Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase Exchange is constantly making efforts to revolutionalize the crypto world. Latest we hear he has secured a patent to send cryptocurrency through email. Isn’t it exciting! Sending Bitcoin by just a click of email without memorizing the Bitcoin address. The patent filed in March 2019, was rewarded this December. The...Read More
The United States-based pure crypto to crypto exchange, Poloniex has reduced its KYC verification for entry-level account holders. Users can now start trading by signing up with just an email and password. Although creating an account in Poloniex has become very easy, the entry-level account has limitations until KYC verification is completed. With Level 1,...Read More
KT, the South Korean telecom company, is selected by the Korean government to issue a local blockchain-based currency in Busan. ‘Dongbaekjeon’, with annual issue amounting to 300 billion WON is a blockchain-based local currency. This currency is reported to go live on Dec 30, 2019, as per a local news report. Further, the report claims...Read More
Coinfloor, the oldest crypto exchange of the United Kingdom, decided to go back to being the “Only Bitcoin” Exchange. The UK’s crypto exchange will delist other cryptos on the exchange from January 2020. At present, Coinfloor supports Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, Bitcoin Cash. However, only Bitcoin will be supported by its 11th Anniversary on this exchange. ...Read More
The US subsidiary of the Binance exchange has launched its own iOS apps and are asking the customers to beta test the apps. The Binance.US team took to Twitter to announce the launch of these apps. The US customers are asked to fill a questionnaire and the downloadable links will be sent to them personally....Read More
Kraken Exchange, one of the top 5 exchanges as per CoinGecko has acquired Circle’s OTC Desk as per its blog post. The post reads ” Kraken is acquiring one of the most recognized OverTheCounter desks in crypto, Circle Trade. ” Through this acquisition, Kraken exchange plans to provide support trading partners globally, especially in Asia....Read More
Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi expressed his concerns in a meeting of the Taskforce on Emerging Technologies here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. As per his statement, the emerging technologies of Blockchain, Internet-of-Things(IoT’s), Artificial Technology, etc. will disrupt the economy. The quotes says “Beware of Blockchain”. He further urged that the country should prepare itself for digitization...Read More
Accenture, with its brand name in digital technology, has turned towards blockchain to enhance global trade experience for its customers. The company has partnered with the Dublin-based distributed ledger technology company TradeIX as per a Tuesday announcement. The current trade finance process involves a lot of paperwork and is tedious to do. TradeIX plans to...Read More
Japan’s crypto exchange, Coincheck has decided to pull the plug off its controversial margin trading. The exchange posted a blog post on Dec 16, 2019, explaining that the service will be terminated in March 2020. Even though the transaction will cease from March 13, 2020; balance transfers can be completed till the end of the...Read More
The crypto liquidating firm Sibex has partnered with New York-based cryptocurrency company Paxos to allow gold trading on the blockchain. The goal of this partnership is to improve peer-to-peer (P2P) over the counter (OTC) trading for physical gold. Paxos offers PAX Gold, a digital asset-backed by digital gold. Daniel Haudenschild, CEO of SIBEX, commented: “As...Read More
An American television personality and pro-Bitcoin John Stossel tweeted a few hours ago explaining his point of view on Bitcoin. He took a dig at the Government too. “I bought #Bitcoin because I don’t want all my savings in dollars. What if my government prints lots of dollars and they become worth… pennies?” Further his...Read More
Friday, Dec 13 saw phase-one deal of the US-China trade deal. Following this, shares of Apple (AAPL) have increased considerably. The shares rose 1.36% on Friday to an all-time high of $275.30. The new tariffs will be applied from Sunday. Following this, Apple will manage to waive 15% tariff that would have been applied to...Read More
Ripple based money transfer startup SendFriend is supposed to save 80% remittance fees. David Lighton, the co-founder and chief executive of SendFriend explained how XRP impacts the payment process. As per Lighton, traditional money transfer firms usually charge up to 10 percent of the total amount being transferred from end to end. However, when SendFriend’s...Read More
Fintech investments have seen a great rise in 2019. Many startups have emerged attracting Venture Capitals to invest more in fintech sector. Singapore and Vietnam countries have emerged as winners in South-East Asia Fintech Investments. Singapore companies have received 51% of the total investment in South East Asia. Vietnam is second with an investment of...Read More
The Malta-based exchange, Binance will now include asset balances and transactions in C2C fiat accounts while calculating VIP levels and daily BNB holdings. The calculation will be upgraded from 14/12/2019 on the Binance exchange. Earlier, BNB held in the Binance wallet was not included in the daily BNB calculation. Now, with this upgrade, hourly snapshots...Read More
