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Bitcoin Daily: FINMA Grants Licenses To Two New Blockchain Firms; ShortHop Crypto Exchange Launches In Seven New States

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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has granted the first “banking and securities licenses” to two blockchain companies: SEBA Crypto AG and Sygnum AG. states: Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Arizona and Montana. When you go on Gemini it’s the quoted price there as well.

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Bad Actors Emerge in PPP Lending – More Expected as Forgiveness Guidance Emerges

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As the initial rush to secure PPP loans dies down, financial institutions now face a new set of questions: How do financial institutions handle misused, unforgiven loans and fraudulent loans? In the case of the two men in Rhode Island, there were several red flags pointing to fraud. Is there a difference?

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Bitcoin Daily: Coincheck’s Investors Take Their Money, Iceland’s Big Mining Electricity Bill

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Until the market matures, cryptocurrency price manipulation is “unavoidable,” according to NEM President Lon Wong. “You see it in mainstream markets as well. Coinsource , the world’s largest bitcoin ATM network, has rolled out 10 new machines in Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

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OCC outlines risk plan as Northeastern loan growth doubles

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Multifamily, commercial and automotive loans are driving loan growth among banks in the Northeast, but increasing risk will draw fresh attention from regulators to ensure recent and future growth is sound, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said recently. • Security measures to deter and detect cyber-attacks.

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How Big Tech Is Finally Tackling Cybersecurity

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Read our future of data security report for more on this topic. ). It comes as no surprise, then, that big tech players like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) are investing heavily in data security — especially as several have fallen victim to data breaches themselves. Collectively, FAMGA has poured nearly $2.5B

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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But a few common threads do emerge, such as an inability to generate sustainable revenue, bad product-market fit, losing to competitors, and (of course) simply running out of money. So its secured lender, which [founder Scott] Jones didn’t name, recently emptied ChaCha’s bank accounts. The Top 20 Reasons Startups Fail.

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Bitcoin Daily: Fed Reserve Could Add Bitcoin To Stress Tests; Thai SEC Bans 3 Cryptos

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Federal Reserve has announced amendments to a policy statement on the scenario design framework for stress testing, which could soon include a potential cryptocurrency market crash as one of the market risks. In other news, Rhode Island lawmakers have filed a bill to exempt certain blockchain tokens from securities laws.