Category: UK
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Barclays Denies Crypto Products as Staff Removes ‘Digital Asset Project’ LinkedIn Info
Media attention sees Barclays appear to cover up crypto involvement, as two employees delete information from LinkedIn about a digital assets project at the bank
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Money or Assets? How World Governments Define Cryptocurrencies
Money? Commodities? Securities? Utility tokens? The world’s governments can’t agree on what cryptocurrencies really are
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Crypto Mining Firm Argo Blockchain Listed on London Stock Exchange, Raises $32 Million
Argo Blockchain, offering crypto mining via users’ own devices, is reportedly the first crypto-related company that has been listed on the London Stock Exchange
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Coinbase Begins British Pound Support for UK Bitcoin Customers
Users at Coinbase will now be able to deposit and withdraw funds in British Pound, the San Francisco company announced on Wednesday. Until now, Coinbase UK users had to convert their cryptocurrency holdings into Euro and then into pound sterling via international transfers. The process owed costly intermediaries; for instance, SEPA fees that could go…
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Bitcoin Exchange Sponsoring Premier Soccer Club
English Premier League soccer club Wolverhampton Wanderers (Wolves) are playing their season with a first-of-its-kind left sleeve: cryptocurrency exchange Coin Deal’s logo. While plenty of other examples of the intersection between professional sports and cryptocurrency exist, the arrangement between the exchange and the Wolves is a fairly big step in bringing the crypto idea to a…
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75% of Millennials are More Likely to Date Someone Who is Into Bitcoin
A recently conducted study has reportedly found that 75% of millennials would be more likely to date someone who possesses knowledge about cryptocurrencies. The survey comes amid apparently increasing fascination with millenials’ views regarding cryptocurrencies. Also Read: Kim Kardashian Receives Her First Bitcoin Surveys Probe Millennials’ Views on Crypto An increasing number of companies have published…
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KPMG Report: US Blockchain Investment in 2018 to Date has Outstripped 2017’s Total
Fresh analysis from “big four” auditor KPMG shows that U.S. blockchain investment in the first half of 2018 has already outstripped the overall total seen in 2017
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UK Govt. Researches Use of Blockchain Smart Contracts In Law
The UK Law Commission is in the process of codifying the use of smart contracts into British law as part of an ongoing effort to update British law and make it relevant to of the challenges of modern technology. This was revealed in the Commission’s 52nd annual report covering the period from April 1, 2017…
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Report: 3 Million Brits Invested in Crypto via Exchanges, Few Sought Advice
According to a new study, about 3 million British investors have put money into crypto through online trading platforms and only 5 percent of them have been advised by professionals. The survey also found that 2.5 million Brits have casually invested in cryptocurrency without fully understanding it. Also read: Crowd Psychology Driving BTC Prices, Finance…
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UK Remittance Service TransferGo Adds Crypto Trading in ‘World First’
TransferGo reportedly becomes “world’s first” fiat remittance service to offer crypto trading