Tag "Ethereum"
Pundi X Launches Point-of-Sale Machine Supporting Crypto Payments
Blockchain payments company Pundi X has launched XPOS Web 3.0, a point-of-sale machine which supports crypto payments made using third-party blockchain wallets. XPOS Web 3.0 builds on XPOS, the company’s flagship point-of-sale machine enabling brick-and-mortar retailers to accept crypto payments
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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
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’ 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
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
“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: 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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What Are Asian ICOs Doing With Their ETH?
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have become a popular way for cryptocurrency and blockchain startups to raise funds. During an ICO, the company sells a certain amount of crypto-tokens at a set cost prior to listing the token on an exchange.
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Top-5 Countries to Setup Fintech & Blockchain Startups
While the coherent regulation of blockchain and fintech industry is yet to be developed, fintech startups find themselves navigating through regulatory jungles of various dos and don’ts when formulating their business models. Recent actions and statements of most state regulators
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Commonwealth Bank Completes New Blockchain-Enabled Global Trade Experiment
Seventeen tonnes of almonds have successfully been shipped and tracked from Sunraysia in Victoria, Australia, to Hamburg in Germany in a blockchain-based collaboration between Commonwealth Bank and five Australian and international supply chain companies. Commonwealth Bank demonstrated a new blockchain
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