African Government is all set to launch a stablecoin pegged to 1:1 to Nigerian Naira. The stablecoin ABCD will be launched on Binance‘s native blockchain, the Binance Chain. Ghana-based cross-border money transfer startup Bit Sika & Linova Capital – crypto-focused investment firm will launch this stablecoin. Furthermore, 9 exchanges including Busha and Bitmama supports this...Read More
FirstBlood eSports platform has come up with its own blockchain, “Dawn“. This blockchain is built on COSMOS Network. FirstBlood allows amateur players to earn rewards after playing Dota2, PUBG. It allows more than 200,000 users to gamble cryptocurrency directly with one another. FirstBlood CEO Joe Zhou was searching means to decentralize the esports wagering and...Read More
UK based crypto exchange CEX.io has now listed Cardano crypto on its exchange. After countless customer request, the exchange has opened its door to ADA coin. CEX.IO users can now deposit ADA and buy the token with a Visa or Mastercard. As of writing, users can trade ADA against the USD in the initial phase,...Read More
Tether, the fourth coin as per market cap, is going through media scrutiny. The statistics of intotheblock claims that 64% of Tether supply of 4,108,044,456 USDT is controlled by only 119 finite addresses. It seems that traders believe in Hodling USDT instead of trading them. Moreover, the transaction volume over one hundred thousand US dollars...Read More
Bitmex, one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, has added support for the Bech32 (native SegWit) address format. The Dec 12, 2019 announcement reads: “The key advantage of Bech32 addresses is that transaction fees will be saved when Bitcoin already sent to a Bech32 address is spent. Therefore this upgrade will not directly result...Read More
Swiss Crypto Bank, SEBA has proposed its plans to expand in 10 countries including Switzerland. After one month of a fully operational branch in Switzerland, SEBA now eyes countries like Singapore, Hong Kong, the U.K., Italy, Germany, France, Austria, Portugal, and the Netherlands. Guido Bühler, chief executive of SEBA Bank, said: “With our services, we...Read More
The US subsidiary of the Malta exchange Binance is all set to expand and add support to 18 new tokens. The Binance.US team has added 25 tokens till now since its inception. And new tokens are to be added. Among the tokens listed on the platform are Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP, Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin...Read More
German Fintech SolarisBank has stepped into the world of cryptocurrencies with the launch of Solaris Digital Asset. The bank is currently testing Solaris Digital Assets’ first product. The white-label custody, first product, combines maximal security with instant accessibility to meet the demands of today’s digital asset industry. However, This is not the first step towards...Read More
Co-founder & Partner at Morgan Creek Digital, Anthony Pompliano is a Bitcoin Proponent and has a strong faith in BTC. As per his latest tweet, Pomp claims that “Bitcoin is a pension that actually works.” Interestingly, Pomp had urged pension funds to buy bitcoin this same time last year. He had submitted to the post...Read More
The concern that the U.S.-China Trade War would drag until next year is affecting world stock prices. The U.S. crude oil prices fell on Wednesday as the inventory rose to a surprising level. Although The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated the rise in inventory by 1.41 million barrels; but the actual crude inventory rose by...Read More
The US Patent Office has granted a patent to the sportswear brand, Nike, to produce a blockchain-based sneaker “CryptoKick”. Nike stated that it intends to generate unique ID’s for each sneaker and tokenize them. Moreover, The tokens would be ERC721, Ethereum based. “When a consumer buys a genuine pair of shoes, a digital representation of...Read More
The Bitcoin Bull, John McAfee got into a candid chat with videographer friend Robert King discussing Bitcoin. In the chat, John put forth his point of view on how Bitcoin is the new world currency. As per his statement, Fiat currency or Gold/Silver has no backing whereas Bitcoin is backed with a Proof-of-Work. He also...Read More
Swiss Startup Amun has got clearance to offer its products to retail clients in Europe. Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) granted permission to the firm this Tuesday, Dec 10, 2019. “[The approval] gives us wide access to sell directly and market directly to basically all retail in Europe,” Amun CEO Hany Rashwan said. Furthermore, with...Read More
The Legislative arm of Ukraine, The Verkhovna Rada, has passed an amendment to legalize crypto payments in the country. The anti-money laundering (AML) law complies with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards. The law mainly handles the maintenance of virtual assets and virtual asset service providers (VASP’S). It provides clear guidelines for traders and...Read More
A U.K. based blockchain firm Saga is launching an alternative token to Facebook’s digital currency proposal Libra. Saga’s advisory board includes Nobel Prize-winner Myron Scholes. The firm hopes to build a global currency that complies with all crypto regulations. However, the firm doesn’t plan to launch its token in the U.S. yet. It claims SGA...Read More
