Daily Archives: 23/09/2020

Wealthsimple Crypto – the first regulated cryptocurrency exchange launched in Canada

Wealthsimple Crypto, the first regulated cryptocurrency exchange, was launched in Canada yesterday, September 22nd. The custodial storage of crypto assets for the platform is carried out by the American Gemini exchange. Wealthsimple Crypto’s public launch came shortly after the company received approval from the Canadian securities regulator in August. To date, Wealthsimple is the only cryptoasset trading platform that has been authorized to operate in the country by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA). Before the…

BRD Developers Introduce Blockset Service For AML Compliance

The BRD (formerly Bread) wallet developers have unveiled the Blockset toolkit, developed in collaboration with Chainalysis, CipherTrace and Elliptic. The service is aimed at complying with the AML rules. The Bread wallet was launched in 2014 and became the first Bitcoin wallet available on the Apple app store. A few years later, the project held an ICO, where it raised about $ 32 million, after which it changed its name to BRD and added support…