- Coinbase Expands Crypto-to-Crypto Services to 11 More Countries
Major American exchange and provider has expanded its crypto-to-crypto to more countries, according to a blog post published on April 17. and its professional platform Pro have introduced crypto-to-crypto conversions and to 11 more countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The product is now also available to Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile, India, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines and New Zealand.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩✩✩
2. ’s Singapore Fiat-to- Exchange Is Launching Next Week
exchange giant will launch its new fiat-to-crypto platform in Singapore next week, its chief financial officer said. CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao announced in early April that the Singapore fiat “on-ramp” would be coming sometime this month. But speaking to CoinDesk Wednesday from Paris, CFO Wei Zhou gave a more precise time frame.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩✩
3. Tether Launches On With $20M Giveaway
Tether (USDT), the largest USD-backed stable coin, has launched on (TRX), a smart contract platform focused on monetizing digital content. According to a press release from the Foundation, the new will be issued through the new TRC20 protocol.
[Source: Cryptobriefing] ✩✩✩✩
4. Major Milestone for ADA With the Upgrade “Shelley”
(ADA) ranked the tenth most popular with a market cap of $2.162 billion has just completed an upgrade dubbed ‘Shelley’ which will see the network advance towards its goal of full decentralization The Shelley era is about moving beyond the federated epoch and handing control of the over to the community via stake pools.
[Source: CCN] ✩✩✩
5. Reuters: Japanese Regulators to Introduce New Rules Regarding Exchanges’ Cold Wallets
’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) will reportedly introduce new rules regarding cold wallets for storing at crypto exchanges, Reuters reported on April 17. Citing a source familiar with the matter, Reuters reports that the country’s financial regulator will reportedly require exchanges to strengthen internal supervision of cold wallets — devices for storing digital currency which are not connected to the Internet.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩
6. Pakistani Prime Minister Addresses Digitization of Gov’t Administration
The prime minister of Pakistan has conducted a meeting dedicated to the digitization of government administration, local Egnlish language outlet The News reported on April 17. At the meeting, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly addressed such issues as digitization of government processes and technology’s impact on ensuring efficiency and transparency in its operations.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩✩
7. 3 COUNTRIES TELL IMF THEY WANT TO ISSUE BONDS
The governments of at least three countries have formally acknowledged their interest in issuing a sovereign bond to raise capital. Asia Times originally reported the trend April 17 referencing recent statements at this week’s World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings held in Washington DC. Afghanistan, Tunisia and Uzbekistan are currently mulling the possibility of a bond, all three interested in the instrument’s potential to help out critical sectors of the economy.
[Source: Bitcoinist] ✩✩✩✩
8. Gate.io Raises $64 Million for Launch of New Exchange
Crypto exchange Gate.io has raised $64 million worth of crypto assets in seven days for its own exchange that won’t be launched on a for at least six months. One of the oldest Chinese exchanges, Gate.io claimed on Monday that over the last week it was heavily oversubscribed with orders totaling $2.99 billion for the so-called Gate Points, which can be used for offsetting fees on the platform.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩
9. ARGENTINA CENTRAL BANK’S INABILITY TO STOP INFLATION IS FORCING PEOPLE TO
Argentina’s central bank already tightened monetary policy three times in the last month, and inflation is still accelerating at a rate of nearly 55 percent. The unstable economic environment is driving many traders and investors to focus on . Thus, the volumes of traded in Argentina are reaching all-time highs, the latest data from LocalBitcoins/coin.dance shows.
[Source: Bitcoinist] ✩✩✩✩
10. Afghanistan, Tunisia to Issue Sovereign Bonds in , Bright Future Ahead
Afghanistan and Tunisia are planning to issue sovereign bonds in to fund infrastructural developments, reported Asia Times from IMF’s Springs Meetings summit. Khalil Sediq, the governor of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, confirmed that they were looking to utilize and technology to raise around $5.8 billion. Sediq said they would pair with a form of metal futures, such as lithium.
[Source: Newsbtc] ✩✩✩
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Published at Thu, 18 Apr 2019 03:24:20 +0000
