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⁠Israel’s largest cargo shipping company Zim has opened its blockchain platform to all clients in select trades, following a successful pilot

⁠CFTC-regulated crypto asset manager LedgerX has launched its first Bitcoin price volatility index LXVX

⁠With some institutional players signalling diametrically opposed stances on crypto, we turn to the charts to see what the market’s next move will be

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⁠Banking giant HSBC saw its blockchain platform process $250 billion in forex trades in 2018

⁠The cryptocurrency market is showing signs of recovery, after experiencing significant losses over the last several days

​​Bitmain continues its struggles — the mining giant has already closed two overseas offices in 2019

​​Bakkt has acquired some assets in futures commission merchant RCG in advance of a previously set launch date

​​Iceland’s blockchain-based identity platform Authenteq has raised $5 million in a funding round led by Draper Associates and Capital300, while the total amount raised constitutes $7 million over seven rounds

​​Three strains of crypto mining malware have topped the latest Global Threat Index from Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point

​​Major Spanish energy company Iberdrola has conducted a blockchain trial with two local banks, tracking the origins and the use of renewable energy

​​23 unauthorized forex and cryptocurrency entities have been added to the warning list of the Spanish National Securities Market Commission

​​Cryptocurrency-selling companies are now being inspected by the Bulgarian National Revenue Agency

​​Bittrex OTC offering becomes latest competitor in OTC trading market

A 51% attack hits Ethereum Classic, Dave Rubin leaves Patreon and 70% of central banks are now looking into digital currencies

​​Denmark’s Tax Authority has been authorized by the country’s Tax Council to obtain information regarding all trades of cryptocurrencies across three domestic crypto exchanges

​​Two agencies in the state government of Vermont have jointly launched a blockchain pilot program for captive insurance

​​Researchers argue that a recent spate of ransomware thought to have earned hackers $3.7 million in BTC came from Russian cybercriminals, not North Korean state-sponsored actors

​​Bitmain’s Amsterdam offices are next to go as part of a downsizing operation

​​Russia’s draft bill on crypto regulation will be discussed in parliament within two months, according to a local official

​​⁠Swiss investment bank Vontobel has launched the first regulated digital custodial tool for banks and asset managers

⁠Bitcoin and other major currencies see moderate losses as the crypto markets keep sliding down

⁠The Augur community’s response to several high-profile controversies that emerged last year will shape the future of decentralized prediction platforms

⁠Crypto-assets will be classified as securities in Malaysia after cryptocurrency regulation comes into effect on Tuesday

⁠Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have said stablecoins and tokenized securities will usher in a bright future for the digital currency space

⁠A failed attempt to illicitly gain Bitcoin ultimately netted attackers just $70 when they compromised Cricket South Africa’s Twitter account