One Week After the GDPR: How Businesses Are Responding

The General Data Protection Regulation was adopted in 2016, and required all companies to comply by May 25, 2018. The companies affected by this development are either located in the EU or deal with EU residents* and collect their personal information. This means that these companies do not need to be in Europe, and 92 … Read more

Estonia Grants Licenses for Wallet and Exchange Services to Coin Metro

It isn’t just Malta that is attracting crypto business these days, other small and fast moving countries on the European continent are joining the action. The latest example comes from Estonia, which recently granted licenses for offering wallet and exchange services to the cryptocurrency trading platform Coin Metro. Also Read: Bitcoin in Brief Thursday: New Tech … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Spikes to $7,700

At press time, bitcoin is trading at the $7,700 mark. This is the highest it’s been in several days after suffering through several small, but noticeable drops that brought it down to $7,300 during Tuesday’s early morning hours. One of the biggest bitcoin pushes recently came from an unlikely source: the SEC. Chairman Jay Clayton … Read more

Circle Is Pursuing a US Banking License

Boston-based crypto-focused financial services firm Circle plans to seek a federal banking license to diversify the services it offers to its users. According to a Bloomberg report yesterday, the firm also plans to pursue licensing as a brokerage and trading venue to facilitate the sale and purchase of digital assets which may be categorized as … Read more

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