Top-5 Crypto Performers: BNB, BTC, XMR, LEO, DASH

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About 15 countries, including the G-7 nations, have agreed to create a new system to share personal data of cryptocurrency users to keep a check on money laundering and other illegal activities. The Financial Action Task Force, an international organization comprising more than 30 member countries and economies, is likely to design the system and come up with detailed measures by 2020.

While curbing the illegal use of cryptocurrencies is positive, central banks and regulators keep neglecting the various problems that cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology plan to address. However, even with all the resistance, spending on blockchain solutions is likely to reach almost $16 billion in 2023,…