Bitcoin is on a positive track lately, increasing by more than $1,000 in five days alone. The cryptocurrency is currently trading at around $10,800, marking yet another positive leg up of about 3% on the day. The increase comes despite seemingly bad news for the crypto community that the New York Supreme Court denied Bitfinex’s...Read More
Bitsler launched in March 2015 offers a very interesting and unique experience to gamblers interested in bitcoin gambling. The company calls itself the “Bitcoin gambling platform”. They have in store for their users’ several ingenious features, games, and give you futuristic online casino experience. Basically, the Bitsler casino is the next generation casino. This is...Read More
Deloitte, one of the “Big Four” professional services firms, has officially launched a plug-and-play product aimed to help enterprises showcase their blockchain solutions to clients. The firm’s new “Blockchain in a Box” (BIAB) is designed as a mobile unit packed with four built-in nodes and several monitors that can be linked to external services such...Read More
Bloconomic has successfully kicked off a blockchain expo with over 1000 attendees coming from 30 countries for 2 days event. The event has been officiated by Minister of Entrepreneur Development, YB Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan, with his support in blockchain industry in Malaysia. Bloconomic managed to bridge government agencies with blockchain agency and company like Malaysia...Read More
The Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Start-ups, Singapore (ACCESS) together with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) developed a new ‘Code of Practice’ to set standards of good practice regarding Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism measures for crypto-related businesses. This according to news published by The Global Legal Post, August 19,...Read More
The BlockChain World Forum will be held in Shenzhen from October 24 to 25. BlockChain World Forum will explore the opportunities and challenges associated with blockchain. The event is an initiative in creating an interactive platform for the leading technologists, entrepreneurs, regulators, investors, academics and financial institutions in the emerging blockchain industry. Presented in a...Read More
Litecoin hovers at 76 USD for the second day. The next resistance point for the coin may come at 81 USD. Litecoin, as a Top-5 coin in the market, has a huge user base and it gets decent attention for this. For the past few days, the coin was negatively focussed as it was under...Read More
BitMart Labs Will Host 2019 Block Plus Summit Series III In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam On September 15, BitMart Labs, an international blockchain incubator launched by BitMart, will host the 2019 Block Plus Summit Series III in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Other co-hosts are KaidiaChain, a scalable and interoperable blockchain platform for decentralized...Read More
The Binance iOS App (V1.7.1) is back on Apple Store, being inaccessible for Apple users for about a month. Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao announced the news on Twitter on 19th Aug. He states that “listing the exchange’s app on Apple Store” was a difficult process. Binance App was delisted from App store from May...Read More
The largest gift card exchange in Japan will use the aelf (ELF) blockchain in order to radically improve the issuance, distribution and traceability of gift cards. Amaten, which processed more than a million transactions altogether last year with 132,000 users, said it will be developing a new gift card marketplace on top of the aelf...Read More
Bitcoin price extended gains above the key $10,600 and $10,800 resistances against the US Dollar.The price is currently correcting lower after trading to a new weekly high at $10.960.Yesterday’s highlighted major bullish trend line is intact with support near $10,500 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The price could correct...Read More
Bitcoin is not a hedge for anything because its volatility actually adds risk to every single scenario a portfolio manager can create. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: As the bitcoin skeptic here at CCN, my job is to provide counter-arguments to the bitcoin bulls. Today I’m going to debunk the claim that bitcoin is a...Read More
Cryptocurrencies have taken up the fintech industry by storm. This revolutionary alternative to fiat currency or real money is decentralized and peer-to-peer, which means that transactions are fulfilled in real-time since users don’t have to wait for a central entity to process and approve the transfer of funds. Aside from the ease of sending and...Read More
The total crypto market cap broke a major resistance area near the $272.0B level.Bitcoin price jumped more than 5% and broke the $10,600 resistance area.Binance coin (BNB) price recovered above $28.00, but it struggled to surpass the $29.00 resistance.Litecoin (LTC) price is still trading well below the $80.00 resistance area.BCH price extended gains and traded...Read More
TNC IT Solutions Group, a blockchain-based organization headquartered in Dubai, is set to commence the launch of its mergers and acquisitions [M&A] program, a first in the crypto and blockchain space. In its recent launch event held last July 2019 at the Rockefeller Center in New York, the group presented their M&A proposition as one...Read More
Bitcoin Cash – ABC – Struggles Early Bitcoin Cash ABC rose by 2.35% on Monday. Following on from a 3.78% rise on Sunday, Bitcoin Cash ABC ended the day at $325.72. A bearish start to the day saw Bitcoin Cash ABC ease to an early morning intraday low $312.82 before finding support. Steering clear of...Read More
Ripple price is facing a strong resistance near the $0.2900 and $0.2920 levels against the US dollar.Bitcoin price rallied recently and even broke the $10,600 and $10,800 resistance levels.Yesterday’s highlighted bullish trend line is active with support near $0.2750 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken).The pair could decline a...Read More
Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative. This essay is presented as a part of No Closing Bell, a series leading up to Invest: Asia 2019 focused on how the Asian crypto markets are interacting with and impacting global investors....Read More
INX Limited, a crypto exchange startup, plans to raise up to $129.5 million through an IPO, in the first security token sale registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). No, that’s not a typo for “ICO,” the initial coin offerings that tested the limits of securities law during the go-go days of 2017. IPO...Read More
A Canadian judge has dismissed a motion to set aside an asset freeze in a civil forfeiture case involving the purported FUEL token. A Supreme Court judge in British Columbia (BC), Canada, has denied a motion to set aside an asset freeze, which was requested by the defendants in a multimillion dollar cryptocurrency fraud case....Read More
Huobi Wallet has added MakerDAO’s various offerings to its list of supported assets and services. Major cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has added support for MakerDAO tokens and decentralized apps (DApps) in its wallet. Huobi Group shared the announcement with Cointelegraph on Aug. 19. MakerDAO has a stablecoin called Dai, a token named MKR, and applications including...Read More
A department of the Israel Ministry of Finance is looking to drive fintech competition with industry teams and licensing help. The Capital Market, Insurance and Saving Authority, a division of Israel’s Ministry of Finance (MoF), is looking to accelerate the process of procuring licenses for blockchain and fintech companies in the country. Israeli business news...Read More
The New York State Supreme Court has ruled that Bitfinex is in the jurisdiction of the state’s Attorney General, allowing for a continuation of its investigation. The New York State Supreme Court has ruled that the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) has jurisdiction over cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. According to a court filing...Read More
Blockchain-powered prediction markets attempt to change the world, from politics to science, by creating digital democracies with a new age of financial tools. Recently, there have been an increasing number of blockchain-based prediction markets (PMs) such as Augur, Bitcoin Hivemind, Amoveo, Gnosis, Cindicator, etc. PMs use the technology of smart contracts for bets on various...Read More
Independent public charity Fidelity Charitable has received $100 million in cryptocurrency donations since 2015. Independent public charity Fidelity Charitable has received $100 million in cryptocurrency donations, according to its recently published report. In its “2019 Giving Report,” Fidelity Charitable illustrated account development throughout 2018, and provided insights into its growth since its establishment. Generally, the...Read More
ETH price extended its recent upward move and tested the $202 resistance against the US Dollar.The price is struggling to gain bullish momentum above the $202 resistance area.There is a short term ascending channel forming with support near $198 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).The pair could decline a few points,...Read More
Coinone Global Exchange (CGEX), a Malta-based crypto exchange launched by major South Korean exchange Coinone, will terminate its service in mid-September. Less than a year in operation According to an announcement on Aug. 12, the exchange will shut down services at 2:00 a.m. UTC on Sept. 18. CGEX initially launched in October 2018. CGEX placed...Read More
Depending on your belief system, death is either the endgame or the next level. Whatever lies on the other side, your bitcoins are no good there. Just as we entered this world with nothing, we are destined to leave it with nothing. All those years spent stacking sats needn’t be in vain, however. New and...Read More
