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Remittance payments are part of many foreign workers’ daily lives; however, traditional systems can be slow and costly. In Japan, there are approximately 45,000 Thai employees working around the clock to send money home to their families–and Ripple’s solution RippleNet is aiming to make the process easier. RippleNet, a decentralized global network for banks and […]

Following a multi-month downtrend, the price of Ethereum is recovering from yearly lows due to a boost in trading volume in the past 24 hours. Since Wednesday, Ether prices are up 15 percent. Ethereum Recovers Through Tether Trading Pair In the past five days, Ethereum prices began to uptrend as total trading volume across the largest cryptocurrency […]

Institutional solutions to cryptocurrency investing continue to take rise. As client demand increases, another major Wall Street firm is making plans to offer a new array of digital asset trading services. Morgan Stanley Expands Digital Asset Trading Services New York-based investment bank Morgan Stanley plans to launch Bitcoin swap trading services for clients, reports Bloomberg. […]

In the onset of emerging regulations, cryptocurrency exchanges are looking to legitimize their services. On Sept. 12, Bain Capital Ventures invested $15 million in Seed CX, a licensed institutional digital asset exchange, during a Series B funding round. First Institutional Crypto Exchange Takes Charge According to a press release, Seed CX raised funds from several other […]

The war for stablecoin supremacy has a new competitor with CarbonUSD, a new regulated platform launched on Ethereum’s blockchain. It’s a step for Carbon that CEO and co-founder Sam Trautwein says will bring the company closer positioning its algorithm protocol on Hedera Hashgraph. Inside CarbonUSD Built in compliance with legal groundwork, and fully collateralized and […]

With increasing regulatory scrutiny, several cryptocurrency exchanges are seeking to open regulated security token markets across the globe. This week, Binance and Malta Stock Exchange confirmed a partnership to launch a new security token trading platform, reports Malta Today. Malta As Hub for Blockchain Innovation The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Binance, is […]

Cryptocurrency pioneers are beginning to bare their teeth as competition and partnerships set new standards on a daily basis. Justin Sun, founder of the Tron Foundation, faced general criticism from peers shortly after announcing a new deal with Satowallet. Tron and Satowallet: The Sky’s the Limit This week, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin made statements that […]

The state of advanced cryptocurrency and blockchain applications and devices continues to evolve. Launched Sept. 12, Jaxx Liberty has introduced a comprehensive, multi-platform cryptocurrency wallet that integrates multiple features on a single interface. All-in-One Crypto Wallet The cryptocurrency wallet Jaxx Liberty closed its beta and has officially launched on Android and desktop, according to a blog […]

Welcome to our new weekly series on blockchain venture capital deals. Barrel Protocol, a Tel Aviv-based startup focused on automating consumer data compliance using smart contracts, closed a $4M seed round on September 7, 2018. Participants in the round included Neo Global Capital, Altair Ventures, Gigi Levi, and Collider. Barrel Protocol is a spin-off of […]

In a move that could send Japan’s cryptocurrency market skyrocketing into American digital assets trading, Huobi Global’s subsidiary Huobi Japan has been declared a majority stakeholder in Japan’s BitTrade platform. The move also marks how Singapore’s powerhouse entrepreneur Eric Cheng has leveraged his international brand with the trillion-dollar company to become the largest trading platform […]