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MARCH 3, 2017

At the time of writing, bitcoin was worth $1,270.86, up 3.32 As bitcoin rose, TechCrunch noted that the value of 1 BTC had actually surpassed the value of an ounce of gold — the go-to alternative asset. Perhaps key would be the institutional money which would flow into bitcoin. Most of those bitcoins have never been recovered.

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APRIL 27, 2020

The exchange, which is said to be banking at Signature Bank, reportedly has more than 50 clients in approximately 20 nations. It is reportedly financing the service with a mixture of borrowed capital and funds that it took in from a token sale in 2018. CoinDesk reported.

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MARCH 31, 2017

This past week proved once again that it’s tough to be a bitcoin fan. In another blow to bitcoin legitimacy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has denied the second bitcoin-based ETF bid up for consideration in the month of March — the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.’s Hard fork, anyone?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The type of tax paid — capital gains tax, corporation tax, income tax, national insurance contributions, stamp taxes or VAT — will be decided by the tax authority. In other news, crypto exchange Bittrex is being sued over a SIM swap that enabled criminals to obtain 100 bitcoin, currently worth nearly $1 million.

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MARCH 17, 2017

It has been another wild ride of a week for bitcoin in the wake of the SEC ruling. At the tail end of last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission ruled the proposed Winklevoss bitcoin ETF a no-go by nixing a proposed rule change that would have led to the fund being listed on the Bats BZX Exchange. The reason?

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JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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MAY 5, 2017

Bitcoin’s value keeps breaking through ceilings again and again. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. What looks like a record high one day is left in the dust the next.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

And Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon unveiled a $108-million plan to make the capital into a blockchain-enabled smart city, Coindesk reported. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) along with national regulators are looking into ICOs on a case-by-case basis. Obaid Saif al-Zaabi, who is the head of the U.A.E.’s

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JANUARY 31, 2018

The publication noted blockchain’s “talismanic effect in today’s stock market” and investors’ heightened appetite to “capitalize on the popularity of currencies like bitcoin and Ethereum” as other reasons to take Kodak’s latest venture with a bit of healthy skepticism. Broader Doubts Emerge. That is the theory,” he continued.

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MAY 13, 2016

Promoting bitcoin. Which is why Obama and his team probably aren’t enthusiastic about an op-ed for CNBC from a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner suggesting that the White House should “heed the call” on bitcoin. One thing that’s probably not higher on that rapidly growing list?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Hanaco Ventures reportedly led the round, with participation from David Krell, Norman Sorensen and Global Founders Capital. The legislative body also passed HB0185, which allows for the issuance of securities in the form of tokens, and HB0074 to address the challenges of banking for digital currency startups.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ( OCC ), and the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) have announced that they are joining the Global Financial Innovation Network ( GFIN ). Jack Tate told CoinDesk.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

This leads us to a bit of headscratching, as, in past coverage, we’ve noted that proponents of blockchain have stated that security and anonymity of data that flows between two parties is valuable because it cannot be touched, really, by anyone. Now, blockchain is not bitcoin. Here’s a thought then.

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Perficient

JUNE 30, 2022

Some of these online articles can be found here: OCC Provides Roadmap for National Banks and Savings Associations To Conduct Crypto Activities – Perficient Blogs. In 2022, FTX broke ground on its new headquarters in Nassau, the country’s capital. The Pros and Cons of a Potential U.S. Crypto Conference.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

With no Samsung-like news for bitcoin, prices are holding steady and are even a bit bullish. But let’s turn to the miners, who aren’t happy at all with a stable bitcoin price. The bitcoin block reward was halved in July, which has changed the profitability of new miner entries and could impact the decentralization of bitcoin.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

million in financing from a host of investors — including Maersk Growth, the venture capital (VC) arm of Maersk, the shipping firm. That follows a meeting late last month of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which examined utilities by looking at blockchain and energy security.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

His reasoning revolves around the issue of proving ownership of certain assets and access to capital. Pointing to economist Hernando de Soto’s work and a partnership with bitcoin and blockchain company Bitfury and the Republic of Georgia’s National Agency of Public Registry.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Bitcoin doesn’t necessarily have the blessing of government agencies, but what about blockchain? I have instructed the SEC staff to be on high alert for approaches to ICOs that may be contrary to the spirit of our securities laws and the professional obligations of the U.S. securities bar.”. “I securities bar.”.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

He further noted that if “I need capital to lend, then let’s have the same rules for everyone – for the internet giants, too.”. In the bitcoin realm, finance officials from France and Germany have requested that discussion of cryptocurrencies – specifically on policy – be part of the agenda at next month’s G20 meeting. .”

