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Korean Exchange Bithumb’s trading volume has plummeted by 40 percent http://bit.ly/2OHrNUs The Philippine SEC approves draft rules for ICOs and cryptocurrencies, . looking to define all tokens as securities by default http://bit.ly/2LWHTev CZ- “ The strategy there requires lots of lawyers and lobbying.” We don’t want to compete with Coinbase and Gemini. https://for.tn/2M1nox6 A Japanese company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is . offering loans secured by three cryptocurrencies: BTC, BCH, and ETH http://bit.ly/2M3of0e ‘Keep NEO as One!’ Investors protest proposal to make NEO Divisible. http://bit.ly/2OJNdQP Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service has advised local regulatory agencies and companies to work . towards developing an integrated blockchain system for stock transactions http://bit.ly/2LZnJQZ 💰Coin and Token News BM presents a solution for lowering the capital costs of using network and CPU resources on EOSIO based blockchains. http://bit.ly/2M0GJyl Jihan Wu at BCH conference: “ ’’s Binance’s as they deliver economic benefits to token holders while having some platform use”. crypto exchange tokens, such as Huobi HT, okEx’s OKB and BNB, set good examples, http://bit.ly/2M7mKOV post China’s Vaccine Scandal. VeChain’s introduces drug and vaccine traceability solution http://bit.ly/2OJV8xp 💸 Exchange News crypto market next year. Huobi targets 30% market share in Korean http://bit.ly/2M3t61q . Upbit holds 103% of cryptocurrency deposits in reserves http://bit.ly/2OJFcLV . Canada’s “Coinbase” Coinsquare has listed XRP for trading http://bit.ly/2OHnubK a and added support for derivatives markets. Coinmarketcap.com has launched a professional-grade API for aggregated market dat http://bit.ly/2OHns3C 💼 Business News Japan’s SBI Holdings has invested $15 mn into of Singapore. artificial intelligence startup AntWorks http://bit.ly/2LZohX3 JD’s blockchain applet “Smart Life” and purchase them directly, such as hairy crabs. allows users to see goods that have been tracked through its supply chain lifecycle on the blockchain http://bit.ly/2OM70iK , and it could include a college focused completely on fintech. 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