April 2019

TrustToken has launched a stablecoin backed by the Australian dollar, with tokens for CAD, HKD and euros to follow soon. 

The agency that regulates and manages China’s foreign exchange reserves will trial a blockchain system addressing inefficiencies in cross-border trade.

Blockchain compliance startup Chainalysis has added support for Binance’s native token BNB and three stablecoins to its transaction monitoring tool.

Disappointing inflation figures from the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics sent the Aussie Dollar lower against its US counterpart, with FX traders now anticipating a rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia.

The Chinese Central bank decided to grant $39.8 billion dollars in medium-term loans to some commercial lenders.

A case involving millions of dollars in bitcoin and Western Union payments resulted in New York State’s first conviction for crypto money laundering.

Bitcoin could be in for a price pullback, as litecoin, which led the crypto markets higher earlier in the year, is now showing signs of weakness.

Bitfury and Swiss investment firm Final Frontier have launched a bitcoin mining fund after it was authorized by an EU regulator.

Samsung is reportedly developing an ethereum-based blockchain network and is eyeing the eventual issuance of a “Samsung Coin” token.

Asian indexes were trading mostly lower on Wednesday even after a strongly positive day on Wall Street left the S&P 500 at a record high close.