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  • Oct 11, 2024

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Crypto Exchange Huobi Acquires Pantronics Holdings Limited for $70 Million

The deal was made at an average per share price of $0.35 with a total amount close to $70 million.

Australia to Build Blockchain-based Smart Legal Contracts with IBM

Known as the Australian National Blockchain (ANB), the new platform will enable companies in the country to join the network to use digitized contracts, exchange data and confirm the authenticity and status of legal contracts.

Standard Chartered and Siemens Team Up to Put Bank Guarantees on Blockchain

The initiative plans to transform the traditionally paper-intensive bank guarantees business. It claims to be the first blockchain client pilot that fully digitizes the process, from initiation of the bank guarantee to the claim h...

Germany-based Iconiq Funds to Launch a Series of Digital Asset Index Funds

The passively-managed funds will track the top digital assets by market capitalization, allowing investors the opportunity to gain diversified exposure to the growth of the blockchain ecosystem through traditional financial vehicl...

Bithumb Reportedly Re-starting New Account Registrations

South Korea's popular cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb, which got hacked in June of this year, is reportedly accepting new account registrations, according to a local media outlet.

Samsung SDS Completes the Development of 'BankSign' for Korea Federation of Banks

With BankSign, it would be easier for customers to access the banking services of multiple banks at once.

Huobi Reportedly Acquires 73.73% Stake in Pantronics Holdings Ltd. For $77 Million 

The move could help Huobi to go public via a reverse initial public offering (IPO) or a reverse takeover (a takeover of a public company by a private company).

Singapore Exchange and Country's Central Bank Turn to Blockchain for Settlement of Tokenised Assets

Three companies, Anquan, Deloitte, and Nasdaq have been appointed as technology partners for this project.The project report will be released by November 2018.

Reserve Bank of India Sets up New Unit to Research & Regulate Cryptocurrency, Blockchain

The unit was formed about a month ago and a chief general manager has been identified to lead it, but no formal announcement has been made by the RBI yet.

Correlation between Bitcoin and Emerging Markets to Help BTC Reach $25,000: Fundstrat's Tom Lee

Lee, who owns bitcoin and has been among the biggest bulls on Wall Street, believes that a change in direction in emerging markets would signal a similar change in Bitcoin’s trend.