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Bitcoin Daily: Nevada Tightens Regs On Crypto Kiosks; Barclays And Coinbase Call It Quits

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Nevada is enforcing stricter regulations on cryptocurrency kiosks, and will now require them to have a state money transmission license. Switching to a smaller bank seems to be par for the course for crypto companies in the UK as regulations get tighter and big service providers decide to cut their losses.

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One SME Lender’s Take On Regulation And Transparency

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But Clearinghouse CDFI can also offer interesting insight into the state of regulation of small business lending and how greater oversight may impact the SMEs that prop up their local communities. the threat of regulation is headed the way of the alternative finance player. A Regional Reach. A Regulatory Touch.

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Bitcoin Daily: Overstock CEO Shares Movement In Bitcoin Efforts; Russia Might Be Open To Crypto Trading

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Byrne predicted that security tokens will reduce friction in capital markets while also improving price discovery. and those security tokens are going to need a regulated exchange. The regulated exchange will disrupt Wall Street itself.”. The killer app of blockchain is security tokens,” Byrne said.

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Bitcoin Daily: 50 Cent Made Millions Selling Album For Bitcoin

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regulators say that a Nevada company and two involved individuals allegedly defrauded more than $6 million from customers seeking to buy a virtual currency called My Big Coin, Reuters reported. In possibly the latest crime involving cryptocurrency, U.S. The third member of the team was previously an energy trader at RWE AG.

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The Blockchain Wave Isn’t Always Smooth Sailing

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More big names strengthened their blockchain ties this week, too, including IBM and the venture capital arm of Comcast, Comcast Ventures, which announced their support for a new blockchain accelerator, MState. The blockchain hype certainly hasn’t risen without catching the attention of regulators. Regulatory Moves.

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This Week In Insurance Tech: AIG Plans For Tech Investments, State Farm’s Smart Home Patent, Zesty.ai Opens AI Research Lab In Montreal

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Eos Venture Partners and IQ Capital Partners also participated in the round. private equity round led by Long Arc Capital and BPI France. Talege , a Reno, Nevada-based digital insurance platform, raised a $5M Series A led by Merus Capital. Tinubu Square , a France-based credit and surety software provider, raised a $16.3M

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

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Heavy-handed regulators. Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring.