1. Google Trends: Altcoin-Related Search Volume Just Outnumbered Late 2017’S Numbers — Bullish Sign?
There is a growing sentiment among crypto community members that the bottom is in and we have entered “alt season.” A number of promising altcoins recently broken key resistance points and continue to move upwards. Some altcoins have experienced powerful rallies, yielding investors as much as 100% price gains in the past few weeks alone.
[Source: InvestinBlockchain] ✩✩✩✩✩
2. Thailand’s Stock Exchange Plans to Roll Out Digital Asset Platform in 2020
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) plans to roll out its digital asset platform in 2020, according to an official statement released on March 13. Following recent reports purportedly revealing the plans, the SET has confirmed that it will build a digital asset platform as a part of its three-year strategic plan from 2019 to 2021.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩✩
3. CBOE Will Not List Bitcoin Futures in March, Cites Need to Assess Crypto Derivatives
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) will not add a new Bitcoin (BTC) futures market in March, the firm said in a statement on March 14. According to the statement, CBOE is re-evaluating how it approaches trading digital assets.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩✩
4. Bittrex Cancels RAID Offering After Project Terminates Partnership
Bittrex International has abruptly cancelled its first Initial Exchange Offering (IEO), mere hours before it was scheduled to begin. The exchange cited “significant, last minute changes” with the RAID (XRD) cryptocurrency project, saying they had no choice but to stop the IEO. Bittrex broke the news on Twitter last afternoon
[Source: Cryptobriefing] ✩✩✩
5. French Court Clerks to Use IBM Blockchain Platform for Corporate Registry
French commercial court clerks will use a blockchain-based platform to record changes in companies’ legal status within the country. The development was revealed in an official announcement on March 14. The blockchain platform is built on the Hyperledger Fabric framework and aims to increase transparency and efficiency in legal transactions associated with the lifecycle of companies in the registry.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩
6. Spanish Stock Exchange to Go Live With Blockchain Collateral Pledge Certificates
Bolsa de Madrid (BME), Spain’s largest stock exchange, said it expects to go live by year-end with a blockchain-based system for certifying collateral pledges after testing the technology.
The test “has shown a reduction in the total times of end-to-end processes exceeding 80 percent,” BME said Thursday, as well as the potential to radically improve the participants’ operational and risk management. The system allows market participants to avoid exchanging paper certificates and monitor the process in real time, the exchange said.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩
7. ICE Launches New Cryptocurrency Data Feed For 58 Different Coins And Digital Assets
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), released a new Data Feed for the cryptocurrency market. There will be several digital assets listed to increase transparency in the crypto space.
[Source: Bitcoinexchangeguide] ✩✩✩
8. Canada: Regulatory Bodies Call on Crypto Industry to Participate in Securities Law Review
Two national securities bodies in Canada have issued a joint consultation paper on March 14, aiming to gather industry feedback about cryptocurrency token regulation.
In a summary press release about the paper, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) said it was necessary to adapt existing laws in order to cope with the emergence of new trading platforms specializing in crypto-assets.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩
9. Tether Says Its USDT Stablecoin May Not Be Backed By Fiat Alone
Tether has updated the terms on its website, saying that its dollar-pegged USDT stablecoin may not be backed 100 percent by fiat reserves. The new text states that while its stablecoin is 100 percent backed, its reserves may at times include other assets.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩✩
10. Qtum Surges 24% After Announcement Relating to Apple Pay and Samsung Pay
On Thursday (March 14th), Qtum (QTUM) surged over 26% after the Singapore-based Qtum Foundation and London-based FinTech startup Zuex delivered some good news: Zuex, which calls itself “The World’s First Crypto Mobile Payment and Investment App”, would be listing “QTUM tokens in its digital payment wallet, to allow users to spend QTUM for all point-of-sale payments.”
[Source: Cryptoglobe] ✩✩✩
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