Switzerland aims to position itself as a European leader in the cryptocurrency world. This becomes apparent when looking at the adoption of crypto assets. Additionally, several banking licenses have been issued to what is referred to as “crypto banks” This is a clear sign the future of cryptocurrency looks somewhat promising. although no one should...Read More
Bitcoin price has been consolidating for what feels like ages now. After Bitcoin’s parabolic run-up, the leading crypto asset by market cap was rejected at $13,800 – just before it could break through the final bear market resistance.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced that over $2.46 million in grants will be given to finance Ethereum 2.0 development. In a post published on the official blog on Aug. 26, EF announced that it has “granted financial awards to various client development teams. The teams in question are tasked with creating Test Networks (testnets) compatible...Read More
FINMA, the financial market regulator in Switzerland, has released a guide in line with FATF rules in order to target KYC/AML compliance for blockchain payments companies and cryptocurrencies. Any party that transacts in cryptocurrencies or transmits money over the blockchain is liable to comply with existing money laundering regulation in Switzerland, August 26, 2019. Blockchains...Read More
The protracted legal battle involving self-proclaimed Bitcoin (BTC) inventor Craig Wright and the estate of computer scientist David Kleiman could go in Keiman’s favor. According to a court audience member on Aug. 26, Judge Bruce Reinhart rejected Wright’s testimony, stating that he had perjured himself by providing the court with falsified documents and recommended that...Read More
A plethora of advances made by the XRPL developers in terms of solidifying XRP’s usage have enhanced the coin’s adoption rates. The creator of popular XRPTipBot, a platform that enables sending and receiving of XRP tokens on social media platforms like Discord, Twitter and Reddit, XRPL Labs’ Lead Developer Wietse Wind was on the forefront...Read More
Craig Wright must turn half of his bitcoin holdings and intellectual property to the estate of Dave Kleiman, a judge ruled Monday. The ruling applies to holdings and IP from before 2014. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart recommended that plaintiffs be awarded 50 percent of the bitcoin that Wright held prior to Dec. 31, 2013, as...Read More
Last week marked the end of anonymous trading on IDEX, as the Ethereum-based exchange finalized the integration of KYC and AML protocols. As of last Friday, all users must have completed KYC and set-up an account in order to trade on the platform. When the team initially outlined plans for identity verification late last year,...Read More
Bitcoin price action over the weekend has been a virtual nail biter. The leading crypto by market cap, teetered on the edge of support for much of the weekend as bulls were able to successfully defend bears from pushing the price to retest lows at $9,200.But despite the valiant effort from bulls, bears were able...Read More
By CCN Markets: Bitcoin has a new bedrock support level, and for the first time ever, it’s in five-figure territory. According to the CEO and founder of the deVere Group, Nigel Green, Bitcoin’s “new normal bottom” is $10,000. “It bounces at this price. If it fluctuates below this level, it shoots back up again. We...Read More
Last week cryptocurrency prices bounced around after a majority of coins dropped in value on August 21. Today on August 26, digital currency markets have gained around 1.52%, gathering $4 billion since the initial slump. Despite the volatility, cryptocurrencies have consolidated and a few speculators believe a breakout is on the cards that could send...Read More
Binance Coin struggled this week after dropping by a total of 8.51% as it currently trades at around $26.31. Throughout the week, the cryptocurrency fell beneath the 100-days EMA and a long term rising support trend line. BNB has now dropped by a total of 21% over the previous 3 months. BNB remains the 6th...Read More
Since the recent drop from $11,000 t0 $9,800 as outlined in my previous analysis on BTC, price levels have created an asymmetrical triangle and will see a breakout next week. Bitcoin 1-Hour Analysis On the 1 hour chart for XBT/USD, we can see the asymmetrical triangle highlighted after the breakdown from the rising wedge as...Read More
Tether has maintained its prominence as the gateway coin in the financial ecosystem. Recently, the Tether ecosystem managed to create buzz after a whale transaction was caught by Twitter’s prominent crypto enthusiast @whale_alert, who tweeted, “? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 46,140,337,592 #USDT (46,169,056,069 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown...Read More
