Topic: [2018-09-27] Daily Cryptocurrency News – 27th September 2018 (Read 124 times)

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Ethereum used by Austrian government, Opera now have built-in Ethereum support

Ethereum is getting bigger and bigger. The price may increase or decrease, but the adoption is growing every day. The Oesterreichische Kontrollbank (OeKB)  will have an auction for a new set of government bonds on 2nd October 2018. They will use ethereum blockchain to help manage $1.3 billion worth of public debt. However, Ethereum won’t handle those funds directly. It will only be used to write ”data related to the condition of the bond” – due to the fact that the blockchain is immutable and trusted.With this news, Ethereum proves once again that its blockchain can have a strong use-case in government related sectors.

Even more great news for Ethereum, Opera – the 5th most used browser worldwide – is now having a cryptocurrency wallet featured. The Opera’s experimental release was launched yesterday and as soon as it will pass the testing phase – it should be available to users worldwide. If the testing period will be a success, Opera will be able to support ETH as well as any ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens. More details can be found on ChainState.

Ex-UBS Bankers wants to create a regulated crypto-bank

According to Financial Times, a few ex-UBS bankers raised 100 million USD in order to start the first “crypto investment bank” in Switzerland. They plan to apply for a traditional banking and securities dealer licence issued by Finma – Swiss Financial regulator.Finma talked with SEBA Crypto AG for a future application, but none was submitted yet. However, if they would plan to receive a licence – they would need to have a standard set of KYC rules – probably a bad thing for any person that likes privacy. The full article can be read here.

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