Trading volume for Bakkt’s bitcoin futures hit just $5m in first week
Despite having been highly anticipated, the Intercontinental Exchange’s bitcoin futures contract only traded at a total value of $5m in its first week.
ECB top: “Libra has undoubtedly been a wakeup call for central banks and policymakers”
Benoît Cœuré, executive board member of the European Central Bank, has told the German Bundestag that stablecoins like Facebook’s Libra initiative come with both risks and opportunities.
Global regulators to grill Facebook about its planned Libra project
Representatives from Libra will be interviewed by officials from 26 global central banks on Monday in a bid to ease worries about its impact on the financial market. At the same time, investor interest in crypto seems to waning.
French finance minister warns that Facebook’s Libra project would put an end to states’...
Bruno Le Marie, France’s finance minister, said on Thursday that Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency Libra should be stopped as it put “the monetary sovereignty of states [in] jeopardy.”
Banco Santander issues first end-to-end blockchain bond to launch new secondary token market
Spanish bank Santander has announced it has issued a bond that will only exist on the Ethereum blockchain.
Arival Bank has raised £1.87m in a pre-Series A equity crowdfunding campaign
Singapore-based Arival Bank has pulled in £1.87m in a pre-Series A equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube.
RegTech firm Signzy teams up with blockchain firm Primechain Technologies
Bengaluru-based Signzy has reportedly entered into a partnership with Primechain Technologies, the blockchain compan
Tech Nation unveils the 23 startups joining its second FinTech growth programme
From SME finance and RegTech solutions to payments and impact retail investment, the 23 startups selected to take part of the second instalment of...
Philippine boxer and now-senator Manny Pacquiao launches celebrity cryptocurrency
Manny Pacquiao is launching PAC Coin, which he claims is the world’s first celebrity cryptocurrency.
R3 strikes partnership with Dubai FinTech startup Wethaq
Enterprise blockchain company R3 has signed a strategic partnership with Wethaq, the Dubai-based FinTech startup, to develop a new financial market infrastructure in Islamic capital markets.
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