Russia will subject owners and miners of cryptocurrency to all existing tax obligations from Autumn, authorities hinted July 18. Aksakov: No ‘Separate’ Treatment For Crypto Speaking to local news outlet Izvestia, Anatoly Aksakov, head of the financial markets committee at Russia’s state Duma, said there...
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MasterCard Wins Patent to Increase Cryptocurrency Payment Speed – Bitcoinist.com
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted MasterCard a patent for a method of increasing the speed of cryptocurrency transactions. The Need for Speed Published July 17, the patent explains the serious need for increasing the speed of cryptocurrency transactions based on the growing...
Stratis releases Identity app for Apple iOS
Stratis, the end-to-end blockchain application platform in native C# and .Net today announced the release of the free Stratis Identity app for Apple iOS devices. Built on top of the Stratis platform, the app showcases personal and corporate identity management capabilities on the Stratis blockchain....
TokenSoft to use Tierion’s Chainpoint to enhance digital signatures for token sales
TokenSoft, a company which provides software services to startups, enterprises, funds, and investment banks who seek to issue tokenized securities has announced a new partnership with Tierion, a leader in using blockchain to prove the integrity and timestamp of data, without depending on third-party verification....
Pop Icon Peter Gabriel Has Invested in a Blockchain Startup – CoinDesk
Legendary musician Peter Gabriel is backing UK-based blockchain startup Provenance, though the full amount of Gabriel’s investment has yet to be disclosed. Gabriel, formerly the lead singer of rock band Genesis, invested in Provenance along with Working Capital Fund, Digital Currency Group, Merian Ventures and Plug...
æternity’s blockchain incubator to invest $1.3 million USD in 9 projects
æternity, the blockchain 3.0 platform designed to deliver efficiency, transparent governance, and global scalability, along with æternity Ventures, which oversees æternity’s global incubator programs and partnerships, announced that the nine projects that made it to the final of the month-long æternity Starfleet incubator program, will receive...
Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Considers Creating Utility Tokens for Populist Movement
Steve Bannon, co-founder of Breitbart News and former Chief Strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, confirmed his plans to enter the cryptocurrency market July 18, telling CNBC he was “working on” his own tokens. As part of an extensive interview on a range of...
State-Issued Digital Currencies: The Countries Which Adopted, Rejected or Researched the Concept
On July 5, Germany rejected the idea of issuing a central bank-issued digital currency (CBDC) — the Ministry of Finance deemed it would be “too risky” to implement one. The concept of CBDCs, or national digital currencies — the scenario in which the trend of...
Malta Stock Exchange, Crypto Exchange OKEx to Launch Security Tokens Trading Platform
The Malta Stock Exchange (MSE) in collaboration with digital asset exchange OKEx will create a new institutional grade security-tokens trading platform, says a MSE press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 19. In mid-spring, major crypto exchange OKEx had moved to Malta, noting their “confidence”...
2018 Crypto Investment Report: Institutional Investors Provide 56% of Capital Inflow
The first-ever crypto investment report released July 18 by digital asset management fund Grayscale Investments reveals that the majority of capital inflow this year is coming from institutional investors. Grayscale has been overseeing investments into crypto for five years, launching a Bitcoin (BTC) Investment Trust...