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LuneX Backed Sparrow Launches Crypto Trading Platform
Blockchain/Bitcoin

LuneX Backed Sparrow Launches Crypto Trading Platform

Fresh out of Beta, Sparrow, a Singapore-based options trading platform has launched a platform for Bitcoin and Ethereum options trading which are settled by smart contract. The company is backed by LuneX Ventures a crypto and blockchain dedicated VC fund

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Philippine Based Crypto Startup PDAX Receives Funding Boost from BitMEX
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Philippine Based Crypto Startup PDAX Receives Funding Boost from BitMEX

Philippines Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX), a locally based cryptocurrency exchange platform recently received an undisclosed sum of funding from BitMEX Ventures. This news follows a recent investment by Consensys into PDAX. According to BitMEX co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes, they

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Philippines Approves 3 More Crypto Exchanges Amid Soaring Bitcoin Prices
Blockchain/Bitcoin Philippines

Philippines Approves 3 More Crypto Exchanges Amid Soaring Bitcoin Prices

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has green-lit another 3 cryptocurrency exchanges to operate in the Philippines. The new licensed firms include Bexpress Inc,  Coinville Phils Inc. and Aba Global Philippines Inc. This brings the total number of licensed cryptocurrency exchange in

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Philippines’ Cryptocurrency Enabled Wallet Can Now Accept Western Union Transfers
Philippines Remittance

Philippines’ Cryptocurrency Enabled Wallet Can Now Accept Western Union Transfers

Blockchain-based financial services company Coins.ph and  Western Union have teamed up to allow the fintech startup’s five million customers receive international and domestic money transfers directly into their mobile wallets in the Philippines. The collaboration was announced following news of

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Philippines: Cleaners of Polluted Beaches Get Paid in Cryptos
Blockchain/Bitcoin Philippines

Philippines: Cleaners of Polluted Beaches Get Paid in Cryptos

A pilot project seeking to show transparency in the flow of money via public blockchain was formally launched last week in Manila rewarding cleaners of polluted beaches with the cryptocurrency Ether (ETH). Dubbed “Bounties for the Oceans: Philippines Pilot –

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17 E-Wallets in The Philippines You Should Know
Mobile Payments Philippines

17 E-Wallets in The Philippines You Should Know

“A way to carry your money inside your cellphone”. This is perhaps the simplest meaning of an e-wallet as defined by Philippine-based mobile money service GCash. For the past few years, different companies such as telcos, banks, fintech startups, financial

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Philippines: 4 Fintech, Blockchain Events for November 2018 to January 2019
Blockchain/Bitcoin Philippines

Philippines: 4 Fintech, Blockchain Events for November 2018 to January 2019

Here are selected Fintech and Blockchain Events in the Philippines for November to December 2018. If an important event is missing, send us an Email or comment on this post. AGSB Month: Finance Game Changers November 17, 2018 Ateneo Professional

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MAS Warns Public Against Websites Faking DPM Tharman’s Quotes to Sell Bitcoin
Blockchain/Bitcoin

MAS Warns Public Against Websites Faking DPM Tharman’s Quotes to Sell Bitcoin

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a warning about fraudulent websites soliciting bitcoin investments using fudged comments that they’ve attributed to MAS Chairman and Deputy Prime Minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Screenshots of the website depict fake articles that are

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Philippines: BSP Accredits 6th Virtual Currency Exchange
Blockchain/Bitcoin Philippines

Philippines: BSP Accredits 6th Virtual Currency Exchange

The Philippine central bank has issued another virtual currency exchange (VCE) license to a blockchain company, now the 6th in the country, even as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has set the launching of its draft of crypto-trading rules.

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