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Over the past few weeks, Ethereum as a network has seen a spike in transactions and active users.Just days ago data from Santiment indicated that the number of daily active addresses passed a two year high. Simultaneously, the number of daily confirmed transactions ticked past 1,000,000, making many think back
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Blockchain platform Ontology and Swiss crypto-financial service provider Bitcoin Suisse have partnered together in an effort to grow their respective ecosystems in Europe and Asia. The partnership sees Bitcoin Suisse list the Ontology (ONT) token and the Ontology wallet adding support for the CryptoFranc (XCHF) stablecoin.Co-founder of Ontology Andy Ji
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Cryptocurrency payroll service Bitwage has announced the launch of a Bitcoin 401 (k) plan, allowing companies to give their employees a BTC-based retirement plan.In a press statement, Bitwage, which claims to have tested the product on its own employees for 10 months, said workers now have the ability to
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The second largest bank in Japan will sign a deal with SBI Holdings to offer digital banking services available on smartphones.According to an April 27 article in the Nikkei newspaper, the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) and SBI have launched the first steps towards a multimillion dollar agreement expected to
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Major crypto exchange Binance announced that their fiat on-ramp for Turkish Lira is live thanks to a partnership with major Turkish bank Akbank, CryptoX Turkey reported on March 2.Binance users from Turkey can now deposit and withdraw directly through money order or EFT, whether they have an Akbank account
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As central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) march into view, a privately-run version of digital fiat is adding a key tech partner.Utility Settlement Coin (USC), the blockchain-based payments system involving commercial and central banks, will be working with ConsenSys-backed startup Adhara, CoinDesk has learned. Adhara was behind Project Khokha, which used
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Bitcoin Cash House Ghana has announced they’ve found a liquidity provider for converting between BCH and Ghanaian cedi, and are now preparing
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Popular cryptocurrency wallet service and blockchain data provider Blockchain.com has led a funding round in its exchange partner Wintermute Trading.Wintermute Trading, a United Kingdom-based algorithmic trading firm, has completed a seed funding round led by Blockchain.com’s venture arm Blockchain.com Ventures.While the amount of funding is undisclosed, the seed round
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Danal Japan Co., Ltd. (CEO: Riichi Omura), which develops mobile payment systems and a financial settlement infrastructure business, ALLEX, a Standard Capital
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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. Paul Veradittakit is a partner at Pantera Capital, focusing on venture capital and hedge fund investments. Pantera Capital is one of the earliest and
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