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ForkLog 11 15.12.2020

Italian Banca Generali to offer clients bitcoin trading and custody services

Banca Generali, a unit of Italy's largest insurance company Assicurazioni Generali, will offer clients services for trading and custody of the first cryptocurrency. To this end, the financial institution invested in the Bitcoin wallet developer Conio.

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ForkLog 18 14.12.2020

Swiss-regulated cryptocurrency bank Sygnum tokenised its shares and plans to conduct the first DLT-based IPO among financial institutions.

Swiss-regulated cryptocurrency bank Sygnum tokenised its shares and plans to be the first among financial institutions to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) based on distributed ledger technology.

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ForkLog 15 11.12.2020

JPMorgan Conducted Test Intraday Repo Using JPM Coin on Upcoming Blockchain App

JPMorgan Chase conducted an intraday repo trade on an upcoming blockchain application. The calculations used the bank's developing stablecoin JPM Coin, according to a press release.

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ForkLog 15 10.12.2020

ING tests cryptocurrency custody solution

The Dutch bank ING has for the first time disclosed details of the preliminary trials of a digital asset custody solution developed under the Pyctor project, according to CoinDesk.

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ForkLog 13 10.12.2020

Paxos Applies for National Bank Charter

Paxos has filed with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) an application to obtain a national trust bank charter. If approved, the firm would become the first custodian of digital assets to be regulated as a "crypto bank" at both federal and regional levels.

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ForkLog 21 08.12.2020

Swiss SIX stock exchange to launch crypto gateway for banks

The SDX blockchain platform of SIX Group's stock exchange and the custodial firm Custodigit will launch the 'Institutional Digital Asset Gateway' in the first quarter of 2021.

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ForkLog 9 03.12.2020

German private bank to launch cryptocurrency fund

An investment company created by the German private bank Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers AG for digital assets and the fintech Kapilendo announced a joint launch of a cryptocurrency fund.

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ForkLog 17 02.12.2020

Visa to issue a USD Coin (USDC)–linked card

The payments giant Visa linked its global network to Circle's USD Coin (USDC). In its plans is the issuance of a card that would enable merchants to directly accept USDC as payment, according to Forbes.

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ForkLog 11 02.12.2020

Crypto.com secures Australian licence to issue crypto Visa cards

The Hong Kong-based payments platform Crypto.com announced that it had received an Australian Financial Services Licence to issue cryptocurrency-backed Visa cards.

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ForkLog 6 27.11.2020

Opinion: Bitcoin will withstand an attack by banks

Rumors of a possible tightening by the Trump administration of controls over cryptocurrency users are not unfounded, but there is no need to worry about Bitcoin's long-term prospects, said Mark Yusko, CEO of Morgan Creek.

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ForkLog 12 27.11.2020

Russia’s central bank discusses digital ruble with major Russian banks

The Bank of Russia held a meeting with representatives of the country’s largest banks, including Sberbank, VTB, Gazprombank, Moscow Credit Bank, Russian Standard Bank and others. It concerned the discussion of a possible rollout of the digital ruble, according to Kommersant.

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ForkLog 18 23.11.2020

Crypto-card issuers report tighter scrutiny from Visa and Mastercard

Payment giants Visa and Mastercard are taking a tougher stance toward potential card issuers if their activities involve digital assets. The Block reports this.

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