CRYPTOCURRENCY Volanews

SINGAPORE FINTECH POLICY

Singapore's new payments law is a boon for the crypto community The PSA will offer an operating license for cryptocurrency firms to expand their operation in Singapore.

by e27

2020-02-03

CHINA CANAAN CRYPTOCURRENCY

China’s Encrypted Currency Mining Hardware Developer Canaan Went Public in NASDAQ Its price rose by 36% at $12.5 per share. In a hope to raise $90 million, the company set its initial offering price at $9.

by Francis

2019-11-22

AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA Luno

Naspers-backed crypto platform Luno hits 3 million users, adds Bitcoin Cash Luno, a South African-based Naspers-backed cryptocurrency firm has reached 3 million users and added Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to help its customers to buy, sell and store BCH on the platform.

by techmoran

2019-08-29

US GIANTS EAST ASIA

Telegram will launch its Gram cryptocurrency by October 31 or bust Telegram’s cryptocurrency— the Gram — may be going public after all. The encrypted messaging app company plans to deliver “the first batches” of the coin in the next two months, according to a report at The New York Times.

by theverge

2019-08-28

STARTUP INVESTMENT WEST ASIA

Israeli vegan app co VeganNation raises $10m from private investors Israeli company VeganNation, which is creating the world’s first vegan ecosystem, has announced the closing of a $10 million financing round from private investors, and is ready for the global debut of the VeganNation platform on webapp, iOS, and Android.

by en.globes.co.il

2019-08-19

INVESTMENT WEST ASIA ISRAEL

Israeli Digital Wallet Startup Colu to Buy Back Crypto Coins It Issued During ICO Israeli digital wallet startup Colu Technologies Ltd. is initiating a buy-back of its crypto coin Colu Local Network (CLN), first issued in early 2018 as part of an initial coin offering (ICO) that saw the company rake in $20 million.

by CalcalisTech

2019-08-14

INVESTMENT MIDDLE EAST BAHRAIN

Bahrain’s Rain closes $2.5 million seed round, becomes first licensed cryptocurrency exchange in the Middle East Rain, a Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange has closed its $2.5 million seed round, it announced in a statement to MENAbytes.

by MENAbytes

2019-08-01

SOUTHEAST ASIA SINGAPORE Industry

Singapore’s crypto exchange Bitrue loses nearly US$5M to hacking attack Bitrue, Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, on Thursday revealed that it lost about US$4.5 million worth of XRP (valued at US$0.488) and US$237,500 in ADA (valued at $0.095) coins following a major hacking attack.

by e27

2019-07-01

SOUTHEAST ASIA SINGAPORE STARTUP

Fintech startup Arax Wallet merges with crypto exchange COSS Arax, a fintech and blockchain startup in Singapore has merged with COSS, Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchanges.

by e27

2019-06-17

AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA STARTUP

Cape Town crypto exchange OVEX raises second funding round Cape Town-based cryptocurrency exchange OVEX has raised a second undisclosed amount of funding for the year, this time from Invictus Capital.

by Disrupt Africa

2019-06-04

SOUTHEAST ASIA PHILIPPINE INVESTMENT

BitMEX Ventures Invests in Crypto Exchange Licensed by Philippines Central Bank BitMEX Ventures has invested in a crypto exchange licensed by the central bank of the Philippines, the company announced in a news release shared with Cointelegraph on June 3.

by Coin Telegraph

2019-06-04

CRYPTOCURRENCY INVESTMENT SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa’s Coindirect Raises €1m Seed Round Led By Concentric Coindirect, the global cryptocurrency platform, has raised €1m in an investment round led by Concentric, with participation from Blockchain.com, and MakerDAO.

by Peyton

2019-02-25

POLICY CRYPTOCURRENCY BITCOIN

New regulation legalises cryptocurrency exchanges in Indonesia

by Ding

2019-02-18

CRYPTOCURRENCY AFRICA Digital Currency

Huge potential hidden in Africa's exponential Cryptocurrency Market A 225% increase user number in Africa was reported, coming with a huge increase in trading volume.

by Hayden

2018-12-25

BLOCKCHAIN TECH GIANT CRYPTOCURRENCY

Alibaba Wins Injunction against The Cryptocurrency Company Alibabacoin Foundation for Trademark Infringement A preliminary injunction against Alibabacoin, which Alibaba applied to a U.S. court, has been granted in the case against the cryptocurrency company Alibabacoin Foundation for trademark infringement.

by Carol

2018-10-24

BLOCKCHAIN CRYPTOCURRENCY HONG KONG LISTED COMPANY

Hong Kong–Based Blockchain Fund Makes Its Case for Yen-Backed Stablecoin Grandshores Technology Group, a Hong Kong–listed investment holding company, is seeking to raise around $12.7 million through a digital token fund. Grandshores Technology plans to use the funding to launch a yen-backed stablecoin.

by volaeditor

2018-10-04

CRYPTOCURRENCY FINANCE ALIPAY

Ant Financial: Strictly Monitor and Check the OTC Transactions Involving Virtual Currency, and Establish Inspection System for Websites

by Ding

2018-09-27

BLOCKCHAIN TECH GIANT CRYPTOCURRENCY

Tencent Denies the Rumors: Tencent Blockchain Will not Issue Digital Currency On the afternoon of July 30th, in response to the rumors of “Tencent is issuing digital currency” prevailed on the Internet, Tencent responded to Sina Technology’s, claiming that the Tencent blockchain is not going to issue digital currency.

by volanews

2018-09-26

BLOCKCHAIN CRYPTOCURRENCY CHINA

Huobi join the Russian Financial Services Platform Innovation Foundation Huobi has joined the VEB Innovation Foundation of the Russian financial services platform to share its experience in cryptocurrency regulation.

by volaeditor

2018-09-26

BLOCKCHAIN CRYPTOCURRENCY ECONOMIC

23% Hong Kong Citizens Are Considering Switching To Cryptocurrency for Tear of A Downturn In The Economic Situation According to Yahoo Finance, 46% of Hong Kong citizens believe that the future economy will deteriorate due to the tariffs imposed by China and the United States. For fear of economic shocks and dragging down the stock market, 23% consider investing in cryptocurrency as an investment hedging tool against economic reversal.

by volaeditor

2018-09-25