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ION BEAM APPLICATIONS SA: (ION )

Southeast Asia's Sea Ltd, which provides e-commerce and digital payments services, is eyeing a $1 billion offering of new shares in aggregate in a proposed IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a document it has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sept 22 (Reuters) -* Evolve Funds Group says filed preliminary prospectus withcanadian securities regulators for "Canada's firstcryptocurrency ETF" (BTC )

(ETH , LTC )

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed civil fraud charges against a New York man and his company over an alleged Bitcoin investment scheme, the agency said in a statement on Thursday. (BTC )

Future FinTech Group Inc

High-tech banks looking to enter the fintech zone may be asked to hold bigger liquidity and capital buffers due to the unique nature of their risks, the European Central Bank said in draft licensing guidelines on Thursday.

JPMorgan Chase & Co has been routing customer orders for bitcoin-related instruments, a spokesman said on Monday, despite the bank's chief executive's calling the crypto currency "a fraud."

O.G. Oil & Gas Ltd's Singapore unit intends to buy a 65.7 percent stake in New ealand Oil & Gas Ltd, it said in a notice on Sunday. (GAS )

It is too soon to determine whether central banks should issue their own cryptocurrencies, the Bank for International Settlements said on Sunday, as the risks could not yet be fully assessed and the technology underpinning them is still unproven.

* Foreign funds continue to exit Qatar* UAE's Dana Gas slumps ahead of London court hearing* Saudi index supported by petrochemicals gains (GAS )

Credit Karma Inc is launching a new free service that will alert customers if their identity data has been compromised in hacks, the San Francisco-based fintech company said on Friday in the wake of massive breach at credit monitoring agency Equifax Inc.

Bitcoin bounced by more than 20 percent in the space of just four hours on Friday, having skidded below $3,000 earlier as Chinese authorities ordered Beijing-based cryptocurrency exchanges to stop trading. (BTC )

Chinese authorities have ordered Beijing-based crypto-currency exchanges to cease trading and to tell users by Friday about when trading will end, the Securities Times newspaper reported citing industry sources and a government notice.

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A senior executive at China's internet finance association has urged Chinese regulators to create a framework of regulations to support the development of digital currencies amid a fierce crackdown on trading on virtual tender such as bitcoin.

Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCChina said on Thursday that it would stop all trading from Sept. 30, setting off a further slide in the value of the cryptocurrency that left it over 30 percent away from the record highs it hit earlier in the month. (BTC )

Alphabet Inc's Google plans tointroduce a localised digital payment service in India as earlyas next week, technology website TechCrunch reported, citing areport from news site The Ken.

Google plans to introduce a localized digital payment service in India as early as next week, technology website TechCrunch reported, citing a report from news site The Ken.

Google plans to introduce alocalised digital payment service in India as early as nextweek, technology website TechCrunch reported, citing a reportfrom news site The Ken.

The U.S. banking regulator, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, said on Wednesday that he is not ready to accept applications from financial technology companies seeking a special purpose federal charter.

Bitcoin slid by more than 10percent on Wednesday, as investors sold the cryptocurrency aftera warning by JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon thatit "is a fraud" and will eventually "blow up". (BTC )

Bitcoin slid by more than 10 percent on Wednesday, as investors sold the cryptocurrency after a warning by JPMorgan (JPM.N) Chief Executive Jamie Dimon that it "is a fraud" and will eventually "blow up". (BTC )

China's move last week to ban initial coin offerings (ICO) has caused chaos among start-ups looking to raise money through the novel fund-raising scheme, prompting halts, about-turns and re-thinks.

Intitial coin offerings (ICO), the practice of creating and selling digital currencies to finance start-up projects, are "very high risk" and speculative, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority said on Tuesday.

New York-based software company R3 CEV has partnered with Britain's financial watchdog and two large banks to develop a blockchain-based application to improve the regulatory reporting of mortgage transactions.

China's largest bitcoin exchanges are still awaiting clarification from the government following more media reports that Beijing is planning to ban trading of virtual currencies on domestic exchanges, but markets were largely subdued on Monday.

China's largest bitcoin exchanges said on Monday they were still awaiting clarification from the government following more media reports that Beijing was planning to ban trading of virtual currencies on domestic exchanges.

APX Group Inc (APX )

U.S. blockchain startups R3 Holdco LLC and Ripple Labs Inc are suing each other over an options contract to purchase Ripple's digital currency XRP, according to lawsuits filed on Friday.

Demand for exchange-tradedfunds that would provide exposure to cryptocurrencies likebitcoin is strong, but regulators will likely wait until theunderlying market matures more before approving such products, apanel of securities industry experts said on Friday. (BTC )

New York-based blockchainstartup R3 Holdco LLC has sued rival company Ripple Labs Inc.over a contract to purchase Ripple's digital currency XRP,according to a lawsuit filed in the Delaware Chancery Court onFriday.

Dreyfuss and Angela Moon (BTC )

EOS IMAGING SA: (EOS )

Future FinTech Group Inc

Cleantech Solutions International Inc

Consultancy EY, data securityfirm Guardtime, Microsoft and ship operator Maersk have joinedto build a blockchain-based marine insurance platform that willbe the first real-world use of the nascent technology in theshipping industry.

* EU talks with banks to facilitate investment in software* Overhaul could free up 20 bln euros a year* Fintech absorbs more than $100 bln in

China is poised to further tighten rules on virtual currencies after regulators on Monday banned virtual coin fundraising schemes, Chinese financial news outlet Yicai reported citing sources.

China on Monday banned and deemed illegal the practice of raising funds through launches of token-based digital currencies.

Six new banks have joined a UBS-led (UBSG.S) effort to create a digital cash system that would allow financial markets to make payments and settle transactions quickly via blockchain technology.

The Brazilian central bank is proposing barring financial technology companies from taking deposit from borrowers, as part of new rules to govern the fast-growing industry in Latin America's largest economy.

The technology underpinning the cryptocurrency bitcoin is migrating to the auto industry and vehicle sharing.

Canadian securities regulators on Thursday said many Canadian crypto currency offerings they have studied involve the sale of securities and should abide by tough existing rules unless otherwise granted exemptions.

AutoFi Inc, a financial technologystartup catering to the auto industry, said on Thursday itraised $10 million in series A funding, bringing the totalamount of equity funding to $17 million.

Osram Licht Ag (STR )

Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group has made a foray into blockchain with an investment in the Shanghai startup behind Onchain, a local version of the much-hyped technology that underpins virtual currencies such as bitcoin.

Germany's Osram (OSRn.DE) has agreed to buy U.S.-based software provider Digital Lumens for a mid-double-digit million-dollar sum, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. (STR )

Nestle SA (NESN.S), Unilever Plc (ULVR.L), Tyson Foods Inc (TSN.N) and other large food and retail companies have joined IBM's (IBM.N) project to explore how blockchain technology can help track food supply chains and improve safety, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday.