Chinese technology company Tencent has announced it’s going to start researching cryptocurrency and its implications for an ongoing project in blockchain, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
China is in the midst of planning to build out its blockchain cross-border pilot platform, according to Lu Lei, the deputy head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), as Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Digital asset financial services platform BitOoda Holdings, LLC notched a $7 million seed round, the company said in an announcement. The firm says its “investor base was spurred by the achievement of several industry firsts in the past year, with the inclusion of the planning...
The French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) announced that it approved its first initial coin offering (ICO) — “ICO visa” — to the cryptocurrency fundraising platform French ICO. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
The PIT digital currency exchange of Blockchain.com is one of the few exchanges to turn on the U.K. Faster Payments Scheme, The Block reported. The Faster Payments Scheme, as it stands, is a U.K. banking effort that cuts payment times between the customer accounts of...
Cryptocurrency accounting firm Lukka has released a new service that will figure out the taxes on crypto assets, according to a report by CoinDesk. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
A hacker reportedly took tokens worth $6.7 million from the VeChain Foundation, which is the group behind the VeChain public blockchain platform construction, Yahoo Finance reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
The CEO of Shopin, a blockchain-powered startup, has pleaded guilty to securities fraud related to $42.5 million in an initial coin offering, according to a report by Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
The China Securities Regulatory Commission, China’s security watchdog, is setting up a technology regulation bureau and will announce Yao Qian as its new department chief, the Chinese business publication Caijing said on Wednesday (Dec. 11), as reported by Coindesk. Yao was the head of China’s...
