Though ICOs have already lost their positions, STOs, being regulated and more secure, are still here. Marvin Steinberg has shared his vision on the benefits STOs can bring to investors.
Broadridge Financial Solutions plans to offer post-trade services for cryptocurrency after acquiring fintech company Shadow Financial Systems. The company invested in blockchain projects, but the Shadow deal will be its foray into cryptocurrency.
Facebook’s Libra is facing many regulatory challenges that have made institutional backers like MasterCard, Stripe, PayPal, and Visa lead several other potential partners in casting their doubts about the project.
The bankers have explicitly stated that Facebook’s Libra will pose huge threat to the consumer demand for deposit accounts, payment volumes, and business models built on privacy.
One of Germany’s biggest banks has joined the already bullish Bitcoin community, with a forecast which puts BTC price at a record high by next year. Bayern LB believes the upcoming halving will be the catalyst.
Chicago-based rating firm Morningstar moves into the cryptospace by offering blockchain-based solutions for the global debt securities market.
JPMorgan, Intel and TrustToken-led GCO, announced the release of USD Digital (USDD), a new US dollar-backed stablecoin. Based on Ethereum, USDD is targeted at institutions, exchanges, traders, and OTC desks.
We have picked some projects that conducted a successful ICO and still manage to work and develop their products, and we’ll try to find out what keeps them alive, besides money. These three projects are BOLT, NOAH, and Platio.
In a global first move, six Japanese securities firms join hands to create a self-regulating “Japan Security Token Association” which will bring Securities Token Offerings (STOs) to the centerstage.
Mark Zuckerberg said that if the Democratic Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren was to come to power, and pursue her agenda of breaking the Big Tech companies, Facebook won’t step back from fighting the U.S. government in the court.
Maduro believes in the power of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. He says that his cryptocurrency-powered plan will help the country “maintain [the flow of] imports and exports.”
Bitcoin Depot is going to widen its Bitcoin ATM network within the United States to offer people the easiest and the most convenient way to deal with cryptocurrencies.
London-based startup HOLD.io is rolling out a crypto and cash exchange app that promises zero fees at competitive rates, with a free VISA debit card to boot.
Bakkt’s entry into the crypto space remains disappointing so far in the first week of its Bitcoin Futures launch. Bakkt’s performance has also resulted in the Bitcoin price crash last week, according to some experts.
Research and analysis reveal that Tether could be the world’s most used cryptocurrency for months now because its daily and monthly trading volumes surpass those of Bitcoin by far.