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Social Trading Giant eToro Adds Crypto Buying and Selling in 32 US States

eToro has launched a new platform that allows users in the U.S. to trade 13 cryptocurrencies, with a global exchange to come later in the year.

eToro founder Yoni Assia

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Blockchain Firm SETL Seeks Buyer After Filing for Insolvency

Blockchain infrastructure provider SETL has filed for insolvency in the U.K., saying it's seeking a buyer for its CSD business.

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Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Will Tokenize Equity on R3's Corda Blockchain

Swiss stock exchange operator Six Group has selected R3’s Corda Enterprise blockchain platform for the security token market it is building.

Corda Network is the public offshoot of R3's enterprise blockchain efforts.

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on JPM Coin: Other Banks Won't Use It

Ripple's CEO gave JPMorgan qualified praise for developing its own cryptocurrency before dismissing the product's usefulness.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

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UNICEF Explores Blockchain to Improve Internet for 'Every School' in Kyrgyzstan

International children's charity UNICEF is exploring how blockchain technology could be used to help connect local schools in Kyrgyzstan to the Internet.

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SWIFT Teams Up With Major Banks, SGX to Trial Blockchain Voting

Financial messaging giant Swift has teamed up with Singapore Exchange and several major banks to trial a DLT platform for shareholder voting.

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Argentinian Government to Invest in Blockchain Projects Backed by Binance Labs, LatamEx

The government of Argentina is set to match investments in local blockchain startups taking part in Binance Labs' incubator program.

National Congress of Argentina (Shutterstock)

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New Security Token Exchange ABE Wants to Bring Back Small-Cap IPOs

A new security token trading venture is coming out of stealth mode with a novel strategy to help small U.S. companies go public at a lower cost.

Image of Joel Blom and John Pigott at the DC Blockchain Summit (second and third from the right) by Nikhilesh De for CoinDesk

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Ethereum Investment Vehicle Now Live on Swiss Stock Exchange SIX

Swiss stock exchange SIX Group has listed an ethereum-based exchange-traded product (ETP) backed by Amun.

SIX Swiss Exchange is based in Zurich.

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Coinbase Says It Never Shared 'Personally Identifiable' Customer Data

The Coinbase reputation crisis continues, this time with questions related to how the company plans to use customer data.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong