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​​Unconfirmed: IBM and the Central Bank of Azerbaijan will reportedly cooperate on blockchain as part of a five-year program for the digital transformation of the economy

​​Thai Ministry of Commerce launches blockchain studies to apply the technology in ID systems, smart contracts, and rice export

​​The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has granted the country’s first cryptocurrency asset management license to a crypto investment fund

⁠Digital currency payments with emcash coming to Dubai in new three-way partnership

⁠“Big four” audit giant PwC to provide tech expertise to decentralized lending platform Cred in release of USD-backed stablecoin

⁠The United Arab Emirates’ national securities regulator plans to introduce ICOs for capital markets in 2019, having approved their regulation under securities laws

⁠Wooing talent and devising use cases form basis of China’s new blockchain zone

⁠GMO has become the latest company to signal plans to issue a yen-pegged stablecoin

⁠The Australian federal government is exploring the use of blockchain-based ‘smart money’ for use in its National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

⁠U.K. digital currency exchange Coinfloor is reportedly slashing the greater part of its staff amid a business restructuring

⁠New analysis from Diar shows that in the third quarter of 2018, the Coinbase U.S. dollar trade volume was at its lowest level in over the year

⁠The ESMA is assessing ICOs to see how they comply with the existing securities regulations on a “case-by-case” basis

⁠The British telecoms regulator has received a £700,000 grant to explore how blockchain technology can improve telephone number management

⁠The Ukrainian Ministry of Finance has formed a working group to examine and develop the country’s tax regime on cryptocurrencies

⁠With major events coming for the crypto industry in October and November, do the charts confirm that the market has bottomed out?

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⁠Following a $45 million fund raising round, Oasis Labs releases its blockchain tech hub to assist developers and investors in building DApps

​​Markets have taken a stronger upturn, even as onlookers have been pointing to a period of uncharacteristically stable price action in the crypto sphere

​​CNBC’s Cryptotrader host Ran Neuner says Bitcoin’s price is “about to explode,” points to SEC’s much-anticipated Bitcoin ETF decision

​​IBM Food Trust is now officially launched after 18 months of testing, joined by French retail giant Carrefour

​​Economist Nouriel Roubini, aka “Dr. Doom,” compares Bitcoin to North Korea, stating it has the worst inequality coefficient in the world

​​“TRON will be 200x faster vs. ETH, 100x cheaper vs. EOS. dApp developers & users, this one is for you!” CEO Justin Sun stating boldly about TRON’s new update

​​A man in China has been been sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for stealing electricity from a train station to mine Bitcoin, says local media

​​New platform allows sending crypto via email and says “complete security” is provided by decentralizing private key shards #SPONSORED

⁠Big Four Auditors PwC, KPMG, EY, and Deloitte are using different approach to help large-scale conglomerates implement blockchain technology

⁠Binance announces all listing fees will be donated to charity from now on, noting the altcoin’s developers will decide the amount themselves

⁠Major crypto exchange Bitfinex has responded to a recent swathe of online rumors, denying that the exchange is “insolvent” or facing banking issues

⁠South Korean messaging giant Kakao’s blockchain DApp platform has gone live in testnet form

⁠Law enforcement agencies and the military could benefit from blockchain as much as financial institutions do. DARPA is already in