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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged John McAfee for allegedly touting investments in initial coin offerings (ICOs) to Twitter followers without saying that he received payment for doing so, according to a press release. The computer coder and businessperson’s bodyguard, Jimmy Watson Jr.,

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AUGUST 25, 2017

The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it has temporarily suspended trading in the securities of Canada-based company First Bitcoin Capital Corp. The move on the part of the SEC comes as the government agency has already signaled it would regulate the cryptocurrency market.

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JULY 13, 2020

Proposed amendments to existing bills want to classify cryptocurrencies as goods rather than currencies. ” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets. And, the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

MovieCoin aims to deploy blockchain, smart contract and cryptocurrency technologies in a wide range of use cases, all geared toward the global movies and entertainment market — one that Grand View Research recently estimated to be worth nearly $1.15 trillion by 2025.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Digital money platform Uphold announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire New York Stock Exchange member JNK Securities Corp. Uphold is the creator of an open, transparent digital money platform that allows users to quickly and safely access traditional currencies, cryptocurrencies and other investments in one place.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 7, 2022

London (5 April 2022): TS Imagine , the leader in trading, portfolio and risk management solutions for capital markets, today announces that it has successfully integrated with crypto platform Gemini. Gemini is a platform that allows customers to buy, sell, store, and earn cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and DeFi tokens.

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JANUARY 27, 2019

Business for bitcoin ATM companies seems to be booming, with Coin ATM Radar estimating that there are now 4,213 cryptocurrency ATM machines around the globe, most only offering bitcoin. In other news, TurboTax has created a solution that allows users to import cryptocurrency transactions from Coinbase to TurboTax.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

It’s managed by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ( CBA ), RBC Capital Markets ( RBC ) and TD Securities ( TD ). The tap is an important milestone in demonstrating the full life-cycle management of an issuer’s capital markets needs. Since the coin has no monetary value, it’s not an actual cryptocurrency.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. But a lesser-discussed market grabbed the largest investment of the week: logistics. B2B Payments.

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AUGUST 23, 2020

Once the approval is finalized, the license will allow it to work in dealing in securities and as an automated trading service (ATS), regulated under Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). DIA is marked as an open-source data aggregator for DeFi markets.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

18) outlined key risks associated with cryptocurrency in general and Facebook’s Libra in particular. At the start of Benoît’s ECB term, bitcoin’s market capitalization was small, and only a handful of cryptocurrencies existed. Federal Reserve Gov. Lael Brainard on Wednesday (Dec. Mobile payments reached $8.2 trillion.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding. Investors in the venture include TTV Capital, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Collaborative Fund, Winklevoss Capital, Valar Ventures, Global Founders Capital, Table Management, Album VC and more. . ”

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

According to reports from CNBC, the market is reacting favorably to the news that Overstock’s subsidiary tZero is joining the business of trading digital coins. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) requirements. In retail news, it’s a good day to be Overstock.com.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades. Digital Security. in the most recent quarter.

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Bobsguide

JUNE 25, 2022

New York, 23 June 2022: TS Imagine , a global leader in trading, portfolio and risk management solutions for capital markets, has successfully connected with Coinbase Prime, the prime broker for digital assets, to offer institutional clients a fully regulated path to trade cryptocurrencies.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Boerse Stuttgart Group , Germany’s second-largest stock exchange, has announced the launch of its own cryptocurrency trading platform in the first half of 2019. “Blockchain Developer is topping the list, following this year’s surge in interest around blockchain and cryptocurrency,” according to the report.

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OCTOBER 14, 2017

In the ever-proliferating wave of cryptocurrencies and ICOs, Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah hopes to raise $30 million in a digital coin sale in November of this year. The CREAM in Cream Capital stands for Crypto. To be more precise, Ghostface Killah is a part of Cream Capital, a firm that claims him as one of its co-founders.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. The group hired lobbying firm Klein/Johnson Group to push its cause, with the lobbying firm being paid $25,000 a month and 10,000 XRP, Ripple’s cryptocurrency.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

A new form of cryptocurrency, called Saga, launched this week , with an eye toward answering some of the looming questions about the form. Like Libra , which has yet to be launched, Saga attempts to smooth over the issues with bitcoin, such as reducing the wild price swings and anonymity that have plagued the world’s biggest cryptocurrency.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Overstock shares jumped as much as 21 percent after the retailer announced that Hong Kong private equity firm GSR Capital is investing up to $270 million into Overstock’s blockchain subsidiary tZERO. As part of the deal, GSR Capital will also purchase $30 million in tZERO Security Tokens. “We billion (post-money).

