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A year ago, I predicted 2019 would be the year of regulation in the crypto sector, building upon the increased scrutiny we saw in 2018 after the 2017 ICO boom and bust. 2019 didn’t disappoint: From Switzerland to Korea to France to Lithuania came proposals to regulate crypto assets. Towards the
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Alleged BTC-e exchange operator and money launderer Alexander Vinnik is finally being extradited to France.The news was made public by the Russian embassy in Greece, the country in which he has been held since his arrest in July 2017 over allegations that he had laundered at least $4 billion through
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France's Financial Markets Authority (AMF) announced Thursday that it had approved an initial coin offering (ICO) for the first time.The successful recipient of the AMF "ICO visa" – a cryptocurrency fundraising platform called French-ICO – met the minimum guarantees required by law, including a white paper investors could understand, according
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The ICO has announced it will be working with UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) to deliver the ICO-approved certification schemes. The ICO will approve
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This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Charlie Shrem is the former founder of BitInstant, co-founder of cryptocurrency intelligence service CryptoIQ and host of Untold Stories.A central character in the early rise
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In the countdown to the new year, private equity and hedge fund manager Fortress Investment Group is redoubling its efforts to buy up Bitcoin (BTC) claims from Mt. Gox creditors.A Bloomberg report on Dec. 19 alleged that Fortress’s offer is now roughly 13.5% lower than an initial bid it
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Ripple, the blockchain payments firm behind XRP, the third biggest altcoin by market cap, has raised $200 million in a new funding round.Led by closed-ended investment company Tetragon, the new Series C funding round was also joined by Ripple’s major Japanese partner SBI Holdings and venture capital firm Route
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Bitcoin (BTC) has beaten gold in terms of returns by such a large amount this decade that investors have firmly dismissed recent price declines.Data from monitoring resource Blockchain shows that since 2010, Bitcoin has delivered profits of almost 9 million percent.Bitcoin profitable 89% of its lifetimePut differently, $1 invested
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Blockchain-based payments firm Ripple has raised $200 million in a Series-C funding round led by alternative asset investment firm Tetragon. Japan's SBI Holdings and VC firm Route 66 Ventures also participated, Ripple announced on Friday. “We are in a strong financial position to execute against our vision. As
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Japanese financial services giant SBI has partnered with Germany’s second-largest stock exchange Boerse Stuttgart Group to promote the adoption of digital assets.Specifically, SBI will invest an undisclosed amount in two digital asset-focused subsidiaries of Boerse Stuttgart Group — Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange (BSDEX) and Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures, CryptoX
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