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Cointelegraph / Here’s What You Missed at BlockShow Asia 2019

November 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Couldn’t make it to this year’s BlockShow Asia? Don’t worry. Cointelegraph has you covered with some key highlights of BlockShow Asia 2019 held Nov. 14-15 in Singapore. Cointelegraph moderated the…

Cointelegraph / The aBey Foundation Introduces new Crypto-Enabled Credit Card Technology

November 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Speaking at BlockShow Asia 2019, aBey Foundation co-founder Dr. Ciprian Pungila announced aPay, a payment system that lets the cryptocurrency community use its assets for daily payments via credit card…

Cointelegraph / These Are The Golden Days Of Crypto Collectibles, Says Fintech Expert

November 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Speaking on stage at BlockShow Asia 2019 in Singapore, True Global Ventures 3d founder Dusan Stojanovic said the time to invest in crypto collectibles is “right now.” Some investors regard…

Cointelegraph / Asian Investors Call For Regulatory Clarity on Cryptocurrencies in the US

November 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Speaking at BlockShow Asia 2019, Proof of Capital managing partner Edith Yeung called out American regulators for leaving blockchain-based ventures in the dark. These companies are commonly domiciled in Singapore,…

Cointelegraph / Crypto Leaders Propose Open Compliance Protocol For Financial Action Task Force

November 16, 2019 / cointelegraph

Today during a panel at BlockShow Asia 2019, a group of cryptocurrency industry leaders announced the creation of a protocol that aims to maintain privacy while complying with Financial Action…

Cointelegraph / This Blockchain-Based Social Media Network Is The First Apple Pay Approved DApp

November 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

During day two of BlockShow Asia 2019, Pepo founder and CEO Jason Goldberg hosted a keynote to present his new product. With 15,000 users and more than 45,000 peer-to-peer transactions…

Cointelegraph / Institutional Investors Want These 3 Things Before Jumping Into Crypto

November 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

Institutional investors aren’t being overlooked at BlockShow Asia 2019. At a panel titled “Unlocking Yield In Cryptocurrency Assets — Encouraging Institutions To Enter The Industry,” a number of crypto leaders…

Cointelegraph / Exclusive: SingularityNET Announces Its New PayPal Integration

November 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

The bridge between crypto and fiat is getting stronger. Speaking on stage at BlockShow Asia 2019, Chief Scientist and CEO of decentralized AI marketplace SingularityNET Ben Goertzel announced new support…

Cointelegraph / ‘We’ve Got to Be Careful’ With Crypto Regulation, Says QUOINE Co-Founder

November 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

Speaking during an on-stage panel at BlockShow Asia 2019, QUOINE co-founder Mike Kayamori said he has always been in favor of crypto regulation, but has begun changing his mind: “Crypto…

Cointelegraph / Blacklists Aren’t Enough To Stop Crypto Fraud

November 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

The security experts at BlockShow Asia 2019 agree: creating a unified blacklist for scammers and fraudsters is not only difficult, but it’s not enough to solve these issues within the…

Cointelegraph / Ingenico Partners with Pundi X to Unlock Android-Based Crypto Payments

November 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

French payment firm Ingenico has partnered with Singapore-based crypto startup Pundi X to enable its customers to receive payments in crypto using smartphones. Pundi X has integrated its point-of-sale payment…

Cointelegraph / Why Do Governments And Corporations Need Blockchain?

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Experts at BlockShow Asia 2019 agree: Bitcoin is just cryptocurrency while blockchain is a new connectivity framework. Speakers at a conference panel titled “Collaboration in a Decentralized Ecosystem: Why Government…

Cointelegraph / 99% of Token Price Is Pure Speculation, Says This Blockchain CEO

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Speaking at a panel today at BlockShow Asia 2019, VeChain founder Sunny Lu suggested that token value is mostly arbitrary. The panel was titled “Creating Token Value — Are Monetary…

Cointelegraph / Jim Dolbear: Useful Coins “Have To Be Quantum-Secure, That’s It”

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Elixxir President Jim Dolbear thinks the question of when quantum computing will become real is a bad one. Speaking on behalf of Elixxir founder David Chaum at BlockShow Asia 2019,…

Cointelegraph / Blockchain Technology Faces a Tug of War Between Scalability and Decentralization

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

BlockShow Asia 2019 hosted some big names today for a panel on blockchain scalability. All the speakers agreed: people have to choose between scalability and decentralization. The panel included Max…

Cointelegraph / Crypto.com Reveals Its 2020 Plan for World Domination

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Crypto.com co-founder and CEO Kris Marszalek unveiled his company’s 2020 expansion plan in a talk today at BlockShow Asia 2019 in Singapore. The plans include launching its own exchange, shipping…

Cointelegraph / Elixxir Announces Its New Privacy-Minded Token, the XX Coin

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

In a fireside chat with Cointelegraph Executive Editor Jay Cassano at BlockShow Asia 2019, Elixxir President Jim Dolbear announced the launch of xx coin, a digital currency that will support…

Cointelegraph / ‘Run Green Finance on Blockchain,’ Encourages Chief FinTech Officer of Singapore’s Monetary Authority

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, spoke at BlockShow Asia 2019 about the importance of blockchain for the economy, highlighting its indispensability for the development…

Cointelegraph / Julian Gordon’s WeChat “Hasn’t Stopped Buzzing” Since Xi Jinpin Went Pro-Blockchain

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Speaking at BlockShow Asia 2019, Hyperledger Vice President APAC Julian Gordon described the personal impact that the Chinese president’s pro-blockchain remarks have had on him: “Xi Jinpin made that announcement…

Cointelegraph / Binance’s CZ Speaks Publicly About China’s Digital Currency

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, better known as CZ, predicted that the digital Renminbi token (RMB) would be based on blockchain. Speaking today at BlockShow Asia 2019, CZ shared his thoughts…

