Smart contracts auditing firm Hosho has laid off a significant number of staff, citing an increased amount of automated tooling.
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Asia is the largest part of the world by both population and territory, and consists of 54 countries. Over 60% of the world’s population lives there. Together with Europe, Eurasia comprises the largest continent across the globe. Over recent decades, the region has become very attractive in almost every way. It has a huge number of industries in all sectors, a cheap labor force, etc., which makes local companies very attractive for investors and in turn, also helps to benefit the Asian economy. As many countries are developing or are already developed in Asia, the stock markets of this region are currently operating as fast as the American stock markets. Besides that, people receive a high-leveled education that is also available for foreigners through special programs like the Asia Society and so on.
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High-volume Coinbase Pro and Prime users in Europe and Asia can fund their accounts via international SWIFT wire transfer, the exchange reports.
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A new blockchain-powered platform, backed by Alipay’s blockchain technology, will deliver cross-border remittance service between Pakistan Malaysia.
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by Ana Berman
CoinFLEX, a unit of the U.K. crypto exchange Coinfloor, is to offer physically delivered Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum futures to Asian retail investors.
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The fintech and crypto leader for Asia at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) believes that many institutional players will enter the crypto space in 2019.
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Getting covered by insurers is a major issue for crypto players “despite their best efforts,” Big Four auditor PwC has said.
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by Helen Partz
Global blockchain platform Waves raised $120 million in a private funding round for its new project called Vostok.
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Overstock subsidiary tZERO will develop a commodity sales token for an upcoming sale of cobalt.
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UAE Exchange has partnered with Ripple to launch blockchain-based cross-border remittances to Asia by Q1 2019.
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Thailand-based crypto exchange Satang has set a goal to raise nearly $10 million in a coming Security Token Offering, the funds of which it will invest in devel...
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by Helen Partz
Binance’s CEO has revealed the company’s plans to launch its own blockchain, “Binance Chain,” in the near future.
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by Ana Berman
Despite the bear market and “crypto winter,” speakers at BlockShow Asia 2018 believe this is the best time to invest in crypto and hodl.
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by Ana Berman
BlockShow Asia 2018 is kicking off in Singapore, with experts discussing various developments and challenges facing the blockchain and crypto industries.
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The innovation wing of Vietnam’s largest telecoms operator Viettel aims to become the country’s leading blockchain provider in the next five years.
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by Helen Partz
Alibaba Cloud is expanding its enterprise-level Blockchain-as-a-Service outside China.
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