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Samsung Pay, the mobile payments service of South Korean tech giant Samsung, has partnered with payments platform Finablr, Ripple’s RippleNet member, to offer cross-border payments feature Money Transfer to its app’s users.Finablr announced the partnership on Oct. 3, claiming that the new feature “offers users seamless and secure cross-border
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Apple’s chief executive officer Tim Cook was recently interviewed by Les Echos daily newspaper, on of France’s leading news outlets, where he made several remarks regarding whether the tech behemoth is planning to launch its native cryptocurrency. Most of his thoughts weighed in against Apple creating its own digital currency.Apple’s
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Sunday, Oct. 6 — The top 20 cryptocurrencies are seeing mixed movements on the day while Bitcoin’s (BTC) price dips below the $8,000 mark by press time.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360Bitcoin’s price is currently down by 1.83% on the day, trading at around $7,959, according to Coin360. Looking at
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has yet again officially stated that Bitcoin (BTC) is not a security.In a letter to Cipher Technologies Bitcoin Fund dated Oct. 1 the SEC declined the investment company’s registration statement on the grounds (among others) that Bitcoin is not a security. Per
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Good news for crypto enthusiasts in Venezuela – both for investors and exchanges. The state-authorized crypto exchange, Criptolago, rolled out an equivalent of debit cards of crypto recently.The crypto debit card is designed to serve as an easy and efficient means of digital payment. Like the traditional debit card, the
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South Korean regulators seems to strongly favor blockchain over cryptocurrencies, and some recent events have further proven this hypothesis. As a result, as much as 97% of local digital assets exchanges are in danger of extinction, local reports suggest. Meanwhile, local politicians and regulators have started lobbying a new set
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The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Patrick Harker, said on Wednesday that the U.S. shouldn’t be the first nation to launch its digital currency payment system and lead the pack of other central banks issuing state-sponsored cryptocurrency.Harker further said that the trend of the central banks around
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United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is currently discussing the possibility of hiring the engineering team of Ripple-backed storage and rental startup Omni Rentals, tech news outlet TechCrunch reported on Oct. 5.Not the only company interestedPer the report, two unspecified sources familiar with the situation told the outlet that Omni
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The South Korean blockchain-focused firm Blocko has finally launched its newly-developed hybrid public-private blockchain, Aergo, in the UAE through a strategic partnership with the SEED Group, a member of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.Blocko has already raised $16M through two separate funding rounds in which
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Algo Capital, an investment arm of United States-based blockchain firm Algorand, has lost roughly $1–2 million in Tether (USDT) stablecoins and Algorand (ALGO) tokens after its CTO Pablo Yabo’s mobile phone was compromised.The breach allowed hackers to gain access to Yabo-managed Algo hot wallet, a source familiar with the
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