- Hong Kong Monetary Authority will go live next month with a blockchain-backed trade finance platform - BlackRock has set up a working group to assess the potential advantage of investments in cryptocurrencies - SIX Group is planning to launch a platform for digital asset trading by mid-2019 - Stronghold in partnership with IBM launched a new cryptocurrency pegged to the … [Read more...] about Crypto news in brief (July 17, 2018): Hong Kong, BlackRock, SIX Group, Coinbase, Stronghold, IBM, CFA Institute