January 2020

The risk to the industry when crypto companies have to spend millions on compliance, plus new BTC mining in TX and the IMF on digital currencies.

Coinbase claims professional investors in 100 different countries can access 50 different trading pairs on its new Android mobile application.

With bitcoin setting a blistering pace for 2020, Markets Daily is back with all the news that matters, plus a look at several stories on the escalating, global interest in blockchain by governments.

Enterprise software vendor R3 has won a patent for a blockchain-based record system designed to make corporate information-sharing more efficient.

Potentially the world’s biggest bitcoin mine, one still under construction, is said to have signed up two top corporate customers in the form of SBI Holdings and GMO.

The blockchain-based court system will allow humans to arbitrate on disputes brought forward by ecosystem members.

Digital currencies do not yet meet the criteria to become a viable alternative to the greenback, according to the IMF’s Gita Gopinath.

Safe haven currencies eased back from earlier highs but FX traders remain wary that an armed conflict could soon break out between Iran and the United States.

According to data published by Eurostat, the Eurozone inflation levels accelerated in December, followed by higher retail sales than expected, signaling an increasing household demand.

The exchange’s CEO said the cost of responding to law enforcement requests for user data was over $1 million.