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Bitcoin Daily: Chilean Gov’t Calls For More Regs On Crypto, FinTech; British Virgin Islands Partner With Blockchain Co

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In other news, the British Virgin Islands has announced a partnership with LIFElabs.io that will provide rapid access to funds in the event of an emergency. The partnership will also work to create an alternative digital currency payment method for financial transactions across the network of islands. The LIFElabs.io

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Bitcoin Daily: WisdomTree US Money Manager Ventures Into Bitcoin Exchanges; Nordea Bank Cleared To Prohibit Employee Bitcoin Trading

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asset manager WisdomTree has launched its first investment product, offering large investors exposure to bitcoin without having to directly hold the asset. The product’s underlying bitcoin will be held in “cold,” or offline, storage by Swissquote bank. It was important for us and our members to establish what rights managers have.

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Surprise Edition: Amex, Hackers And Starbucks E-Commerce Sign-Off

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Virgin Islands and other U.S. Virgin Islands cards and its cards offered in the 50 U.S. Everybody I know in the cryptocurrency space has gotten their phone number stolen,” said Joby Weeks, a bitcoin entrepreneur. territories. Starbucks Pulls an eCommerce Plug.