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South Korean city to issue blockchain-based digital gift certificates
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14 August, 2020

South Korean city to issue blockchain-based digital gift certificates

Seongnam city will issue gift certificates to its residents via the Chak mobile app, and residents will be able to...
Venezuela to accept taxes in Petro
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13 August, 2020

Venezuela to accept taxes in Petro

The National Tax Harmonization Agreement will implement an information exchange and monitoring system for companies that will allow them to...
OKEx CEO: P2P platform an ‘important fiat on-ramp’ in India
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13 August, 2020

OKEx CEO: P2P platform an ‘important fiat on-ramp’ in India

The platform will allow the users to buy digital currencies in the Indian rupee at zero fees, OKEx CEO Jay...
South Korea’s largest bank to store and manage digital assets
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13 August, 2020

South Korea’s largest bank to store and manage digital assets

Kookmin Bank’s move into digital currency custody comes at a time when regulators have progressively taken a positive approach towards...
Australian XRP hacker sentenced to 2 years in jail
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13 August, 2020

Australian XRP hacker sentenced to 2 years in jail

An Australian court has sentenced a woman to two years in prison over charges of stealing 100,000 XRP tokens in...
Libra co-founder spearheads Facebook’s ‘all things payments’ group
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12 August, 2020

Libra co-founder spearheads Facebook’s ‘all things payments’ group

Facebook Financial—to be known internally as F2—aims at making the social media giant a big player in the payments industry.

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