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Chen Weigang, former Vice President of China Insurance Regulatory Commission of the Communist Party, sat down with Yiben blockchain media on Feb 27 to talk about ICO regulations and digital currency trading in China. He told the media that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is an important strategic
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In Kyiv, Ukraine, investigators have found another example of someone using the systems at their workplace for illicit cryptocurrency mining. The Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office official Facebook page announced on Feb. 26 that it concluded a pre-trial investigation against an unnamed individual in collaboration with the State Bureau of Investigation. The accused
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The Bank of England's (BoE) chief cashier, Sarah John, has said it is "crucial" that central banks research digital currencies so they can strike a balance with private issuers. John said it was "really important" BoE and other central banks considered whether digital currencies could form the basis of a
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The Chief Executive Officer at leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance believes the Bitcoin halving is not priced in. Whilst reluctant to give a specific price target, Changpeng Zhao is “pretty positive” the upcoming supply shock will result in higher prices.Zhao believes that the current market is not efficient and that future
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Blockchain startup Conflux has hired Eden Dhaliwal, the former head of crypto at Outlier Ventures, as a managing director to lead its expansion in North America. The Beijing-based firm is set to open an office in Toronto within two weeks. It is assembling a ten-person team to conduct research and seek
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A major global company that helps fight illicit cryptocurrency-related activity does not think that privacy in crypto markets is necessarily bad.Despite representing one of the primary sources of crypto transaction data for federal agencies like the Internal Revenue Service and the FBI, Chainalysis does not exactly oppose the privacy
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An executive formerly working on Apple's payments products has joined Banco Santander.Trish Burgess joins the Spain-based multinational as the new global head of Peer-to-Peer Payments and will direct its expansion of digital payments services globally, according to an announcement Thursday.Burgess worked at Apple for 4.5 years, her LinkedIn profile indicates,
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Shuhei Yoshida trolled a PS5 fan on Twitter. He jokingly suggested Feb. 20 as the date for a reveal event. Sony is clearly aware of the demand for information among the PlayStation community. A Sony exec is not content with watching keen armchair sleuths working themselves up with ever more fanciful theories about
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As Director of Business Development for popular crypto exchange Kraken, when Dan Held speaks, people listen. As such, his recent 46-tweet diatribe
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Retail investors will soon have access to crypto trading options that are traditionally only available to institutional clients.Andy Cheung, former chief operating officer at OKEx, plans to launch a crypto derivative exchange called ACDX by the end of Q1 2020. The Seychelles-based exchange aims to offer futures, options, callable bull/bear
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