As we head towards the end of 2019, it’s worth taking a look at how bitcoin prices tend to perform in the final quarter of the year. Depending on which academic discipline you believe in, history either repeats itself… or is a poor indicator of the future. After over a decade of existence, bitcoin now...Read More
IOTA was trading at $0.3057 on 26-July-19 at 01:00 UTC. There were two sharp falls in the next two days, and the IOTA reached $0.2694 on 28-July-19 at 22:00 UTC. From 29-July-19 till about 8-Aug-19, the coin was moving at almost the same pace. Post-9-Aug-19, the price of IOTA gradually started to move downwards and...Read More
Ripple has been moving in the price range of $0.25 to $0.29 since the past 10 days. Previously, XRP had been constantly trading at $0.30 for a long time just before it slipped in the lower range. The constant trading within the range of price indicates that Ripple takes enough time to complete the oscillating...Read More
The industry news outlet, The Block Crypto has noticed that the BitMEX Insurance Fund has increased to holding over 31,300 bitcoins or approximately $314 million. Notably, the increase has been for about 50.7% since what it was at the beginning of the year. The exchange that accounts for the highest amount of Bitcoin trading of...Read More
Bitcoin led recovery propels Ethereum above $190 hurdle but momentum lost steam shy of $195. A retracement from the three-day high at $194.14 currently seeks balance at $190. The cryptocurrency market recovered slightly from the weekend lows. Leading the recovery was the largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin which breached $10,600 resistance. Ethereum also made it above the...Read More
Litecoin Plus (CURRENCY:LCP) traded up 4.1% against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 8:00 AM ET on August 26th. In the last week, Litecoin Plus has traded 0.5% lower against the US dollar. One Litecoin Plus coin can now be purchased for $0.0141 or 0.00000136 BTC on exchanges. Litecoin Plus has...Read More
By CCN Markets: Litecoin’s recent block reward halving was supposed to be a bullish catalyst for the LTC price. Unfortunately, the long-anticipated event failed to help the struggling cryptocurrency rally against Bitcoin. Instead, it merely provided even more ammunition for Litecoin critics. Litecoin halving the price lol — PonziBonziBb (@jerry4562) August 20, 2019 However, “Trader...Read More
Blockchain firm Chainalysis has revealed the deployment of a new alert feature, KYT, which detects suspicious cryptocurrency activities. The New York-based company launched a Know Your Transaction (KYT) tool to serve as a real-time anti-money laundering compliant solution which monitors transactions for top cryptocurrencies. The KYT is available for the 15 top cryptocurrencies, and it...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE] – For the first time, a reputed regulatory authority – the Swiss Financial Market Authority (FINMA) – grants a banking licence to a financial services provider with main focus on digital assets – As a licenced and regulated bank, SEBA will be able to start operations providing integrated banking and investment products and...Read More
The recently concluded IEO for the Perlin Network by Binance Launchpad has now been stated as the sale with the highest number of BNB staked. Binance has already begun trading PERL tokens with four pairs. The Binance Launchpad, a platform created by Binance and strictly for the launch of supported tokens, has officially announced the...Read More
Staking has finally come to Wanchain (WAN), and investors are getting excited. WAN prices more than doubled over the weekend as buyers began stockpiling tokens for the launch of staking rewards, which is expected to begin on September 3. Wanchain saw a significant increase in trading volumes, and token prices nearly tripled – from $0.22...Read More
<div innerhtml=" Bitcoin’s bull run so far this year, which has seen the bitcoin price climb some 200% since January, has been largely put down to some of the world’s biggest technology companies taking an interest in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. The bitcoin price has plateaued at around $10,000 as bitcoin traders and investors fret global...Read More
The Ethereum Foundation has unveiled over $2 million of funding for the development of Serenity or ETH2.0. The official announcement read, “We are today unveiling over $2M USD in Foundation-led and co-funded grant funding aimed at furthering Serenity (Eth2.0) development as we move nearer to the launch of the Beacon Chain.” The update is primarily...Read More
