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SIX Stock Exchange May Issue Its Own Token, Says Exec

Swiss stock exchange SIX could issue a token on its planned digital assets exchange in 2020, according to its head of securities and exchanges.

SIX Swiss Exchange is based in Zurich.

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Ripple Adds SBI President To Its Board of Directors

Ripple has added Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings' president and CEO Yoshitaka Kitao to its board.

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Beware the Fake Bitfinex White Papers Appearing Online

As speculation and impatience arises over the upcoming Bitfinex token sale, opportunistic fakers are creating bogus white papers.

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Earn.com Founder Balaji S. Srinivasan ‏Is Leaving Coinbase

Balaji S. Srinivasan, creator of the secretive 21.co and Earn.com, is leaving as CTO of Coinbase.

Balaji Srinivasan image via CoinDesk archives

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Fidelity Hires Barclays' Former Head of Digital Assets

Financial services giant Fidelity hired Chris Tyrer, former head of Barclays' digital assets project.

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Euronet Subsidiary Ria Turns to Ripple Tech Seeking Faster Money Transfers

Ria Money Transfer, one of the world's biggest remittance firms, has joined Ripple's blockchain-based payments network.

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Blockchain Firm SETL Sidesteps Insolvency to Return as Leaner New Entity

Blockchain infrastructure firm SETL, which filed for insolvency in March, is back as a new entity formed by its management team.

Ethereum's London hard fork has been influencing markets recently.

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Bitcoin Mining’s New Bidding War

The cost of secondhand cryptocurrency mining equipment in China has nearly doubled in the last few weeks in response to bitcoin’s price jump.

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Facebook in Talks to Build Ecosystem for Planned Stablecoin: WSJ

Facebook is said to be in talks with firms, including Visa and Mastercard, to support and fund its planned fiat-backed cryptocurrency.

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