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
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
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has just launched the second phase of its Sandbox Framework initiative. The effort aims to explore how crypto assets might be used at licensed online casinos.The leading iGaming licensing authority will now accept applications to start using blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies within their platforms. It follows the successful completion of...Read More
The US-China trade war could become dire at any point and the two largest economies might weaponize their national currencies through devaluation. But does this inspire any confidence in the US dollar, and is it time to think about a digital world reserve currency? Every Past Global Currency Had an End If we look back...Read More
The second-largest fantasy sports provider Fanduel has revealed customers can make deposits on the platform using cryptocurrency. Fanduel members can now top up their accounts with BCH or BTC via the digital currency payment provider Bitpay. Also Read: More Than 70 Projects and Applications Built Around Bitcoin Cash Fanduel Adds Bitcoin Payments via Bitpay Fantasy...Read More
The Bitcoin price has been on an absolute tear of the past year. Despite the cryptocurrency currently trading some 20% lower than its $14,000 year-to-date high, BTC is still up some 200-odd% since January 1st.With this move, many have been left wondering, “who the hell is behind the crypto market’s resurgence?”Related Reading: Major Online Swiss...Read More
A new Indian government report has put cryptocurrency in a positive light, viewing the mechanisms surrounding it, including initial coin offerings, as “revolutionizing the global fintech landscape.” The report also discusses the regulation of coins and tokens. Also read: Indian Exchanges Innovate as Calls for Positive Crypto Regulation Escalate Steering Committee’s Report The Indian Ministry...Read More
Huobi plans to dive into the hardware applications market introducing an affordable blockchain smartphone, Acute Angle, which will come with a built-in crypto wallet and a plethora of other crypto products. Huobi plans to dive into the hardware applications market for the first time. This announcement will take place on September 11 during the sixth...Read More
The central bank of the Netherlands is preparing to supervise the country’s crypto sector. The bank has requested crypto exchanges and wallet providers to come forward and submit some information. Once the law takes effect, these operators will be required to register with the central bank to continue operations. Also read: Crypto Can Boost Indian...Read More
Arguably set to become the world’s biggest Bitcoin Cash conference yet, Bitcoin Cash City kicked off today in sunny Townsville, North Queensland. The city is not only colorful, friendly, and home to some very beautiful coastline, it’s also shock-full of opportunities to use Bitcoin Cash for everyday living. As such, it’s well-suited to promoting a...Read More
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and businesses in the industry have had to put up with regulatory uncertainty for quite some time. The strong desire to tap into their incomes and profits goes hand in hand with failure on behalf of authorities and regulators to fully understand the nature of decentralized digital assets. Not to mention how absurd...Read More
Binance enters into the cryptocurrency derivatives market with the acquisition of an exchange based in Seychelles, JEX, which will rebrand to Binance JEX offering options, futures, and perpetual contracts. The crypto industry is growing constantly with new deals and investments dominating the scene over the years. Binance, the world’s largest exchange by trading volume, has...Read More
2019 has not been a bad year for crypto as some assets, including Bitcoin, have seen more than 100% in ROI. However, funding is significantly reduced and venture capitalists seem to be backing off. Why is this happening? The bear market which started in 2018 was a very disappointing period in crypto. This was made...Read More
Indian crypto exchanges are innovating, launching new products and improving services for their users, despite the country’s regulatory uncertainty and unresolved banking restrictions. Meanwhile, the Indian crypto community continues its efforts to convince the government that the draft bill to ban cryptocurrencies is flawed, calling for positive regulation instead. Also read: Crypto Can Boost Indian...Read More
Bitcoin bulls are back — that’s right. In the past few hours, the cryptocurrency has been regaining its upward momentum once again, finally showing some bullish price action following the Friday close of the CME’s August BTC futures contracts.Related Reading: 1,000 Bitcoin Buy Wall May Bolster Bull’s Attempt to Push BTC to $10,000This move higher...Read More
An Australian national living in Boulder, Colorado was slammed with a one year and a day prison sentence last month for trading bitcoins. An August 23 statement from the Colorado U.S. District Attorney’s Office states that Emilio Testa, 32, was charged with money laundering, and claims Testa knew the funds he was acquiring had been...Read More
