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As the cannabis industry is now one of the fastest-growing ones in the U.S, cryptocurrencies that are exclusively made for dispensaries to transact business make their entrance into the market.The Cannabis industry boasts a predicted growth rate of 21% over the next three years and had a cumulative growth rate of 110% while providing over 250,000 direct jobs in the process and many affiliated jobs opened up as a result of this. The jobs provided are estimated to hit 330,000 in the next couple...

Crypto and blockchain job seekers are in for a treat. One of the primary financial regulators – the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – in the United Kingdom is looking for someone who can serve in a crypto/ blockchain capacity and help them better understand the properties and abilities behind distributed ledger technology.The FCA Is Searching Far and WideThe job post reads as follows:You will enjoy a unique view of the financial services industry, law enforcement partners and UK government...

Ripple (XRP), the world’s third largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has suggested that an initial public offering (IPO) based on its technology is slated to arrive in the coming months.Ripple Continues to Make WavesAt the Davos World Economic Forum last January, CEO of Ripple Brad Garlinghouse explained to a crowd of listeners that a Ripple IPO could occur sometime in 2020. He also stated that more IPOs based on cryptocurrencies are likely to follow, and that this will likely become a...

Citigroup and Goldman Sachs have performed the very first equity swap over the Ethereum blockchain.Citigroup and Goldman Reach a MilestoneSuch a swap involves one party making a payment to the other in exchange for a return asset. The process is undergoing a period of testing in which an additional 13 organizations will take part. The swap also ensures that each party to engage will have access to the same data, ensuring there are no issues across the board and lessening the chances for...

On February 5, the Reginald Fowler’s case got an important update regarding three bank accounts in Santander UK. The assets held in them have been restrained.The U.S. Government has issued a sealed post-indictment restraining order. In the document added to the CourtListener on February 5, 2020, there is an update regarding the case against Crypto Capital Co. functionary Reginald Fowler, presumably working for Bitfinex. It appears that Reginald had some bank accounts related to him in the UK....

WazirX and Binance joined forces via API to offer Binancians the possibility of P2P trading, the opportunity to work with USDTand INR, as well as other new functionality.Binance has announced the integration of Indian Rupee through WazirX. The integration via the API will occur on 13.02.2020. Binance users will receive the right to transfer funds between their WazirX wallet and Binance without any burdens. If you already have a Binance account, you can sign into WazirX using these...

Within 10 days, Binance will announce a new product dubbed ‘Binance Cloud’. There was also a job announcement on Binance called for a Senior Cloud Engineer, indicating that the company is looking into the cloud and perhaps even a decentralized one.In a revealing ‘Ask Me Anything’ (AMA) the CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao hinted at a new line for the major cryptocurrency exchange under his guidance. Even though Zhao did not reveal much, he did say that in the next 10 days, they will be ready to...

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced it hired Iskander Malikov, a former TradingView COO, as new Director of Fiat, Europe and CIS at the exchange. He will focus on establishing new fiat-to-crypto channels for Binance.One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges Binance announced it is planning to further boost its fiat-to-crypto entrances by hiring a former TradingView executive.Iskander Malikov, who previously served as a chief operating officer a TradingView, decided to join...

Thanks to the partnership between Zawadi and Eventbrite, event organizers will have a safer and faster way to deliver tokenized tickets to buyers.A mobile ticket delivery platform Zawadi announced its partnership with the U.S. event management and ticketing website Eventbrite. The integration means event managers who are using Eventbrite can now give out tokenized tickets to their participants through social messaging apps as are WhatsApp, Facebook‘s Messenger, and Line Messenger.As per their...

Justin Sun – the CEO of TRON – has finally gotten his $4.5 million lunch with Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett.Justin Sun and Warren Buffett: Together At LastSun made a lot of people angry last year when he seemingly “overhyped” the event with one of the world’s leading billionaires. Sun announced that he had won the event on social media, and that he was going to work hard to ensure that Warren Buffett became a sudden bitcoin believer. Buffett, as we all know, has never been a big bitcoin...