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. We remember his architecting the legendary Bank of America and Security Pacific merger on the West Coast. Expect more deals to be announced in 2024.

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Bankelele

DECEMBER 24, 2015

On Tuesday, December 15th , the Central Bank of Kenya issued a public notice on bitcoin in the Daily Nation: CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC ON VIRTUAL CURRENCIES SUCH AS BITCOIN – it read. Suffice to say, I have a firm grasp of Bitcoin in whole. Evidently, Bitcoin and bonga points fall in the same category.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing It must attract global capital and global talent. National banks can custody crypto assets. Here it is. Don’t get us wrong.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing It must attract global capital and global talent. National banks can custody crypto assets. Here it is. Don’t get us wrong.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Other things like Compound are essentially a securities lending marketplace?—?you you get paid some market-clearing interest rate to loan out assets like Bitcoin, which someone is borrowing for a trading or hedging purpose. But both are inspired and motivated by Bitcoin. something between equity voting and dividend yield).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

cyber-security and its preparedness for a major attack. Big traction among larger merchants and a strong showing by its Square Capital business point toward the firm moving beyond its one trick pony status as a processor for SMBs. But there was lot’s of sizzle to offset this week as well. Sizzle, finally, for Square. The Solutions.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Naturally the conversation began with tales of the Dark Net, pedophile exchanges and assassination marketplaces but it quickly turned into a discussion about Bitcoin. Cyber Innovation: for example, behavioural analytics; the rise of private cyber cash, new payment platforms, mobile banking, privacy and consent, economics of cyber security.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

By creating secure and productive remote work environments for employees and helping their teams deal with the stress of working at home (with kids learning from the same house, spouses working in the next room, and myriad other pressure points). John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank. And, by the way, without missing a beat.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Bitcoin mining, like its real-world counterpart, uses a lot of power. The most accepted answer comes from cryptocurrency tracking site Digiconomist , which estimates bitcoin mining eats up about 3.4 However, some say that puts the power consumption needs of bitcoin at half the Digiconomist figure, and some say that nearly doubles it.

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Lex Sokolin

JUNE 24, 2019

Capitalism is a similar economic constraint, discarding companies without traction and sustaining those that generate cashflow engines with more clients. The stereotype is that since public services do not need to compete in capitalism, they are poorly managed and not innovative. Loud Designs Let’s take the former easier point.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

I’ve written before how the shock of opening up to capitalism in the USSR led to a 45% GDP collapse over half a decade , resulting in life expectancy decreasing by 10 years for the average Russian due to alcoholism and violence. including Donald Trump and the American national security apparatus.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

The charges came three months after a previous legal action, where Holmes was on the receiving end of a civil lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), amid allegations of “massive fraud.” That represents a 6 percent crash in over a day, kicked off by bitcoin dropping $300 in just over an hour and 4.5 billion euros.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Other than Blackstone’s $820 million bet on what is likely the oldest financial technology company on the planet, NCR founded in 1884 as National Cash Register, just $82 million flowed to the under-100-year-old crowd. Bitcoin exchange. HQ: National, Maryland. It was a quieter week in fintech fundings. million this week.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

We don’t know what Los Alamos National Bank’s marketing department was drinking when it designed the customized water bottle labels, but we’re giving them big points for creativity. FFIEC’s Cyber Security Self-Assessment Tool. Click to enlarge. ‘It It Must Be Something in the Water’ Award. Department Whose Brand Isn’t Improving Award.

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APRIL 7, 2017

He defined “three rings” of cybersecurity issues: One is hacktivism, along with insider-driven threats and terrorism; another is financial security and the third is national competition across cyberspace. Kitty Hawk and the Dawn of ‘Figuring All of This Out’. into the age of flight — the U.S. And in one highly publicized attack on U.S.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 12, 2016

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund is looking for a developer interested in using blockchain technology to help “solve the problems of the developing world.” Also keeping our eyes on … On August 2, Bitcoin dropped 20% after $70M worth of Bitcoin (around 12,000 BTC) was stolen from Bitfinex exchange.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Reducing siloed databases: Real estate processes would benefit from secure and tamper-resistant shared databases that compile data and documents from various different stakeholders in one place. This solution streamlines the process of transferring property titles while also adding some layers of security.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Loans on BitBond run through the bitcoin backchain for efficiency reasons. Our platform is open source, which makes it more reliable, innovative and secure. Companies such as Adidas, Carrefour, Cisco Systems, Danone, Fujitsu, Lufthansa Flight Training, Siemens, Société Générale and the United Nations use Liferay. I believe that.

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