Cointelegraph

⁠Luxembourg regulators have passed a bill that provides legal certainty to the circulation of securities on blockchains

⁠Crypto markets are mostly in the red, remaining relatively quiet with moderate losses throughout the top 20 coins

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⁠Netherlands-based tech company ElaadNL has developed a PoC for a smart electricity grid using IOTA Tangle technology

⁠The executive director at Fairfax County Retirement Systems clarified the terms of recent investments by county pensions in a blockchain venture capital fund

​​South Korean messaging app operator Kakao reported $57.5 million in operating expenses related to new technologies like blockchain and AI

⁠Ripple has released XRP Ledger version 1.2.0, enabling servers to automatically detect transaction censorship attempts

​​Answering a top official’s questions on delays in releasing crypto regulation in Russia, the country’s Minister of Justice said that the concept of crypto doesn’t need legislation at this point

​​Top five Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has launched support for Thai baht-crypto trading on its client-to-client platform

​​London-based banking giant HSBC has revealed its blockchain-powered platform cut costs for forex trade settlement by a quarter

​​The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance plans to contribute to entreprise tokenization by launching a “token task force” in the first half of 2019

​​Ripple’s fundraising arm Xpring has invested in community developer Wietse Wind’s XRPL Labs to develop applications for XRP Ledger

​​The South Korean city of Gimpo is reportedly developing a local cryptocurrency with the country’s leading telecommunications company, KT Corporation

​​The chief financial officer of crypto exchange Binance — currently the world’s largest by daily traded volume — has said business remains profitable, despite the market downturn

​​IBM is set to provide technological solutions, including blockchain and AI, to Spain’s largest bank, Santander

​​JPMorgan Chase to issue its own cryptocurrency, JPM Coin

​​The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance expands to China with new regional office

⁠Chinese search engine giant Baidu has launched its Baidu Blockchain Engine, an operating system designed for DApp development

⁠Following the release of its enterprise blockchain platform, Nexledger, Samsung SDS has provided developers technology to accelerate transactions

⁠A U.S. CFTC Commissioner has argued against the notion that potential price manipulation should be a barrier to the SEC’s approval of a Bitcoin ETF

⁠New information on cold wallets begins to clear the air around the QuadrigaCX controversy

⁠The U.S. commodities regulator has listed cryptocurrency trading as a priority for its 2019 examinations

⁠New capital regulations mean it is cheaper to open a rural bank than launch Bitcoin futures trading in Indonesia, a local source reports

⁠The CEO and founder of Digital Currency Group and Grayscale Investments said that most digital token valuations will decrease to zero

⁠The Institute of Decentralized Economics has launched in London to study blockchain-based economic systems and their impact on existing institutions

⁠The city of Aragon has allocated over $13 million on the education and promotion of emerging technologies, including blockchain