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On Digital Assets – Russia Wants to Ban Crypto…Again
In what seems like a soap opera at this point, Russian regulators continue to flip flop over their stance on cryptocurrencies. This week, a legal executive from the Bank of Russia stated that an amended version of the On Digital Financial Assets bill would make crypto trading and issuance illegal in the country. The news […]
The Full Impact of Trump’s Travel Ban on the Airline Industry
While aviation was going through a period of consistent growth for the past five years, the economic turbulence caused by the coronavirus has now brought the airline industry to a crash landing. The industry — which accounts for $130 billion each year for travel between the United States and Europe alone — looks like it’s […]
Toyota Blockchain Lab To Focus On Expanding Partnerships To Drive DLT Adoption
Japanese automaker giant Toyota has announced various blockchain enterprises which are meant to digitalize and revolutionize the automotive sector. #Toyota’s latest #blockchaintechnology improves information reliability and accelerates the sharing of data among multiple parties in a more open environment that is safe and secure. More info here: https://t.co/SKjYtvVZh8 pic.twitter.com/20cSsBO68k — Toyota Motor Corp. (@ToyotaMotorCorp) March […]
FinTech Merchant Bank and Vertalo Partner To Tokenize $200M In Securities on Tezos
Over 20 companies are expected to tokenize securities that represent about $200 million in deals on the Tezos blockchain, after a new partnership between DealBox, the fintech merchant, and Vertalo, the software provider, has been closed. The announcement was made on Monday and says Vertalo is going to tokenize 22 securities that are issued by […]
Shell Subsidiary Creates Virtual Power Plant Using Blockchain in Germany For Renewable Energy
On March 12, the Royal Dutch subsidiary of Shell, Sonnen Group, made the announcement that it’s working with the Energy Web Foundation (EWF) to create in Germany a blockchain-based virtual power plant (VPP). This VPP will include a distributed network comprising of energy storage systems for residential areas in order to reduce the curtailment of […]
Binance.US Rolls Out Tezos Trading Today; XTZ To Be Paired With USD and BUSD
Binance.US, the US branch of the giant crypto trading platform Binance Exchange, is set to kick-off trading of Tezos (XTZ) tokens starting March 16th, Finance Magnates reports. As per a blog post released by Binance US, the listing will kick off with an offering of XTZ/USD as well as XTZ/BUSD starting exactly at 9.00am EST. […]
Antifragile Bitcoin Was Born To Thrive In An Economic Crisis. So What’s Stopping BTC?
As familiar frailties of fragile fiat money gut the economy yet again, why hasn’t Bitcoin been able to rise to the challenge and distinguish itself? The word crisis in Chinese is written using two ideographs – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. However desperate the circumstances, there’s always opportunity to be seized in […]
Binance Adds Tezos Trading Pairs
This week, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world, Binance.US, added support for Tezos (XTZ). The addition places XTZ tokens within direct access to millions of traders in North America. As such, analysts predict the move will strengthen XTZ’s market price in the coming days. News of the addition first came via a […]
HODL Your Hoopla Over SEC Changes For Exempt Offerings – Thought Leaders
Last week the The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released a proposal – that has yet to become regulation – to simplify how exempt offerings are done. Shortly thereafter, a flurry of articles and newsletters made their way through the digital asset industry – many of which suggested their platforms were already being modified to […]
