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Numbrs Personal Finance AG, a Swiss blockchain (Bitcoin) software technology company based in Zug, Switzerland, is pleased to announce the global launch of its Numbrs Bitcoin Account.

Capital Markets Investment Banking

Does ASOS’s move to the LSE spell AIM’s downfall?

January 19, 2022

This situation highlights what many are beginning to see as the main issue of junior markets like AIM. Although ASOS was able to build a successful company while listed, they’ve reached a pivotal point where growth is no longer possible without graduating to a main market.

Press Release

Moviecoin․com to Transform Movie Financing on Blockchain

January 13, 2022

This week brand-new crowdfunding platform Moviecoin.com announces its Initial DEX Offering, giving early-bird investors a chance to invest in a ground-breaking platform which is set to revolutionize funding in the global movie industry.

Blockchain Digital Assets News

How I Bluffed My Way to a Six-Figure Job Offer from Binance’s Regulatory Team (Part One)

January 13, 2022

I was keen to investigate how serious Binance really was about cleaning up their act, and how robust the compliance recruitment processes of the world’s biggest cryptoexchange are. So I decided to apply for the role under a fake name and with false credentials.

Press Release

DeFinity records world’s first live cash foreign exchange (FX) trade to its permissionless layer-1 blockchain

January 12, 2022

DeFinity, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for foreign exchange, digital assets and CBDC, announces the world’s first settled cash FX trade written to its permissionless layer-1 WeOwn blockchain.

Asia

South Korea: The solution to this year’s emerging market problems?

January 12, 2022

Given all the problems emerging market traders are facing this year, it would hardly be surprising if many saw "the South Korea cheat" as the solution.

Blockchain PayTech

Paving the way to payments modernization with a Shared Hierarchical Ledger System

January 10, 2022

What’s so great about digital currency? What will it allow us to do that we can’t already do within our current two-tier monetary system?

News

How I Bluffed My Way to a Six-Figure Job Offer

January 6, 2022

Press Release

11 Biggest Sponsorship Deals for Crypto Market in 2021

January 5, 2022

The global sports industry is looking to revamp its activities and recover from the after-shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cryptocurrency platforms on the other hand have enjoyed immense growth and are searching for big platforms that can provide better brand visibility.

Asia Digital Assets

Why is Binance banned in Singapore?

December 30, 2021

Earlier in December we heard the news that Binance had withdrawn its application to obtain a cryptoexchange licence in Singapore. This followed frequent clashes with the regulator in Singapore, which in September prompted Binance to ban its users in the country from trading on its global platform.

Blockchain Digital Assets South America

Brazilians see crypto as tool to diversify risks of local stocks, cash

November 24, 2021

Brazilians were the biggest supporters of crypto-recognition, with 56% supporting El Salvador’s move, and 48% saying they want Brazil to follow suit and adopt Bitcoin. Only 4% of Brazilians said that there is no future for crypto currencies in their country.

Blockchain Digital Assets

Privacy-preserving credit checks may drive growth in uncollaterised DeFi

November 22, 2021

Over-collateralisation can be problematic for the borrower and, by tying up more capital in an unproductive way, it’s certainly less efficient. Thus, the growing usage of uncollateralised loans, mostly through the Ethereum protocol.

Press Release

Bitpanda enables Lydia to offer digital assets to their users via their White Label Solution

November 22, 2021

Austrian fintech Bitpanda and French mobile financial services super-app Lydia joined forces to offer Lydia’s 5.5 million users access to investing in digital assets

Blockchain Digital Assets Events

Onyx, driving digital transformation at JPMorgan

November 18, 2021

In a panel discussion titled "Web 3.0 in Corporate Banking," Umar Farooq, CEO of Onyx by JPMorgan, shared his insights on how one of the preeminent corporate and investment banks approaches digital transformation, the more widespread use of blockchain technology, and the question of regulation.

Events Technology

Singapore Fintech Festival: Global Trends and Web 3.0

November 10, 2021

Today at the Singapore Fintech Festival, four CEOs gathered to discuss “global trends.” Chaired by Dawn Karen Tan of CNA News, the panel included: Dr Calvin Choi, Chairman of AMTD, Helen Wong, CEO of OCBC Bank, Mike Wells, Group Chief Executive at Prudential, and Piyush Gupta, CEO at DBS.

Blockchain Digital Assets Technology

Institutional Investors in DeFi

November 5, 2021

Konstantin Anissimov, CEO of CEX.IO, shared his thoughts with us on why and how institutional investors have become more involved in decentralised finance.

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