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Ripple Labs Inc has taken one more step in consolidating its global remittances and payments network with a new partnership with London-based Fintech firm Finastra. The company announced this yesterday in a statement indicating the partnership will offer Finastra’s customers access to Ripple’s Mainnet blockchain. Being one of the most successful banking software solutions firms in the world, Finastra offers software solutions to all across the financial value chain and the global linkages it...

In a not-too-surprising turn off events, the SEC has rejected the Bitcoin ETF application filed by Bitwise Asset Management and NYSE Arca and stated that there were still too many unresolved issues regarding improper activity such as market manipulation, that could easily take place in the sector.The SEC’s publication is a 112-page document, which goes into specific details of the ETF and why it had chosen not to approve at this time. According to the Commission, the Bitwise and NYSE Arca...

Ripple CEO, Garlinghouse, has sounded an alarm geared at calling the United States government to action, reiterating that China’s goal with the CBDC is to destabilize the US dollar. The CEO urged the government of the United States during an interview with Fox Business to be at the forefront of the crypto revolution, instead of China.Garlinghouse talked about the tech boom back in the early 2000s and how the US took control of the industry and benefited immensely from that...

Last month on September 23, crypto exchange Binance launched its U.S.-based subsidiary Binance US with the top seven cryptocurrencies available for trading upon launch. The Binance US platform is specifically tailor-made for Americans that functions under regulatory norms and rules.The Binance US platform adopts cutting-edge trading and wallet technology from its parent platform. Recently, to include more trading options, the Binance US has announced the listing of two new altcoins –...

Bitstamp ranks among the biggest crypto exchanges in Europe. On October 9, the exchange announced that it is enhancing its relationship with digital financial services provider BitGo. The digital asset financial services firm will offer secure storage for cryptocurrency assets under management at the exchange.BitGo is now tapped to offer custodial services to the biggest exchange in Europe by trading volume. Starting on October 10, Bitstamp will give BitGo custody of its clients’ digital...

Photo: Vanguard / TwitterMutual funds giant Vanguard Group is working with blockchain startup Symbiont, backed by Nasdaq Ventures, to create a blockchain-based trading platform for asset managers to trade currencies in the $6 trillion currency market.This step by Vanguard would be a major disruption in the currency market which is currently dominated by banking giants JPMorgan and Citi Group. By leveraging the blockchain-powered peer-to-peer trading for investors, Vanguard plans to allow...

Things do not seem to be going as planned for Facebook’s Libra as Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before the US Congress later in the month. This was revealed by the Chairwoman of the United States House Committee on Financial Services Maxine Waters (D) in a press statement yesterday. The Chairwoman indicated that a letter had been sent to the Social media giant in July “requesting an immediate moratorium on the implementation of Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency, Libra, and digital...

Photo: CoinspeakerRecently, Binance has announced that they will add two more fiat-to-crypto gateways, hence WeChat and Alipay. With this move, citizens of China now will be able to purchase Bitcoin, with these two payment options. Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, confirmed this news on his Twitter account:YES https://t.co/dnHKQSLvS4— CZ Binance (@cz_binance) October 9, 2019Currently, this initiative is only in the testing phase for Android users, but will eventually come out on iOS as...

When Facebook‘s cryptocurrency Libra started struggling with keeping its co-workers to keep partners on board and all of the institutions happy, an alternative called OpenLibra came to address some of Libra’s potential flaws.OpenLibra is described as an “open platform for financial inclusion,” with a tagline: “Not run by Facebook” and it was announced at Ethereum Foundation‘s Devcon 5 conference in Osaka, Japan.Be it as it may, thirty blockchain companies and nonprofit organizations decided...

New claims are beginning to emerge that Apple is planning to introduce augmented reality glasses to the marketplace early next year. Sources indicate that popular Apple research analyst Ming-Chi Kuo released a research note from TF International Securities with the information. In the note, Kuo observed that Apple will be working with several different companies to make this happen on time. Kuo also indicated that plans to get the new devices on the production lines are already in place and...