Coinbase decided why not, it’s 2020, and announced their submission of a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC in preparation to go public. This is the not first time we’ve heard this news, and no timeline has been set….yet. The U.S. Treasury Department decided to go full naughty list and released a proposed rule (late on Friday, by the way) around a requirement of KYC/AML for exchanges and wallets. Stay tuned for more on this and its rippling effects on now just the industry but the financially underserved, DApps, and more. Shifting back to the nice list, E.Y. and Microsoft announced an expansion of Microsoft’s blockchain solution enabling its Xbox gaming partners…
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SEC Opens Digital Assets Office / Steve Wozniak Launches Efforce / Paxos & BitPay Filing To Be Banks
On the heels of BitPay’s filing, Paxos released its plan to become a federally-regulated bank in the U.S. Stripe announces embedded business banking service Stripe Treasury. MassMutual buys $100M in Bitcoin (BTC), and MicroStrategy decides to ups its BTC allocation as well! Spotify is looking into crypto payments…
Coca-Cola Expanding Blockchain Across Supply Chain / 85% of Italian Banks Are Using R3’s Corda / Dapper Labs Nets $1.2M in Digital Collectible Sales
CONA (Coke One North America) is Baselining the Coca-Cola bottling supply chain and expanding its use of blockchain (Ethereum). Speaking of Ethereum, the blockchain celebrated it’s fifth birthday earlier this week. Dapper Labs levels up as they announce…
Bank Regulators Permit Crypto Custody / DeFi Total Value Reaches Over $3.6B / Dr. Seuss Goes Blockchain With Digital Collectibles
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announcing that all nationally chartered banks can provide custody services for cryptocurrencies. Mastercard and Visa shared more news of their efforts to offer digital currency
Vanguard’s Blockchain Platform Goes Live / China’s Full DLT Strategy / Blockchain For ERP Applications
July 3, 2020 This week in the landscape…we receive a more in-depth overview on China’s broader DLT strategy as the … More
39% Of Enterprises Globally Have Blockchain Live / Austrian Building COVID DApps / U.S. Air Force Building Supply Chain Network
Deloitte releases its 2020 Global Blockchain Survey showing that 39% of companies globally now have blockchain in production, up from 23% in 2019 — this survey is packed full with insights that blockchain is pushing forward throughout the enterprise…
Mexico’s Blockchain Sector Up 90% / JPMorgan All In On Crypto / Alibaba To Digitize China’s Largest Port
Mexico has seen a 90% growth in the blockchain sector over the last two years despite COVID-19. Alibaba will be working to digitize China Merchants Port, the country’s biggest port operator with blockchain. Coinbase…
Tencent investing $70 Bn Including Blockchain / France Successfully Tests Digital Euro / U.S. National Blockchain Strategy / Enterprise Blockchain & Interoperability
May 27, 2020 This week in the landscape…Tencent is investing 500 billion yuan ($70 billion) into “new infrastructure” based on … More