ICOs and Token Sales Explained by the ‘Queen of Bitcoin’ [PODCAST]
If you're not sure what an ICO is, well, join the club -- but you're in the right place to...
Risk & Security
Beijing-Based PINTEC Launches Robo-Advisory Solution Pivot in Singapore
EXCLUSIVE - With the launch of PIVOT Technology Solutions, Beijing-based fintech PINTEC is bringing a variation of its well-established Polaris...
Russia Will Likely Ban All Cryptocurrencies – Except Its Own
The Russian government is poised to launch the world’s first national cryptocurrency, the CryptoRuble, in the next few weeks, after...
Russia Will Launch Its Own ‘Cryptocurrency’
Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Communications Nikolai Nikiforov has announced that the Russian state will “quickly” issue its own...
Bitcoin Miners Hack Amazon Web Services
The RedLock security intelligence group has discovered that Hackers used Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) computing resources to mine bitcoin. The...
China Likely to License Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The People’s Republic of China will likely re-legalize cryptocurrency trading, ending its nation-wide ban on crypto exchanges from early September,...
Banks Need to Increase Focus on APIs if They Want to Match Fintechs, Verizon Says
EXCLUSIVE— It’s no secret that banks don’t move all that fast when it comes to new innovations, but most are...
Americans Feel Positive About Fintechs, But Still Won’t Leave Their Banks
A majority of American consumers want to do their banking online, and think that physical financial institutions are moving to...
Chinese Microlending Fintech May Make Min Luo a Billionaire
With a net worth of at least $1.2 billion, Min Luo may be the latest Chinese billionaire to have amassed...
$3.46 Trillion in 3 Months: China’s Colossal Mobile Payments Market
Xinhua News reports that consumers in China’s third-party mobile payment market spent a total of $3.46 trillion (23 trillion yuan)...
