Italy to Legalise Blockchain and Smart Contracts Timestamping

Italian Senate published a proposal of change to add distributed ledger technology and smart contract related terms to the Senate Act No 989 that was approved on December 2018, according to a note published by the Senato della Reppublica. The Proposta di modifica n. 8.0.3 al DDL n. 989 talks about distributed ledger technology and […]

Levi’s, Consensys and Harvard to Blockchainize Workers’ Welfare

The United States’ think tank New America announced a new joint venture with Harvard University, Levi Strauss and Consensys to build a blockchain powered system that will improve health and well-being of factory orders, according to a press release published by the organisation. The participants signed a two-year collaboration that will develop a blockchain worker […]

Malta AI & Blockchain Summit

Malta AI & Blockchain Summit is throwing massive show in May Date: 22-24th May Venue: Hilton, St. Julian’s Malta The first edition of the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit in November 2018 turned out to be a monumental success – no less than 8500 people attended the event. This year, the same team is throwing […]

The Third Crypto Games Conference is Announced

Date: April 25-26, 2019 Location: Minsk, Belarus Status: Registration is open! Pioneered in May 2018 in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Crypto Games Conference is the first conference in the world dedicated to games and gaming services with use of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. The third Crypto Games Conference will take place in Minsk, Belarus on April 25-26, […]

Xapo says Bye to Hong Kong and It Will Move to Switzerland

Bitcoin Wallet Xapo is planning to relocate its critical business operations to Switzerland as the company is searching for a better crypto regulatory environment, according to a report published by Swissinfo. Xapo president Ted Rogers affirmed that Hong Kong regulation for cryptocurrency used to be “the holy grail of crypto regulations,” however, it “has become […]

UK Regulators Plan to Supervise Security Tokens and Stablecoins

The United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority published a consultation paper on how crypto assets should be regulated. The document highlighted the possibility to oversight security tokens and determined stable coins. The “Guidance on Cryptoassets” is now in open consultation until April 5, 2019. Then, a policy statement will be published in the summer of 2019. […]

Cboe Withdraws Rule Change Proposal to List Bitcoin ETF

“On January 22, 2019, BZX withdrew the proposed rule change.” With this note, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the Cboe’s decision to withdraw the proposed rule change to favour the ETF Bitcoin issued by VanEck SolidX. According to the note, the Cboe dismissed the idea after several delays in the past year. On June […]

Symbiont Raises $20M to Expand Platform and Team

Smart contract platform Symbiont raised $20M in a Series B funding on January 23 with the leading of Nasdaq Ventures and the participation of Galaxy Digital, Citi, Raptor Group, among others. In a Cision PR note, Symbiont CEO and Co-founder Mark Smith affirmed that the fresh cash will be used to accelerate investments in platform, […]

Cryptocurrency Markets are Very Undervalued; Binance CEO says

Changpeng Zhao, Founder and CEO of global crypto exchange Binance said in the Binance Blockchain Week in Singapore that the cryptocurrency market is undervalued as many cryptos are oversold. According to the people attending the conference, Zhao remembered that at the end of 2017, “there was definitely an overshoot on the price side” with “a […]

UAE and Saudi Arabia to Create a New Cryptocurrency

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will have their own cryptocurrency in the near future as both countries reached an agreement to create new crypto, according to a press release. The UAE official news agency Emirate News Agency reported that seven initiatives were included in the Strategy of Resolve, a framework that the 16 […]