Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced today a new partnership with Paxos – a regulated financial institution digitizing and mobilizing assets. The collaboration aims to see the launch of a new USD-denominated stablecoin called Binance USD (BUSD). Per the announcement, BUSD has already received the approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)...Read More
Binance USD (BUSD) – a stablecoin from the world’s largest crypto exchange – has been approved by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), which has historically taken a hard line against cryptocurrency companies. The new stablecoin has been developed by the team behind Paxos and will be used within the Binance ecosystem...Read More
While there is no concrete plan to make any specific crypto moves, an Apple Pay executive has just confirmed that the company is paying attention to the sector. Hopefully and at some point, Apple Pay will support cryptocurrency. Apple has not been very forward regarding cryptocurrency and blockchain technology in general. A recent report from...Read More
Ripple’s XRP, the third-largest digital asset with the current market capitalization of $11.1 billion, has retreated from the recent high of $0.2618 and settled below $0.2600 handle during early Asian hours. While XRP/USD is unchanged both on a day-on-day basis and since the beginning of the day, the short-term bullish sentiments imply that the coin...Read More
In what seems like yet another round of controversy, the co-founder of the most popular stable coin Tether (USDT), William Quigley, said that it wouldn’t matter if the cryptocurrency is actually backed by the US dollar as long as everyone agreed to value USDT at a dollar. Following this chain of thought, however, puts Tether...Read More
The four-hour time frame shows a bearish head and shoulders pattern forming The daily time frame highlights negative MACD price divergence extending down to the 0.150000 level Basic Attention Token has broken below a long-time price channel on the daily time frame Basic Attention Token is still showing few signs of recovery as the cryptocurrency...Read More
The Abyss will use Waves’ blockchain technology for building a universal marketplace of all tradable goods and in-game items offered by its partner game developers through their games. This is the first platform of its kind. Users will also be able to buy available items with Abyss tokens and sell it to others. This will...Read More
Livecoin exchange is a universal platform for cryptocurrency. This exchange platform majorly deals in Bitcoin and Litecoin along with other digital currencies. The interface of Livecoin is intuitive and simple which makes it easier for the traders at the beginners level. On the other hand, the experienced traders can explore the multiple tools available for...Read More
Bitcoin looked cautious on Thursday as the United States and China announced that they would restart trade negotiations.Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He and the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer earlier today spoke over the phone. The two sides decided to meet in Washington in mid-October to negotiate a win-win trade deal.“On...Read More
Propy, a blockchain-based real estate platform, has announced a partnership with one of the leading escrow providers in Japan. In collaboration with Escrow Agent Japan, Propy will launch a blockchain-based real estate transaction platform to record sales with Japan’s Legal Affairs Bureau. This will remove the existing time lag for registration, fulfilling Propy’s promise of...Read More
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey says the world would be better served by an autonomous open-source currency like bitcoin rather than centralized projects owned by companies. No Chance of a ‘Twitter Cryptocurrency’ Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald, the Twitter founder declared that he had no intention of creating a Twitter cryptocurrency. Commenting on the matter, Dorsey...Read More
Offchain Labs, a New Jersey-based project developing a scaling solution for permissionless blockchains, has announced the successful Alpha release of its Arbitrum code. The company claims that the new system is capable of supporting more than 500 transactions per second, making it many times faster than Ethereum. Arbitrum has several innovative features that differentiate it...Read More
After a massive demand for its Bitcoin Futures Contract this year, the CME Group is planning to introduce Bitcoin options contracts as per the internal source. Back in December 2017 when Bitcoin was trading at its all-time high of $20,000, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) was the first to launch Bitcoin Futures contracts in the...Read More
Apple is the only mainstream tech firm to not have explicitly expressed any interest in embracing blockchain or cryptocurrencies. However, Apple is closely monitoring the space and according to one of its officials, cryptocurrency has interesting long-term potential. Apple Pay’s Vice President Jennifer Bailey told CNN Business, “We’re watching cryptocurrency.” The topic of cryptocurrencies arose...Read More
In a sign of its growing maturity, bitcoin is nearing a 3-month period with a bottom at $9000. | Source: Shutterstock The bitcoin price has held above $9,000 for a record 81 days, a feat it couldn’t manage even during the monster bull run of 2017. Although BTC remains around 50% below its all-time high,...Read More
A web wallet allows you to store funds safely and conveniently. The only issue: unlike offline wallet; online wallets can be hacked at any moment. Nonetheless, they are a good storage for digital coins as well. To store Litecoin, the best digital wallet you can refer to is the “Litecoin Wallet- Litevault”. Unlike other online...Read More
Recap of the Top Five Cryptos In aggregate since yesterday, the “fab five” — Litecoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Ripple — were down -0.89%. The best performer of the bunch was XRP, which went up 0.3% and currently is sitting near $0.259358 USD . In terms of the worst performer, that would be Ethereum,...Read More
Akon — you know, the artist behind songs like “Don’t Like Me” and “Lonely” — is a fan of Bitcoin.Related Reading: Why Once a Bitcoin Skeptic CNBC Anchor Became an EnthusiastThis week, the (dare I say) legendary music producer took to the “The Breakfast Club”, a prominent radio show followed by literal millions, to talk...Read More
As the current market chop continues for bitcoin price, many are starting to seek out future price predictions. These usually provide good reassurance that the current sideways market action is just temporary and that these prices will long be forgotten. A Decade On Bitcoin Price Will Top $100,000 Speculative price predictions always draw a lot...Read More
The team behind NEO has released a suite of new tools ahead of the launch of NEO 3.0, which are expected to make it easier to build on the blockchain and encourage more developers to use the platform. Three products will be introduced. NEO•ONE provides a new coding framework for developers to quickly and easily...Read More
View Bitcoin created a “spinning-top” candle on Wednesday, pouring cold water over the optimism generated by the triangle breakout witnessed earlier this week. The spinning top has made today’s UTC close pivotal. A close above Wednesday’s high of $10,834 is needed for the continuation of the recent rally. A UTC close below the spinning top’s...Read More
XRP fans have started a satirical petition calling for Ripple to increase its ‘dumping’ of XRP. Mocking the language of Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, they urge Ripple to ‘Unleash the Utility!’. This follows a less ‘tongue-in-cheek’ petition earlier this week aimed at preventing Ripple dumping billions of XRP and crashing price. A Groundswell Of Cynicism Yesterday, a Twitter user...Read More
The European Union’s AntiTrust Chief is scrutinizing Facebook’s much-publicized crypto, Libra. | Source: Shutterstock EU regulators are investigating if the Facebook Libra “cryptocurrency” poses a threat to competition by being a potential monopoly. Margrethe Vestager is the outgoing antitrust chief of the European Union. She’s gravely concerned that Libra could violate antitrust laws. EU: Facebook...Read More
As Buterin said, Ethereum 2.0 aims to run ‘tens of thousands of transactions per second’ and he is sure that the new network will facilitate a number of on-chain transactions while maintaining key aspects of decentralization and security. At the beginning of next year, the launch of the initial phase of Ethereum 2.0 is taking place....Read More
About Exmo Exchange Exmo is a crypto currency exchange that works on the concept of Blockchain technology. The exchange supports many cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Dash, and Ethereum etc. The fiat currency acceptable on this platform is USD, EUR, RUB, and UAH. The website can be accessed in 11 different languages which benefit...Read More
The current state of the altcoin market is woeful, to say the least. The majority of crypto assets are still down over 80% from last year’s all-time highs and most of them are looking to remain there for a while longer. The bottom line is that many are destined to die and will get usurped...Read More
Overstock is still in the dark about the investigation US regulators launched into tZERO back in 2018, says the company’s new interim CEO. Johnson: No SEC Info Since 2018 Speaking to FOX Business in an interview reported on September 3, Jonathan Johnson said he was still waiting for information from the Securities and Exchange Commission...Read More
Brexit is going to end soon. How will Fintech Companies fare in the UK post-Brexit? Is Brexit good for cryptocurrencies or bad for it? Brexit has been on the front burner for most of the past two years. Theresa May has already resigned following her inability to make Brexit happen. Boris Johnson is facing the...Read More
A database with personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users has been found online by a security researcher. Facebook has since taken it down, declaring that no accounts were breached. Facebook is in the middle of another serious problem of a security breach involving a feature that the company had disabled more than...Read More
According to a former Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, it won’t be long before the spread of negative interest rates reaches the US. He also added that gold prices have been on a positive uptrend as investors are looking for a hedge. Can Bitcoin thrive under tumultuous economic conditions of the kind?...Read More
