Crypto And Financial Industry Giants Reveal What X Money Launch Means
Crypto and financial industry leaders have raised concerns over Elon Musk’s proposed X Money. This includes Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Banking Committee, who warned that the move will threaten financial stability. Senator Elizabeth Warren Questions Elon Musk’s X Money Senator Warren wrote a letter to Elon Musk in which she raised […]
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Name: Reveal. What it is: A social networking question-and-answer app for mobile. Who's behind it: Led by the former founders of Kindr and gossip website JuicyCampus, Reveal has raised $1.5m from Boost VC and Digital Currency Group, among other investors. Cost: Free. Date launched: 16th June, 2015. Basic summary: Reveal is a SnapChat-like social network that allows users to ask questions and answer via photo or video. The social network uses reveal coin, an asset on the Stellar network, as its "currency of attention", allowing users a means to incentivize interaction. CoinDesk rating:....
On Wednesday, the Japanese financial holding company and principal member of the Nomura Group, Nomura Holdings, announced the launch of a crypto-focused venture capital unit called Laser Digital Holdings. Nomura’s move follows a number of financial giants entering the cryptocurrency industry this year.
Nomura Introduces Laser Digital Holdings
The investment banking giant from Japan, Nomura Holdings, is stepping into the world of crypto assets and in the coming months the new venture will reveal a slew of “new services and product lines.” Nomura is one of the....
A planned approach to regulating digital currencies is winning praise from industry participants, public documents reveal. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation published its initial guidance in late November as part of a broader push to create a working environment for startups working with the tech (public comments for which the state will be publishing on Monday) The digital currency guidance notably included language that, if finalized, would apply money transmission rules to companies that exchange digital and government-issued currencies, leaving firms that....
Crypto exchange giant Binance has demonstrated once more why it’s amongst the giants of the industry, the company has announced the launch of a $1 billion “Growth Fund”. Targeted at their Binance Smart Chain (BSC), the fund will aid this ecosystem to “push the adoption” of the blockchain industry. Launch in 2020, Binance Smart Chain […]
Five insurance giants, Aegon, Allianz, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Zurich, which in combination manage trillions of dollars in assets, have launched a blockchain initiative B3i to study the feasibility of the use of blockchain technology for insurance and to launch a blockchain based insurance proof of concept. “We are thrilled that Allianz is investigating emerging technologies such as Blockchain together with other key insurance industry players”, said Christof Mascher, Chief Operating Officer of Allianz Group. “This initiative, enabling alternative operating models based on the Blockchain....