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An office representing the Fidelity Investments firm (based in the U.S.) has opened its doors to the Europeans. On December 16, the U.K. based entity started giving hedge funds, family offices, and fund managers across the EU a possibility to buy or sell digital assets.In an interview for FNL, Michael O’Reilly, COO at Fidelity Digital Assets, have said that the company won’t even have to pass through additional law procedures:“We’ll make sure that we’re compliant with any UK or any other...

Karuschain – a blockchain company that seeks to connect distributed ledger technology to the world of precious metals – has hired the “Bitcoin Man,” Herbert R. Sim, as its latest adviser and investor.Karuschain Mixes Blockchain with Precious MetalsIn a statement, the company’s CEO Richard Verkley announced:We are pleased to have ‘the Bitcoin Man’ himself coming in as a lead investor, and simultaneously as a key adviser. His years of experience in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry...

It’s happened again, folks. Another massive cryptocurrency hack is in the books. This time, the subject of the attack is VeChain, an enterprise blockchain platform that’s reporting losses of nearly $7 million.VeChain Is In the PitsApproximately 1.1 billion VET tokens – the official cryptocurrency of VeChain – have been stolen, amounting to roughly $6.53 million USD. In a blog post, the company states that the hack came about due to “human error” and the “mismanagement of the private key by...

Oh, Nicolas Maduro… When are you going to take a hint and realize that the people of your country aren’t interested in your silly little Petro coin?The Petro Isn’t That PopularIn his never-ending quest to push a centralized, socialist form of cryptocurrency, Nicolas Maduro – president of Venezuela – has announced that he will invoke an airdrop in which one unit of Petro will be offered to every public worker living within his country’s borders.The airdrop is set to take place at around...

In what seems like a perfect match, Accenture has entered into a working relationship with a blockchain startup TradeIX to begin onboarding service for clients onto the Marco Polo Network. Sources have indicated that the relationship between the two entities began after Accenture made a yet-to-be-known investment in TradeIX. Accenture will provide specific use-case scenarios that go beyond their traditional banking services to provide unique solutions that involve trade finance for clients...

2019 has been a very interesting year for the stock market. While it has had its ups and downs as should be normally expected, it’s performed quite impressively regardless of certain issues. One of the most popular issues that have affected the stock market and the economy at large is the trade war between the U.S. and China that has been going on for a while now. Both countries have repeatedly slammed each other with tariffs that have had significant effects on both economies. However, both...

Ola Cabs, an Indian transportation network company that provides peer-to-peer ridesharing, ride service hailing, taxi, and food delivery and serves more than 125 million drivers across 250 cities, is continuing its global expansion. The company has already expanded to Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, it started operating in the UK, across South Wales and the South West of England. In 2020, Ola is set to launch in London.Amid this launch, Ola has already signed up 10,000 drivers in London....

Today Bitcoin endured another fall, tumbling to the price level at $6,700 and drawing closer to the price level at $6,600.The cryptocurrency of the first choice has arrived at just $6,670.37 today, the most reduced level since late November. Now, the digital money has declined by over half from its 2019 high, as in June on the level at $13,879.21.Bitcoin continued a consistent descending pattern for a considerable length of time, during which time it exchanged to a descending channel.After...

American financial services and holding company State Street Corporation has announced a new partnership with the Gemini crypto exchange and custodian firm, to test a new product that will perform reporting scenarios on digital assets held in custody with Gemini.According to the official State Street press release, the trial is the first of its kind and will first report on custody held on only two digital assets, citing issues with liquidity. The plan, however, is that the pilot will later...

In what has been seen by many in the crypto space as a win, the open interest of the Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt has reached new all-time highs. Sources indicate that this occurred yesterday and that this shows fresh inflows from new entrants into the Bitcoin marketplace. Twitter’s BakktBot has further put the open interest at $7.02 million which shows strong trading activity on the Intercontinental Exchange-managed platform and also greater liquidity within the Bitcoin futures market in...