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APRIL 19, 2019

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. The startups selected for inclusion in the market map below are all Canada-headquartered, VC-backed fintech companies that have at least US $1M in equity funding, and have obtained equity funding since the start of 2015. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map. Capital markets.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

The Securities and Exchange Commission is getting into the bitcoin market, saying it will regulate the popular digital currency and other cryptocurrencies. According to a report in Seeking Alpha , the SEC said the cryptocurrencies are subject to federal securities laws.

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JULY 21, 2022

LONDON, 14 July 2022 – TS Imagine , a global leader in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, announces the appointment of three new board members to support the firm’s rapid growth. He brings over 30 years of banking experience and was previously CEO of Scotia Capital in the US.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

Believe it or not, bitcoin is no longer the most used cryptocurrency, with data from CoinMarketCap.com revealing that the token with the highest daily and monthly trading volume is Tether. Some of the concerning potential patters of trading in the market may start to fall away.”. Companies that offer or sell securities to U.S.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

President Maduro Petro officially rolled out the Petro last week, but the cryptocurrency had been available for pre-sale earlier this year. And Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon unveiled a $108-million plan to make the capital into a blockchain-enabled smart city, Coindesk reported. Obaid Saif al-Zaabi, who is the head of the U.A.E.’s

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The Libra Association is petitioning the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority ( FINMA ) for a Swiss payment system license for its planned Libra cryptocurrency, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Sept. Just yesterday , U.S.

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JULY 24, 2018

Turns out the debate over whether it is or isn’t a security is having a knock-on effect: It’s making the XRP token’s price less than … well, secure. Rumors that the token can and will be classified as a security here in the States. Rumors that the token can and will be classified as a security here in the States.

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OCTOBER 14, 2018

Bitcoin was hit with an $18 billion market loss in just three days. Other cryptocurrencies had an even worse week: Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, dropped 12 percent, while the third largest, XRP, is down 18 percent in seven days. and Canadian securities regulators.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is attempting to fight back against Washington’s tougher stance on cryptocurrencies. And as Bart Stephens, co-founder and managing partner of Blockchain Capital, a venture capital investor focused on cryptocurrencies, noted, “The U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Blockchain companies raised more venture capital and private equity funding in H1’21 than any full year in history. For example, online exchanges are making cryptocurrency trading and investing more accessible to consumers. Exchanges: These companies provide platforms for buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrencies.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., Fintel Labs, iGTB, JUDI.AI, KapitalWise, OpenDoor Securities, and Operant.AI The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Exagens Corp.,

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Overstock may be best known as an eCommerce business, but these days its CEO and Founder Patrick Byrne is much more interested in talking about the power of cryptocurrency and blockchain, and how it will be the real future of both the firm and the economy in general. security tokens). million versus the $424 million predicted.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

With more emerging use cases and an increasingly accepting regulatory landscape, cryptocurrencies are gaining traction in new areas of the market, and corporate treasurers want in. Early adopters were placing bitcoin on their balance sheets, for example, or accepting payment in cryptocurrency. Embracing A New Paradigm.

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APRIL 30, 2018

South Korea’s Korea Credit Data, a FinTech startup that operates in the small- and medium-sized business accounting software market, said it is exploring an entrance into the world of blockchain. The involvement of the nation’s largest cryptocurrency exchange comes as the government cracks down on such firms.

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JUNE 23, 2019

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne said that he welcomes Facebook ’s entry into the cryptocurrency market. Byrne predicted that security tokens will reduce friction in capital markets while also improving price discovery. The killer app of blockchain is security tokens,” Byrne said. I perpetrated a fraud.

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