Bitfinex has enabled Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) payments on the platform with its partnership with fiat on-ramp services provider OpenPayd.
BitMart has suffered a hack that lost it $196 million in a number of cryptocurrencies.
The partnership will allow users to buy and sell almost 200 cryptocurrencies but will not allow transfers between wallets.
Bitpanda, a crypto startup based in Austria, has registered in Spain as a virtual currency exchange and digital asset custody service provider.
There has been a ton of hype surrounding Blockchain technology, while speaking to British Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee blockchain experts...
A new report by IHS Markit says the value of blockchain in financial services is set to jump to more...
The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative B3i announces that 23 new entrants are joining its Market Testing program; The new entrants are: AIA, AIG, Aon, Chubb, Covéa, Everest Re, Gen Re, Guy Carpenter & Marsh, JLT Re and more; the new companies will join the existing group in testing the prototype platform. Source.
The Bundesbank along with Deutsche Boerse started a trial project with blockchain to transfer and settle securities and cash in...
The Bank of England (BoE) has been active in researching the benefits of blockchain; it says the technology has the potential to save banks tens of billions of dollars in operating costs; the Bank of England governor Mark Carney, has cited securities settlement as one area where blockchain can provide cost savings and efficiencies; the BoE is working on initiatives for securities settlement and also researching blockchain through numerous other channels including involvement with PwC, various Blockchain consortium groups and membership in the Hyperledger. Source
Blockchain.com has become one of the most valuable crypto platforms after it closed its latest funding round at a valuation of around $14 billion.