Episodes of Findexx News

An alleged cryptocurrency exit scam swindled $2.9B, but main suspects still on the run

What’s in a name? Is a listing fee by any other name still a listing fee? Maybe not, according to two cryptocurrency companies. As per ...

Crypto forefather David Chaum issues new digital currency, intended as a paradigm shift from bitcoin

As much as $2.9 billion appears to have vanished in what could be one of the largest cryptocurrency exit scams to date, but the main ...

Vertalo says the tokenization revolution is coming, and step one is cap tables on blockchain

Cryptocurrency pioneer David Chaum is reviving his original vision of digital cash. The famed cryptographer is issuing a new digital currency, Praxxis, that has the ...

China’s official army newspaper says military should adopt blockchain tech; reward soldiers in tokens

A partnership putting startup capitalization tables onto the blockchain says it’s providing the first step to the tokenization revolution. Vertalo, a blockchain service provider for ...

2020 US presidential hopeful Andrew Yang details his plan to regulate crypto at a national level

The Chinese military should use blockchain technology to improve operations and reward soldiers in tokens, according to the country’s official army newspaper PLA Daily. In ...

Zcash maker passes trademark ownership of the cryptocurrency to Zcash Foundation for free

Andrew Yang, one of the candidates looking to take on U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, has detailed his plan to bring ...

Tether responds to academic paper on bitcoin manipulation; calls it ‘flawed’ and ’embarrassing’

Electric Coin Company (ECC), the maker of privacy-oriented cryptocurrency zcash, has transferred the ownership of zcash trademark to the Zcash Foundation “at no cost.” Announcing ...

Hong Kong and Thailand plan to release their digital currency project report by Q1 2020

Tether has issued an official response to an updated paper republished early this week by two U.S. academics who claimed a single market whale on Bitfinex likely manipulated bitcoin’s ...

Japanese finance giant takes million-dollar stake in digital security trading platform

The central banks of Hong Kong and Thailand have been researching digital currency use cases and are planning to release their joint research report by ...

U.K. updates crypto taxation guidance, stressing that crypto like bitcoin are neither currency nor securities

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, a Japanese financial services provider, has taken a 4.8% stake in ICHX Tech, the company that will operate the digital security ...

Nov 16th, 2019

The United Kingdom’s tax authority issued taxation guidance for businesses on Friday, complementing its previous guidelines for individuals. The guidance clarifies how capital gains tax, corporate tax, ...

Crypto-friendly investing app Revolut in talks to raise $500M for global expansion

Nov 16th, 2019

Crypto-friendly investing app provider Revolut is in discussion with investors to raise $500 million in new funding for global expansion, including the U.S. and Japan. ...

Verge token hack lawsuit says creators in project “black paper” are general partnership and that is Not a Good Thing

Kadena launches mainnet and two token sales to raise up to $20M

Of all the things I’d like to be a part of, a common law general partnership is nowhere on the list. These nifty default organizational ...

BRICS member nations propose creating a cryptocurrency for payment settlements

Blockchain startup Kadena announced on Monday the launch of its mainnet and two upcoming token sales, slated for Nov. 5. The Brooklyn-based company has been ...

Bakkt now plans to offer cash-settled bitcoin futures; looking to beat rival CME Group

BRICS, a group of five major emerging nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has proposed creating a cryptocurrency for settling payment transactions ...

Former Circle Trade head forms a new crypto proprietary trading firm

Bakkt, a provider of physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts, is now planning to offer a cash-settled version of the product due to customer demand. “We have ...

Binance and HTC to launch crypto smartphones that support Binance Chain

Daniel Matuszewski, former head of Circle Trade, an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk of cryptocurrency firm Circle, has jointly set up a new proprietary trading firm ...

Bakkt officially dives into crowded crypto custody market after NYDFS blessing

Binance and Taiwanese electronics giant HTC announced on Tuesday a crypto smartphone that is “optimized for operating with Binance,” according to HTC decentralized chief officer ...

Hong Kong’s securities watchdog issues regulatory framework to license crypto exchanges

QUICK TAKE Bakkt is officially launching its institutional custody business Ties to its exchange giant parent company, Intercontinental Exchange, might give the unit an advantage ...