Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, has suggested a transformation of the global financial system by replacing the United States dollar with a digital currency similar Facebook’s Libra. Delivering his speech at the U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Carney said that a Libra-like digital currency could replace the...Read More
Credits Blockchain Platform has taken the initiative to hold its first wide-scale Ask Me Anything live session on the theme “The Future Of Blockchain Technology” that will take place on Sunday, September 1. The event will bring together representatives of such well-known companies as QuarkChain, Matic Network, and HoloChain. The venue will be the Chico...Read More
The crypto market is highly volatile and assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and EOS experience wild price swings. On cryptocurrency margin trading exchanges, these wild price swings are further amplified by traders trading on up to 100x leverage.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
Bitcoin wallet and block explorer Blockchain, which has more than 41 million users, has revealed today that now has BitPay integration. This new integration now enables Blockchain users to make Bitcoin transactions with any merchant that uses BitPay. “And today, spending crypto from your phone or online is even easier thanks to a new integration...Read More
the second EM-day for the Swiss as desired. Briefly, our team has to fear for even the advance in the second round of the Nations Cup (Top10) from Friday. Since the start rider Niklaus Rutschi and the following Paul Estermann this first round fails totally. EM-debutant Rutschi conceded four Drops and a time error and...Read More
Showing renewed optimism, Bitmain is increasing its investments in the crypto mining industry. Now, Bitmain is reportedly buying 600,000 new crypto mining chips. As a result of this new investment, the company expects to make over $1 billion in profits. Bitmain to Increase its Capacity By 50% Hash rate The battle to produce fast cryptocurrency...Read More
Earlier this month, in a mall in Lynnwood, Washington, two men went in and stole a Bitcoin ATM. According to security footage, the alleged thieves went into the mall, but as it turns out not for a shopping spree. After the stores closed at 9 p.m., but the mall was still open, the men came...Read More
According to a recent report, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), the largest commercial bank in Thailand has officially made it known that it has started conducting cross-border payments through Ripple via its Easy Pay app, and the firm has updated its website with a detailed description of ways in which it will be making use of...Read More
Watch “Bitcoin Joe” Kernen of CNBC absolutely destroy Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency with five deft punches. | Source: CNBC/YouTube (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency isn’t getting any love from CNBC host Joe Kernen, better known on Crypto Twitter as “Bitcoin Joe.” Reacting to a report indicating that founding...Read More
One of the main drawbacks associated with the cryptocurrency market is its highly volatile price activity. The volatility was and still is, considered a major hindrance when it comes to the mass adoption of virtual assets. The introduction of stablecoins was meant to tackle this associated crypto-volatility. However, not all stablecoins operate the same way...Read More
Wanchain’s (WAN) price increased by over 50% over the past two days, after a major announcement from the team behind the project. The company issued an announced that they will begin earning rewards for securing the network when the Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm replaces the previous Permissioned Proof-of-Work (PPoW) algorithm on September 3. Following last month’s partnership with...Read More
Hotmine CEO Oles Slobodenyuk couldn’t have picked a better place to pitch his product: a bitcoin mining rig that doubles as a home heating appliance. Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia, is famously cold in the winter, when subzero temperatures are the norm. So a few weeks ago, when Slobodenyuk took the stage at the Baikal Blockchain and...Read More
Two HitBTC impersonators have been charged with fraud and money laundering after swindling a US citizen out of $200,000 Bitcoin through Twitter. According to the U.S. Attorney in the District of Oregon Billy J. Williams, the two accused, Karanjit Singh Khatkar and Jagroop Singh Khatkar, have been charged with committing wire fraud, money laundering in...Read More
Ethereum still cherished by dapp developers but Ethereum Network’s active users’growth is at its highest since January 2018. Not only this, but the active Dapp users of Tron and EOS are also somewhat showing growth. According to Q2 2019 Dapp Market Report, Dapp stays strong in Q2 with a total transaction volume of $3.28 billion,...Read More
Bitcoin breaks 5-day long up-trend, dropping back to key support levels at $9,800. Since then bullish divergence appears to have formed on lower time-frames and could spur a reversal in the coming days. Bitcoin 1-Hour Analysis On the 1 hour chart for the XBT/USD pair, we can see the ascending wedge that formed throughout the...Read More
Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology have become mainstream terms and are now featured in most dictionaries. Crypto-related terms have a lot of value when they are tethered to a web domain, and these days digital currency domains are prime real estate, with some selling for up to seven figures. Also read: How to Create Non-Fungible...Read More
Margin trading has taken the cryptoverse by storm lately, with Malta-based Binance recently introducing margin trading for a number of cryptocurrencies on its platform. A number of other exchanges have also followed its lead. However, margin trading comes with a lot of risks, and if there is not enough liquidity on the exchange, whales can...Read More
Eos Focused Equity Management L.P. increased its position in Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) by 11.6% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 22,704 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 2,356 shares during the period. Sempra Energy accounts for about 3.8% of Eos Focused Equity Management L.P.’s holdings, making the...Read More
An early version of Polkadot has been released today, allowing developers and the broader community to experiment with new features ahead of the mainnet launch. Known as Kusama, the network is a “proving ground” where projects can build parachains, stress-test new technologies and trial the Polkadot network’s governance system. It appears to be named for...Read More
Apple could be coming up with not just one but four new models of the Apple Watch Series 5 this year. The four models filed this week were listed as A2156, A2157, A2092 and A2093 and would be running the smartwatch OS, the WatchOS 6. It seems that Apple (AAPL) is getting ready for an...Read More
US authorities are on the trail of a duo of Canadian bitcoin scammers who are still at large. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Two Indo-Canadians are facing fraud and money laundering charges in the U.S. after they ripped an Oregonian off their Bitcoin worth over $200,000. In a statement, U.S. Attorney in the District...Read More
Disclaimer: This a paid post, and should not be treated as news/advice. It’s all happening in the crypto-derivatives market right now. Hot on the heels of the news that Bakkt will launch its institutional futures platform in September, Digitex Futures has now confirmed that it will launch its zero-fee retail futures offering on the public...Read More
Bitcoin began an impressive price surge minutes after China announced that it would slap additional tariffs on US goods.Beijing said late Friday that it would increase taxes on $70 billion worth of US imports of between 5 and 10 percent. That progressed its already worsening trade dispute with Washington which last week had announced a...Read More
The altcoin action continues today as the majority of the market is in the green. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has stabilized over $10,000 while continuing to lose some of its dominance. Cryptocurrency Market Situation. Source: Coin360 Nevertheless, good news keep coming for Bitcoin – this time from Albion. In a landmark decision, the British law firm Stewarts managed...Read More
Craig Wright, An Australian-born computer engineering expert and the driving force behind cryptocurrency Bitcoin SV, is making headlines again. He once again attempted to prove that he is the pseudonymous person who authored the Bitcoin Whitepaper. On August 22, the most controversial figure in the crypto community Craig Wright – who has been proven to...Read More
Billionaire Tim Draper says the far-reaching impact of bitcoin “magic” will dwarf the sprawling influence that even the internet has had. | Source: REUTERS / Danny Moloshok (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Tech billionaire Tim Draper says the far-reaching impact of bitcoin “magic” will dwarf the sprawling influence that even...Read More
On August 9, 2019, Twitter user and developer H_M_X_ (@hmatejx), a member of the XRP community, announced that he will be releasing an automatic detector for Ripple xRapid transactions from US Dollars to Mexican Pesos. Automatic detection of xRapid transactions from Bitstamp (USD) to Bitso (MXN) comming soon… pic.twitter.com/d7CQmsbGwF — H_M_X_ (@hmatejx) August 9, 2019...Read More
Ethereum has managed to rebound and remain above the rising support line which we mentioned in our previous ETH analysis. The cryptocurrency has seen a 4% price rise over the past seven days, which has allowed the price of ETH to reach over $193. Even though ETH has remained above the trend line, the cryptocurrency...Read More
Developers will soon be able to test applications on a live version of blockchain interoperability protocol Polkadot. Kusama, an experimental and unaudited version of the $1.2 billion network, was launched on Friday at the tail-end of Berlin Blockchain Week. As highlighted in a blog post by Polkadot creator Gavin Wood, it will be somewhere between...Read More
Ethereum Classic (ETC) price has surged 40% this week on several bullish news stories, according to data from Coin360. Over the past seven days, ETC price has climbed from around $5.50 to roughly $7.30 by press time. It now sits in the number sixteen spot by market capitalization between Chainlink (LINK) and DASH. Ethereum Classic...Read More
