connects COVID-19 pandemic to new Bitcoin purchases Survey data from Grayscale Investments shows the coronavirus pandemic played a role in new investors decision to buy Bitcoin.As Bitcoin (BTC) price rises toward $18,000 and traders attempt to secure a new all-time high, the surge of institutional investors jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon continues.
This time, institutional and retail investors are both keen… US Intelligence Community Sees Crypto As a Threat to the Greenback The United States intelligence community is seeking a researcher to model risk scenarios for how and why the dollar could lose its global supremacy, and how best to respond.The role was advertised on Feb.14 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).The successful candidate will be tasked with evaluating threats to the… Blockchain Solution Spending to Hit $16 Billion by 2023: IDC Report Worldwide spending on blockchain solutions is expected to hit almost $16 billion in 2023.A new report published on Aug.8 by United States-based market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) forecast that overall spending on the technology will reach $15.9 billion in 2023, at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 60.2% between 2018-2023.Blockchain… 12 of the biggest enterprise blockchain players of 2020 Enterprise blockchain started gaining traction in 2017 shortly after Bitcoin had reached its all-time high of nearly $20,000.Since then, enterprise blockchain has mainly been defined by private blockchain networks used by businesses for things such as supply chain management.
The enterprise blockchain space has changed quite a bit since 2017.For instance, 2020 has brought… Leave a Reply You must be logged in to post a comment.Search .
