David Pan

David Pan was a news reporter at CoinDesk. He previously worked at Fund Intelligence, and interned at the Money Desk of USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. He does not hold investments in cryptocurrency.

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Traditional Financial Exchanges Oppose UK Crypto Derivatives Ban for Retail Investors

The World Federation of Exchanges asked the UK's Financial Conduct Authority not to ban the sale of crypto derivatives to retail investors.

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Chinese Banking Giant CCB Expands Blockchain Platform as Volume Breaks $53 Billion

Chinese banking giant CCB has expanded its trade finance blockchain platform with cross-chain and inter-bank transactions.

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Identity Thief Spends $5 Million on Cloud Computing to Mine Cryptocurrency

Singaporean citizen Ho Jun Jia has been indicted for stealing over $5 million worth of cloud computing services to mine cryptocurrencies.

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Vanguard Developing Blockchain Platform for $6 Trillion Forex Market

Mutual fund giant Vanguard has partnered with Nasdaq Ventures-backed blockchain startup Symbiont to develop a currency trading platform.

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Security Token Firm Taps German Developer's $7 Billion Property Pipeline

Fundament landed German real estate giant Bauwens as a strategic investor with its $7 billion of projects to boost its asset-tokenization business.

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London Stock Exchange-Backed Nivaura Hires Senior HSBC Banker

LSE-backed Nivaura hired a senior HSBC banker to boost adoption of the London-based fintech's blockchain process for capital markets legal documents.

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Singapore Exchange–Backed iSTOX Raises Series A for Tokenized Securities Trading

The Singapore Exchange-backed security token platform has raised an undisclosed investment from an investment bank based in Thailand.

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Hackers Launch Widespread Botnet Attack on Crypto Wallets Using Cheap Russian Malware

With millions of dollars of cryptocurrency stolen from crypto wallets every year, security researchers found one active botnet being run for about $160.

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Fed Official Says Digital Central Bank Currency Is 'Inevitable'

Philadelphia Federal Reserve bank president Patrick Harker said it is “inevitable” for the central banks to start issuing digital currency.

Federal Reserve stamp on a $100 bill (Oleg Golovnev/Shutterstock)

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American Banking Giants Sound Off Against Libra as Monetary Threat

Execs from some of the biggest U.S. banks reportedly told the Federal Reserve that Facebook’s Libra would pose a threat to monetary policies.

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