Despite owning more Bitcoin that most of us could possible imagine, the story of how the joint owners of the Gemini cryptocurrency trading platform first got into the digital asset space is all too familiar. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have admitted to suffered from a case of FOMO back in 2013 when they first entered...Read More
Terra, a project building a payment system on the blockchain, announced today that it has received a strategic investment from HashKey Capital, a leading investor with a large portfolio of fintech and blockchain companies. The investment will help Terra further its goals of expanding its e-commerce and retail alliance across Asia. HashKey Capital is an affiliate...Read More
Ripple’s XRP price late Thursday is trading in positive territory by some 2.60%. Heavy resistance can be observed heading into the psychological $0.3000 territory. Ripple’s XRP on Thursday is trading in minor positive territory by some 2.60%.XRP/USD is attempting to recover some of the deep losses encountered recently. The price managed to receive decent support...Read More
Securitize, a company that converts assets to tokens and manages digital securities on the blockchain, has been registered as a transfer agent with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. While this will give them the freedom to maintain records for the transfer of securities, the company also claims that being SEC-compliant will help boost...Read More
Blockchain startup Blockstack PBC has received strategic investment from Japanese human resources giant Recruit Holdings. U.S. startups look for Japanese partnerships The Block reported the startup’s new funding on Aug. 22. As part of the investment deal, Recruit, which is currently valued at $50 billion USD, is purchasing Blockstack’s STACK tokens. Blockstack PBC CEO and...Read More
HitBTC recently in a press release announced that they are lowering the exchange trading fees, presenting a new fee adjustment system. The fees have been lowered as much as 1,3%. HitBTC which is a leading cryptocurrency exchange just announced in a press release that they are lowering the trading fees on their platform to a...Read More
One of the biggest criticisms over the crypto market is due to its wild west environment where anything goes. It’s allowed for the sale of unregistered securities, scams, and much more.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
Nelson Minier, who is the head of OTC at cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, explained to Nasdaq TradeTalks why traders are flocking to crypto. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: The crypto market continues to attract former Wall Street traders, and now we know why. Nelson Minier, who is the head of OTC at cryptocurrency exchange Kraken,...Read More
By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex Technical Analysis On the weekly timeframe, the Bitcoin remains in the correction phase, which may extend and bring the quotations to the psychologically important level of $7000.00. Upon the end of the correction, a new wave of growth may be expected, confirmed by the ascending dynamics of the...Read More
Cardano Dips Below 0.049885 Level, Down 6% Investing.com – fell bellow the $0.049885 level on Thursday. Cardano was trading at 0.049885 by 15:27 (19:27 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, down 5.64% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage loss since August 18. The move downwards pushed Cardano’s market cap down to $1.30587B, or...Read More
Ethereum classic and ethereum are enjoying a nice bounce ahead of scheduled hard forks while the bitcoin price languishes. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets While the bitcoin price languishes this week, ethereum classic is enjoying a spectacular spike ahead of its scheduled September hard fork. And the ethereum price is rising too. As of this...Read More
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is one of the fastest growing sectors of the financial industry. In fact, a report published by Allied Market Research in 2017 estimated that the global peer-to-peer lending market would increase by almost 52% per year, reaching US $460 billion in value by 2022. In case one strong projection wasn’t enough, another...Read More
Leading blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has just revealed new tools to help cryptocurrency companies stay compliant with regulators. The firm’s existing “Know Your Transaction” (KYT) platform will now provide real-time alerts to companies using it.The alerts will give the company accepting payment with a reading of how likely Chainalysis deems to the funds to have...Read More
Among the numerous issues that will define the 2020 U.S. presidential election, the topic of Bitcoin and blockchain technology is inching its way to the forefront. Indeed, in varying degrees, top democratic presidential contenders have already referred to Bitcoin and its technology. Andrew Yang’s Vision Is Consistent with Crypto Community Among the democratic candidates, Andrew...Read More
Remember 2018? Time was when you could buy a decent car with a single bitcoin, or a beater for an ether. Everyone was ready to get crypto-rich, and even ICO’s were to be redeemed by a new financial vehicle: the Security Token Offering. STO’s emerged from the regulatory uncertainty of 2018, as the SEC-friendly younger...Read More