Despite the drawdown in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) — which some analysts say would result in a change of tides for altcoins — BTC dominance continues to tick higher. As of the time of writing this, the key market metric is approaching 70% for the first time in years, implying that once again, almost...Read More
The world economy is a complex system that has undergone many different phases in the past century. As strange as it may sound today, there have been times when banking crises were rare, pay was rising alongside productivity, and the U.S. dollar would buy a certain amount of pure gold. Despite its obvious successes in...Read More
If you told economists twenty years ago about Bitcoin (BTC) and negative-yielding debt, they would be shocked.In the 1990s or even the 2000s, decentralized digital money and a bond that made your money disappear with time would have seemed abstract — quite abstract. Now, however, these two financial trends, which came to fruition mostly over the last...Read More
While selling pressure has undoubtedly dissipated, the Bitcoin (BTC) price is still struggling. As of the time of writing this article, the cryptocurrency is trading for $9,550, which is 6.5% lower than BTC was at one week earlier.Related Reading: Prominent Investor Says Bitcoin Has “Failed” As a Safe Haven: BTC Slips 5%But, bulls might get...Read More
Another week, another of Crypto Tidbits. Bitcoin saw yet another tumultuous week in terms of price action. It fell by over 8% in one day, as bears managed to take control of the market. But, despite this downward price movement, this industry continued to trudge forward.Related Reading: Crypto Tidbits: Bitcoin Hash Rate High, Square Crypto...Read More
China has rubbished reports going rounds in a section of the media that its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is all set for a launch after nearly half a decade of thorough research and development. A Chinese state-owned media outlet “The Global Times” took to Twitter to deny a widely-circulated Forbes report that the People’s...Read More
Markets.Bitcoin.com has just launched a Featured Tokens page, allowing coin creators with unique tokens to apply for a listing through a simple review process. Each token listed on Bitcoin.com’s upcoming exchange, launching Sep. 2, will also be listed at markets.Bitcoin.com, providing great exposure and detailed data for projects making a splash in the BCH community...Read More
For both those involved in Bitcoin and traditional markets, all eyes have been on the world’s central banks over the past year. Many analysts claim that whatever the world’s leading monetary authorities decide to do with the economy will dictate the direction for global markets, and, potentially, the fate of the current fiat economic hegemony.Related...Read More
UK asset management firm Elwood plans to develop a giant $1 billion bitcoin and cryptocurrency investment venture, it says. Elwood Expands Cryptocurrency Exposure Quoted by the Financial Times on August 30, Elwood, which is owned by billionaire Alan Howard, revealed it wants to funnel cash into crypto hedge funds. The company is no stranger to...Read More
In 2017, cryptocurrencies became popular and widely used. Bitcoin in particular has reached a value of $20,000 per coin. When this happened, it didn’t take long before businesses started seeing the potential in cryptos and started jumping on the bandwagon. Many businesses and retailers started allowing cryptocurrencies as a payment option for their customers. However, even...Read More
Anti-agorism Congressional Representative Maxine Waters still has misgivings about Facebook’s proposed Libra digital currency, even after meeting with Swiss government officials to discuss the tech last week. The sustained reservations echo the message of July’s open letter from the House of Representatives to Facebook, calling for a halt on Libra’s ongoing development. While many view...Read More
Facebook has been seeing a lot of regulatory issues from the day they announced the launch of Libra. Keeping this in mind the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange, Binance planned for a different approach to launch it’s cryptocurrency Venus. In an interview with Bloomberg, the co-founder of Binance, He Yi said, “If we want to launch Venus...Read More
According to local media news reports, police officers in the customs department of China’s northeastern province, Jilin, have recently stopped a cross-border deal involving drugs paid for by using Bitcoin. According to the customs officers, buying drugs with cryptocurrencies has become a new trend and poses many difficulties to Chinese law enforcement agencies. On 16...Read More
The Hong Kong protests started in June 2019 over a controversial bill and now after weeks of demonstrations, marching citizens are fighting for the future of Hong Kong. In the midst of all the activists protesting, digital currencies like bitcoin cash are being promoted as a way for people to remove themselves from China’s system....Read More
