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The second country in the world to develop a National Digital Currency
December 1st, 2016
Senegal has recently become only the second country in the world to introduce a digital currency based on blockchain technology. Named eCFA, the digital currency will be legal tender just as the current currency, CFA Franc, is. Senegal’s eCFA ...
Ernst & Young Switzerland Will Accept Bitcoin Next Year
November 29th, 2016
The Swiss branch of global professional services firm Ernst & Young is set to begin accepting bitcoin payments next year. Starting in January, EY Switzerland will accept bitcoin for invoice payments, the firm said last week. The company will also launch ...
Bitcoin Guru Anthony Di Iorio departs Canada’s TSX to focus on Jaxx wallet
November 29th, 2016
Bitcoin Guru Anthony Di Iorio, founder of the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada and a co-founder of Ethereum and the first chief digital officer of TMX Group Ltd’s Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), has left the exchange. The reason behind his ...
Bitcoin Prices in India Soar Amid Demonetization Drive
November 15th, 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to combat the underground economy is a blessing in disguise for companies working in the cashless space, which includes mobile wallets, card companies and even bitcoin. Bitcoin, the eight-year old virtual currency, has been gaining ...
SETL and Deloitte joined forces to produce a contactless payments card
November 15th, 2016
London-based fintech company SETL and global auditing firm Deloitte DLTE.UL have joined forces to produce a contactless card that enables retail payments to be processed and settled almost instantly by the means of blockchain technology. The payment card, which ...
The world’s biggest bitcoin wallet provider will have a record month thanks to Trump
November 14th, 2016
The world’s biggest bitcoin wallet provider will “pretty easily” have its biggest ever month for activity in November, following a surge in use after Donald Trump’s shock election victory in the US. Peter Smith, the cofounder and CEO of ...
Gold and Bitcoin jumps after Trump win; investors seek safe assets
November 10th, 2016
Digital currency joins gold surge as bitcoin price climbs nearly 4% after Trump win Trump’s shock election wins sent shock-waves across the world’s financial markets. As uncertainty reigned supreme, investors turned away from equities and towards bitcoin. Joining the ...
Bitcoin Price Jumps on Trump Victory
November 10th, 2016
The shocking news of Donald Trump’s election victory rattled markets across the world, leading some investors to seek refuge in assets outside of stocks and bonds. The price of gold surged, as it usually does during times of uncertainty, ...
FCA UK unveils successful sandbox firms on the second anniversary of Project Innovate
November 7th, 2016
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today marks the second anniversary of Project Innovate by announcing the firms that were successful in their applications to begin testing in the first cohort of the regulatory sandbox. The regulatory sandbox is part ...
China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) joins R3 distributed ledger consortium
November 3rd, 2016
Financial innovation firm R3 has announced the addition of China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), China’s official interbank market trading platform, to its consortium to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. Headquartered in Shanghai, CFETS ...
