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World Blockchain Trade Consortium Launches With FinTech Platforms
November 19, 2018

The World Blockchain Trade Consortium (WBTC) officially launched this week in Singapore with the aim to utilize blockchain technology to lower costs, reduce risk and increase funding to SMEs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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The Bitcoin Bust And Its Ripple Effects
November 19, 2018

It has not been a great week for the price of bitcoin, or really any cryptocurrency for that matter. The price of bitcoin has fallen and stayed below $6,000 for the last four days and no one’s predicting a rally anytime soon. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Bitcoin Daily: Japan Mulls Crypto Wallet Regulation, Twitter’s Bitcoin Scam Done Via Third Party
November 18, 2018

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) had a plan for crypto wallet service regulation on its meeting agenda for a recent gathering of its crypto study group, bitcoin.com reported. As it stands, crypto wallet providers aren’t currently treated the same way as cryptocurrency exchanges as they...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Tapped By CIMB For Southeast Asia DLT Tech; Bitcoin Cash’s Hard Fork...
November 15, 2018

CIMB, a banking group that operates in countries such as Malaysia, Cambodia and Thailand, has inked a deal with Ripple in order to bring the company’s blockchain technology to its SpeedSend remittance offering, Cryptovest reported. Through the offering, the bank hopes to take on the...

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Bitcoin Drops Below $6,000
November 15, 2018

The market capitalization of bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, declined to under $100 billion for the first time since October of 2017 amid a steep sell-off in digital tokens Wednesday (November 14). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Bitcoin Daily: H&M Pilots Blockchain Tech; Australian Tax Scammers Turn To Bitcoin
November 14, 2018

Arket, a brand of H&M, is piloting a blockchain product integration with the help of VeChain, TheNextWeb reported. While the brand did not tell the outlet where it was using the implementation, it did say that was using the solution to securely track product data....

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Thailand Govt Eyes Blockchain To Track Taxes
November 14, 2018

Death and taxes are sure things, but can blockchain make the latter even more of a certainty in Thailand? Plus, trade finance done via blockchain sees traction in both China and India, helping move energy and wheat though supply chain processes.

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Bitcoin Daily: HSBC Backs Blockchain Co Axoni; Researchers Uncover New Crypto Malware
November 13, 2018

HSBC, the U.K. bank, is backing a U.S. startup in the blockchain field called Axoni, Cryptovest reported. The firm plans to put the funds to use by growing its AxCore system, which is based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), as well its smart contracting language...

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Bitcoin Daily: IBM Discloses Blockchain-Based Science Log In Patent; Overstock CEO On Why Crypto Will...
November 13, 2018

Bitmain, the Chinese digital currency mining firm, has filed a suit in U.S. District Court against a hacker identified as “John Doe” for a reported bitcoin theft, Cryptovest reported. “John Doe” allegedly took more than $5.5 million in bitcoin, as well as other assets of...