Thai SEC floats allowing crypto products in mutual, private funds

Hao believes that DeFi can bring financial services to “the people who are currently excluded or underserved by traditional finance.” 1159 Total views 24 Total shares Decentralized finance (DeFi) will be part of the lives of many people in the future, according to Jay Hao, the CEO of crypto exchange OKEx.When answering Cointelegraph’s recent inquiry…

China’s room-temperature time crystals could radically affect the timeline for the arrival of useful quantum computers.

Japanese internet conglomerate GMO Internet Co. Ltd confirmed plans to release a cryptographic stablecoin Tuesday, Oct. 9, pegged to the Japanese yen.GMO, which entered the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange market in May last year, intends to begin issuing tokens at the start of the 2019 financial year.The news marks a further potential player in the yen-pegged…

Major Bitcoin (BTC) bull, programmer and 2020 United States presidential campaigner John McAfee has explained why Bitcoin will hit $1 million in 2020.“I said $1 million and I’m sticking to one”McAfee, known for his brave prediction that the biggest cryptocurrency will hit $500,000 in 2020, has defended his recently doubled down bet that Bitcoin will…

Considering that Bitcoin (BTC) is a blockchain network that uses a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism, miners are a highly significant part of the market dynamics of the network and the community itself. On Jan. 5, it was revealed that Kazakhstan shut down its internet services due to unprecedented political unrest sparked by rising fuel prices…

Akon takes the stage at the Blockdown Virtual Conference this evening as one of the most influential figures in blockchain’s shift from niche financial tool for techies to the mass adoption of digital currencies. The creator of Akoin discussed the reasons for his transition from music sensation to philanthropist and crypto-entrepreneur with Cointelegraph Magazine.“The Mandelas...…

Dubai authorities continue driving more adoption to the cryptocurrency industry by pushing more regulatory approvals. 3069 Total views 126 Total shares Financial regulators in the United Arab Emirates have reached an arrangement to officially allow and support cryptocurrency trading in an economicfree zone in Dubai.The Dubai World Trade Centre Authority (DWTCA) announced Wednesday that it had…

Several years ago, a blockchain strategy for Catalonia was revealed to the world, presenting a comprehensive outline of how a government — albeit a local one — can in time switch to being an e-government. Such a model would be backed by various blockchain systems that would accommodate the needs of the citizens for digital…

With less than a week until its launch, Ngrave has unveiled more details of its EAL7-certified hardware wallet, the Zero. 998 Total views 31 Total shares Digital asset security firm Ngrave has released more details of its fully offline hardware wallet, the Zero. As previously reported, the Zero claims to be the first hardware wallet…