https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/audio-for-wordpress-27094851604721bbd25edfa40551588f6cf8ea2c/2019/01/amazon_polly_77788.mp3?version=1547368166Seed CX targets institutional investorsCrypto exchange Seed CX has launched a digital asset wallet solution with on-chain settlement.
https://twitter.com/alexsunnarborg/status/1083360662045237248/photo/1David Labhart joins Tron to guide regulatory effortsTron has hired David Labhart as its first Head of Compliance.
Labhart, who also will serve as Co-general Counsel, spent nine years at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including time as a Supervisory Attorney in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations. He was most recently at S&P Global Ratings, where he managed North American compliance and advised on regulatory issues.
“This is the perfect progression in a career driven by a passion for the frontier of financial industry; where technology meets regulation,” he says. “Blockchain and cryptocurrency are the next step in the evolution of the world’s financial system, and I’m excited about Justin’s passion and long-term view of the benefits and potential impact of this new technology.”
https://twitter.com/BitwiseInvest/status/1083396725677662209Canaan eyes US IPOCanaan, China’s second-biggest maker of Bitcoin mining hardware, is considering listing in the US after shelving plans for a Hong Kong IPO, Bloomberg reports.
https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1082364714246582274Pakistan: Blockchain remittance service goes liveTelenor Microfinance Bank, in partnership with Valyou of Malaysia, is laying claim to Pakistan’s first blockchain-based cross-border remittance service, powered by Alipay.
https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1083172659880284161Zero or hero? Which way will Bitcoin go?Bitcoin has the potential to be worth a lot or worth zero, says Miller Value Partners CIO, Bill Miller.
Malta: Government blasts opposition leader following Bitcoin jibeMalta’s government has taken aim at opposition leader Adrian Delia. This was after Delia said that while Malta had touted itself as the ‘Bitcoin Island’, the government had remained silent in recent times as the price of the cryptocurrency slid from €20,000 to just €4,000 in recent times.
https://twitter.com/jairbolsonaro/status/1082193839656484864Nevada tapping blockchain for public recordsSome Nevada counties in the US are using blockchain to store digital versions of government records like birth and marriage certificates, the AP reports.
https://twitter.com/LedgerHQ/status/1082209667969880064Bitcoin treasure hunt, anyone? It’s art, innitFrench graffiti artist, Pascal Boyart, has hidden $1,000 in Bitcoin in his latest project, he revealed in a blog post.
https://twitter.com/krakenfx/status/1081701788464558080tZERO crypto patent filingUS online retailer Overstock’s subsidiary tZERO has filed a patent for a crypto integration platform for trading digital assets.
https://twitter.com/DXdotExchange/status/1082283797956063232Bitcoin is balderdash, ECB ’s HanssonCryptocurrencies will probably die as a “complete load of nonsense,” according to European Central Bank policy maker Ardo Hansson.
https://twitter.com/Ripple/status/1082654007372537856Ethereum Foundation backs Parity TechnologiesThe Ethereum Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant to UK venture Parity Technologies.
BIS issues central bank digital currency researchCentral banks are proceeding with caution when it comes to digital currencies and most are only at a conceptual stage with their work. However, a handful have moved to considering practical issues and a couple with idiosyncratic circumstances might issue a digital currency in the short or medium term, according to a report published by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1082745256100093952KODAKOne looks to have last blockchain laughThe KODAKOne blockchain project has generated more than $1 million in licencing claims for photographic rights during a beta test of part of its platform, BREAKER reports.
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