BTC-e trading platform announced its official rebranding and the new exchange domain Wex.nz on September 15. In its welcome statement the company shares the details of the reopening assuring they are fully AML/KYC compliant.
Tencent, the Chinese media and technology company, and Intel have announced a partnership based on blockchain technology.
The distributed ledger consortium R3 will soon launch the first production version of its Corda platform, following two years in the development stage.
The beginning of Kin token distribution event (TDE) launched by the Canadian social media giant Kik Interactive, was announced yesterday on September 12. Having already raised $50 million in a presale round, Kik aims to raise $125 million in total through the ICO (initial coin offering).
The Swiss municipality of Chiasso will accept tax payments in bitcoin starting from the beginning of 2018 in an attempt to make Switzerland a global hub for financial technologies and cryptocurrency start-ups and a world leader in bitcoin adoption.
The new account-based ticketing system will also be extended to mobile payment modes, such as Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay, from the first quarter of next year under the Mastercard trial, the Land Transport Authority said on Monday, September 11.
Crypto community in China may take a sigh of relief: according to its official the government temporarily “pauses” ICOs, not bans them.
Russian finance ministry and the central bank are reportedly planning to legalize the use of the digital currency in Russia by the end of the year.
Crypto Valley Association, a Swiss-based non-profit association that promotes cryptocurrencies and the development of blockchain technologies, has announced its support for ‘careful’ ICO regulation.
The European Central Bank plans to create licensing guidelines for financial technology firms.
In the framework of cooperation with Microsoft Israel’s Bank Hapoalim seeks to digitize paper-based process of creating bank guarantees by using blockchain techs.
Baroness Michelle Mone of Mayfair OBE and Doug Barrowman announce the world’s first Bitcoin-priced development in Dubai becoming property pioneers.
EU financial enterprise Worldcore, previously known as non-blockchain, is about to start its own ICO on October 14, 2017 aiming to raise up to $100 million for the development and promotion of the digital bank’s blockchain platform.
The city-state of Singapore is likely to become favored ICO destination for blockchain startups following the initial coin offerings ban issued in China.
According to a joint venture agreement, Stargroup will update its ATMs to enable users instantly convert, withdraw, and trade the digital currency.