Photo: UltrAlpha Platform / Twitter 10:00pm EDT Thur, AUGUST 22, 2019 – UltrAlpha (UAT), the comprehensive innovative professional digital asset management service platform, announced the permanent lock-up of 150 million UAT tokens from the pending release portion. The total supply of UAT is thus reduced by 30% from 500 million to 350 million. With less...Read More
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance had launched its margin trading services on its platform, on July 11. The Changpeng Zhao-led exchange debuted its margin trading feature with only six cryptocurrencies, namely, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, TRX, and USDT. However, over time, the exchange has added several other cryptocurrencies to the list. A few weeks ago, the...Read More
Starting today, Coinbase Wallet users can use their favorite decentralized apps (dapps) on any desktop browser with Coinbase Wallet’s WalletLink. WalletLink acts as a secure bridge between your Coinbase Wallet app and your desktop browser. To get started, all you have to do is scan a WalletLink QR code with your Wallet app. You can...Read More
Japan is a prominent country for blockchain and cryptocurrency activity. So much even that government officials are building a new type of infrastructure. It is labeled as the “SWIFT of cryptocurrency”, although living up to those expectations won’t be easy. This new network will be used on an international scale and aims to thwart money...Read More
According to a press release dated August 21, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department has blacklisted three Chinese citizens and one Chinese Entity for allegedly leading an online-based drug trafficking organization that was smuggling opioids inside the US. Criminals have been blacklisted and personal data have been disclosed including several bitcoin addresses and one litecoin address....Read More
At the end of 2017 and the height of the crypto hype bubble, investors seeking ‘the next Bitcoin’ bought up altcoins en masse after learning that many alts, such as Etheruem, Ripple, and Litecoin, had spiked over 1000% and outperformed even Bitcoin.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
Cryptocurrency liquidity has long been a thorny issue for enthusiasts and evangelists. Although they eagerly promote the ecosystem and tout blockchain’s benefits, the elephant in the room that most enthusiasts willingly ignore is the challenging liquidity conditions that impact cryptocurrency markets’ orderly flow. The enormous volatility witnessed across the cryptosphere has been a staple of the...Read More
Chainlink Price Analysis (LINK/USD) Yesterday decline continues today as the market of LINK/USD pair records a down surge. LINK seemed to have succumbed to the selling pressure that has formed a strong bearish trend line over the last 24hrs. The downside move began the session trading at $2.2455, where it later escalated to $2.1496 that...Read More
Ethereum could become the first public blockchain on Hyperledger – if the open-source consortium’s technical steering committee approves a proposal to adopt the ConsenSys-backed Pantheon project. Pantheon is a suite of ethereum-based services built by PegaSys, a 50-strong engineering team at ConsenSys. The Pantheon ethereum client, built on Java, is used to develop enterprise applications with...Read More
“Our view was that RMB was going to grow in the world”, said Jeremy Allaire, the CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle, as China geared up for its first-ever government-backed digital currency. Recent reports revealed that the central bank digital currency is “almost ready” after five years of work. In a recent...Read More
Crypto exchange Coinbase’s user-controlled Coinbase Wallet has enabled its clients to use decentralized apps (DApps) on any desktop browser with the WalletLink service. Expanded access to DApps Per an official blog post on Aug. 22, Coinbase Wallet’s users can now use their DApps on any desktop browser through WalletLink, which serves as a bridge between...Read More
Senator Ike Ekweremadu being manhandled in Germany by IPOB members. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it has no regret attacking former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu in Nuremberg, Germany. The body, in a statement issued by its Head of Directorate of State, China Edoziem, said IPOB would continue in the avowed pursuit of its...Read More
The research team at SIMETRI, which now comprises 13 full-time crypto analysts, launched a new near-term trading dashboard – “Coins on the Move” – today that combines long-term fundamental research with short-term indicators and technical analysis. The new dashboard, available exclusively to SIMETRI Research subscribers, is based on a variety of data points including: Chart-focused...Read More
Bitcoin dominance has fallen for the first time since early June. While that does not suggest significant sell-offs, BTC could be entering a ‘cooling-off’ period as the global economic outlook remains uncertain. Bitcoin accounted for just over half of the cryptocurrency market at the beginning of April, but its share progressively increased over the past...Read More
Any good investor, trader, or financial analyst – be it Bitcoin, crypto, or traditional financial markets – conducts due diligence such as fundamental analysis and technical analysis before and while taking a position, to minimize risk and maximize reward.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