Cointelegraph / Patrick Ngan Teases Asia’s First Unified Crypto-Fiat Payment System

November 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

Speaking on stage at BlockShow 2019 in Singapore today, Alchemy Global Payment Solutions (Alchemy GPS) co-founder Patrick Ngan discussed some details of how his company is making it easier to…

Cointelegraph / HSBC, SGX and Temasek Explore Distributed Ledger Tech in Asian Bond Market

November 13, 2019 / cointelegraph

Global banking giant HSBC will explore the use of blockchain for the issuance of fixed income securities in a joint trial with Singapore Exchange (SGX) and investment firm Temasek. Focused…

Coindesk / HSBC, SGX to Investigate if DLT Offers Efficiency Boost for Bond Markets

November 13, 2019 / coindesk

Can digitalizing bonds with distributed ledger technology (DLT) bring benefits to market participants? That’s a question being asked by HSBC Singapore in a new trial being developed in partnership with Singapore Exchange…

Cointelegraph / HTC Launches Limited Run of Smartphone With Crypto Exchange Binance

November 12, 2019 / cointelegraph

Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC will launch a limited edition of the Exodus 1 featuring services by major global crypto exchange Binance. The Binance Edition Exodus 1 supports the Binance public…

Coindesk / MAS, JPMorgan Build Payments System With Inter-Blockchain Connectivity

November 11, 2019 / coindesk

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city-state’s central bank, has completed development of a blockchain-based cross border payments system that can support a range of currencies. Carried out as…

Cointelegraph / Singapore’s MAS, JPMorgan Unveil Multi-Currency Blockchain Prototype

November 11, 2019 / cointelegraph

Singapore’s central bank and state investment firm have created a prototype multi-currency blockchain-based payments network together with JPMorgan. A Nov. 11 report from The Business Times indicates that the prototype…

Cointelegraph / Scale of OneCoin Scam Unravels Amid Ongoing Court Hearings

November 10, 2019 / cointelegraph

With each passing day, the financial nitty-gritty associated with the cryptocurrency-related OneCoin Ponzi scheme continues to become of increasing interest to members of the global crypto community. The U.S. government’s…

Cointelegraph / Swiss Crypto Bank Gets Approved for Singapore Banking License

October 31, 2019 / cointelegraph

Swiss-based cryptocurrency bank Sygnum has received the go-ahead to offer banking services in Singapore. Sygnum: license is “important milestone” In a blog post on Oct. 31, Sygnum, which gained a…

Cointelegraph / Tokenized Carbon Credits Exchange for Airlines Launches in Singapore

October 30, 2019 / cointelegraph

Carbon exchange AirCarbon launched a global tokenized carbon credits trading platform in Singapore. Business news outlet Business Times reported on Oct. 30 that the platform will allow firms such as…

Cointelegraph / Huobi Lira Onramp to Enable Crypto Trading for Turkish Users

October 18, 2019 / cointelegraph

Singapore-based crypto exchange Huobi will launch a fiat gateway for the Turkish lira in late 2019. Huobi’s fiat onramp for lira will be the first fiat gateway launched by a…

Cointelegraph / Major Singapore Bank Completes First DLT Trade Financing Transaction

October 17, 2019 / cointelegraph

A Singaporean banking branch of CIMB Group, one of the largest Asian investment banks, has completed its first blockchain-based trade financing transaction. The transaction was processed using blockchain and Internet…

Bitcoinist / New Singapore Payment Services Act Includes Forensic Crypto Tracking

October 17, 2019 / bitcoinist

Financial regulators in Singapore are looking to implement robust crypto tracking as part of efforts to combat financial crimes. This move comes as authorities are set to introduce the country’s…

News.Bitcoin / CoinEx Chain Elects New Node Partners

October 16, 2019 / newsbitcoin

This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content,…

Cointelegraph / Blockchain and the Classroom — How DLT Can Improve Education

October 15, 2019 / cointelegraph

Blockchain technology has proven to be a catalyst of change across a wide variety of industries in the years since Bitcoin’s (BTC) inception in 2009. The subsequent creation of various…

Cointelegraph / Singapore Shipping Association to Deploy Blockchain for Ship Registration

October 14, 2019 / cointelegraph

The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and blockchain firm Perlin are jointly working on an e-registry for the ship registration and renewal process. Running on…

Bitcoinist / Singapore Man Faces 34 Years in Prison for Illegal Crypto Mining

October 11, 2019 / bitcoinist

A 29-year-old man from Singapore faces 34 years in prison after allegedly stealing Amazon AWS and Google Cloud computing power and services to mine crypto. Stole Victims’ Information to Mine…

News.Bitcoin / Bitcoin Cash Acceptance Grows in Southeast Asia via Alchemy’s PoS System

October 10, 2019 / newsbitcoin

The payments and technology provider Alchemy recently announced the launch of the startup’s hybrid payment solution, a platform that aims to connect cryptocurrency with retailers worldwide. Alchemy’s crypto solution features…

News.Bitcoin / The Exchange for the New Generation — Bitsoda.com Launches Globally

October 4, 2019 / newsbitcoin

This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content,…

News.Bitcoin / How G20 Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Progressing

October 2, 2019 / newsbitcoin

Central bank digital currency has become a hot topic among finance ministers and central bankers worldwide, with some G20 countries ahead of the rest on work done toward issuing their…

Cointelegraph / Revolut Partners with Visa to Expand Into North, South America and Asia

October 1, 2019 / cointelegraph

United Kingdom-based digital banking app Revolut announced a major partnership with Visa to expand its services globally across 24 new markets, including North America. According to a Sept. 30 press…