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Mar 24, 2020 at 15:20 UTCUpdated Mar 24, 2020 at 15:23 UTCRussian Prime Minister Introduces Bill to Allow Fintech Sandboxes, Blockchain IncludedThe Russian government may soon allow the creation of regulatory sandboxes for companies working on cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and distributed ledgers. Introduced in a new bill on March 17 by Prime Minister Mikhail…

Hong Kong's government is looking to usher in bills for stablecoin issuers and virtual asset over-the-counter services.In the past few months, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau has initiated two consultations related to the sector.Hong Kong's government reiterated that it will proceed with putting in place legislation for stablecoins and virtual asset over-the-counter (OTC)

Dec 14, 2020 at 6:32 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 14, 2020 at 6:35 p.m. UTCMicrosoft, EY Expand Blockchain Platform for Gaming Rights to Include PaymentsMicrosoft, Ernst & Young LLP (EY) have announced plans to use a blockchain platform to allow Microsoft’s Xbox gaming partners, artists, and content creators to track and manage payments and royalty contracts.Announced…

Good morning. Here’s what’s happening:Prices: As Asia's trading day begins with a minor rise in Bitcoin and dip in Ether, experts predict a pre-FOMC market correction, underlining digital assets' resilience amid US regulatory and debt challenges.Insights: The decline in the bitcoin options put/call ratio suggests that crypto investors are less worried than they were in…

news A new ethereum-based trade finance platform has been launched in Russia with the third largest retail player in the country as a key participant. Following a six-month pilot phase, Russian blockchain startup Factorin announced Tuesday that it’s launching its system into production with Dixy – a supermarket chain with 2 percent of the Russian…

Meld plans to offer lending and borrowing against real-world assets in partnership with DeFi platform Swarm.Swarm, which is licensed with the financial German regulator, set up an RWA trading platform in December last year.Meld has a VASP license in Lithuania.00:52Why Injective's INJ Has Surged 3,000% in 202301:11DeFi Market Rebounds to $50B as Speculators Hunt for

Nov 11, 2020 at 11:01 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 11, 2020 at 11:17 p.m. UTC(Atelie22/iStock/Getty Images Plus)Ethereum’s ‘Unannounced Hard Fork’ Was Trying to Prevent the Very Disruption It CausedThe Takeaway:The bulk of Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem went dark earlier today after a latent bug in the Ethereum code split the network’s transaction history in two.The split resulted…

feature To understand how early investors in Facebook’s new Libra blockchain will make money over time, it helps to dig into a new lottery going live on ethereum mainnet Monday. It’s a lossless lottery called PoolTogether and tickets are now on sale. Its similarity to Libra is not a completely one-to-one relationship, but the key…

feature The Takeaway Bitcoin derivatives provider LedgerX announced it has launched the first physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts in the U.S. Wednesday. The contracts, which pay traders out in bitcoin, rather than U.S. dollars, will be available to both institutional and retail investors. Customers can deposit bitcoin, rather than dollars, when buying a contract. LedgerX has…