Avanti now needs FDIC insurance and acceptance into the Federal Reserve payments system to function as a bank and offer stable coin services.
The company plans to shut down all operations in Japan by end of June 2018; overseas Japanese investors who use domestic banks will still have access to trading activities in the local market; cost and resources were the main drivers behind the decision. Source.
U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has agreed to acquire London based Crypto Facilities as they make a push into futures...
The price of bitcoin was trading at $10,026 on the South Korean exchange CEX while at the same time trading at $9,748 on US exchange Kraken as of early yesterday; the 3 percent spread was not the first time this happened and leaves open the potential for some to take advantage but also shows the immature nature of the market; this has been part of the reason why institutional investors have not fully bought in, though some have and the recent news from the CME could help to ease more concerns. Source.