Experts from the payments industry believe that Apple Card launch can boost the company’s Apple Pay digital wallet system which can give tough competition to giants like Venmo, PayPal, and Square Cash. Earlier this week on Tuesday, August 20, tech giant Apple launched its Apple Card in the US market. Apple’s foray into the payments...Read More
The cryptocurrency market has somewhat stabilized, presenting a predominantly green landscape as Bitcoin struggles to stay above the psychological $10,000 marker. Cryptocurrency Market Situation. Source: Coin360 Sentiment for Bitcoin has seen a moderate improvement towards a strongly neutral outlook. Bitcoin Sentiment Chart by theTIE.io Despite this overall lukewarm performance, proponents of Bitcoin’s store of value...Read More
Photo: Shutterstock Gartner’s hype cycle methodology provides a means of modeling the evolution of any given technology, and it’s almost scarily accurate. The internet went through it, artificial intelligence went through it, and now blockchain is going through it, too. The timeline says it all. After Satoshi Nakamoto pulled the innovation trigger in launching Bitcoin...Read More
Photo: Casa / Medium A famous crypto startup firm recognized as Casa that offers primary management service, and Bitcoin node machine has launched a node monitor as well as accompanying reward program to develop Bitcoin network health. The firm revealed the latest innovation in an official website article on Aug. 21. Per the announcement, the...Read More
Brave is on a roll this summer, with new additions to the crypto-powered browser almost every month. Earlier this month, Brave began to allow Twitter users to receive tips, and now, it has added two more highly-anticipated options. Wednesday’s release allows users to tip BAT tokens to individuals on Reddit and Vimeo. Our desktop browser...Read More
The demand for bitcoin has certainly been tangible over the past few months. Even with a correction of around 30% the digital asset is still up over 160% this year. That growth could have been spurred by central banks devaluing their own currencies as economic skies darken. Big Banks Boosting Bitcoin Demand and fervor for...Read More
Another bitcoin scammer’s run comes to an inevitable end. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: A Michigander is facing 20 wire fraud and money laundering charges for carrying out a crypto investment scam that raked in an average of nearly $15,000 daily. According to the prosecutors, James Matthew Thomas defrauded approximately $206,000 from his victims...Read More
Photo: Flexa / Medium After introducing crypto payments to its SPEDN app earlier in May 2019, merchants payment startup Flexa plans to bring this functionality to other apps as well. This is a massive step by Flexa to boost up crypto spending in the global economy. Flexa plans to implement this project by staking its...Read More
Bitcoin Core developer, Peiter Wuille, has introduced a new programming language called Miniscript, to simplify smart-contract development for Bitcoin. One of the most prolific and respected Core-developers, Wuille is responsible for the creation and implementation of Segregated Witness (SegWit). ‘Miniscript’ Is Like An Enhanced ‘Script’ For Bitcoin Miniscript is built on top of the existing...Read More
On Aug 21, 2019, kompany announced that their API platform, BREX, had brought 5 more XRP Ledger validator nodes live, for a total of 6 nodes verifying thousands of transactions each, every day. And now there are 6 – We’re happy to announce that kompany’s #API Platform BREX has taken 5 more #RippleNet XRP Ledger...Read More
The endorsement for blockchain technology and skepticism of exisiting technologies is reflected in Yang’s campaign website which states that traditionally used machines are vulnerable to tampering and hacking, when compared to the world’s latest available technologies. One of the candidates for the 2020 presidential election in the U.S., Andrew Yang, says he wants to modernize...Read More
Telegram has yet to publicly or formally acknowledge the project, but investors in last year’s $1.7 billion token offering, widely publicized in the press, are selling their gram allocations via OTC desks, exchanges and special-purpose vehicles. Telegram TON Board channel announced the first version of TON, Telegram blockchain, will be released on September 1st. From...Read More
The early week’s run-up in the bitcoin price has continued to run out of breath as BTC dips back under five figures. The BTC/USD instrument settled a session low of $9,841.59 at around 16:05 UTC today, establish its five-day low. The pair moved downwards despite having full-backing of strong fundamentals. Late last week, Intercontinental Exchange’s...Read More
Paxful, a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace established back in 2015, has decided to expand its services in East Africa after seeing significant growth in the region over the years. The expansion plan is part of Paxful’s long-term goal of providing financial services to the unbanked and underbanked across Africa. Paxful has established itself as one of...Read More
Although the whole crypto market is bleeding red, few altcoins are gaining significant growth. One coin that stood out among the rest is the Basic attention Token (BAT). The coin received a major push with 11.80% spike and is currently holding 30th position. The Basic Attention Token price is continuously surprising investors and traders. Yesterday,...Read More
Cryptocurrency politics is focusing on Bitcoin at the expense of altcoins, but a flip could occur any time, an industry investor has warned. Simpson: Don’t Pin All Your Hopes on Bitcoin That was the conclusion from Arianna Simpson, founder and CEO of crypto and blockchain-focused investment fund Autonomous Partners. In a discussion on social media...Read More
Photo: Adyen / LinkedIn A Dutch fintech company Adyen NV, that is involved in processesing payments for online traders including Facebook and Netflix, posted a 79% jump in core profits, propelled by a higher volume of transactions handled for existing customers. First-half core earnings (EBITDA) at Adyen reached 125.8 million euros ($139 million), that is...Read More
Miller Lite, the popular beer brand from U.S. brewer MillerCoors, has teamed up with a blockchain marketing company for the latest iteration of its “Know Your Beer” program. For the ongoing campaign, launched July 1, Vatom Labs built what it calls a mobile”edutainment game,” called Great Taste Trivia, that served a 12-question quiz to cellphones, geo-targeting...Read More
The Takeaway: Experts say Hamas is now using bitcoin for cross-border fundraising at an unprecedented rate. Still, even the largest estimates of terror financing in the region are apparently dwarfed by civilian bitcoin usage in the Gaza Strip, local experts tell CoinDesk. General awareness in Palestine of bitcoin and ethereum has increased since 2018. Freelance...Read More
A VC-backed blockchain firm that helped curate courses at Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge is officially rolling out its programs at three California universities. MouseBelt‘s Blockchain Accelerator launched Wednesday at UC Davis, UC Los Angeles and UC Santa Barabara, boosting the educational presence at the noted U.S. schools. Backed by over $40 million in funding from...Read More
In a dip that matched last Friday’s, bitcoin fell back to $9,780 during Asian trading today. The trend has been clearly down this month and further losses have been predicted for BTC by leading crypto analysts. Bitcoin Back in Four Figures At the time of writing, BTC was clinging on to the $10k level after...Read More
Photo: Shutterstock As represented by CipherTrace’s recent Q2 AML report, there is no denying that retail investors still face immense risk, as fraudsters and exit scammers have absconded with more than $4.26 billion in crypto assets in 2019 to date. And the opaqueness of relationships between coin rankings sites like CoinMarketCap (CMC), exchanges, and projects,...Read More
Photo: Anchorage / Medium Anchorage clients who hold Stellar or Tezos now are in for a treat. Anchorage just announced that they are adding these assets to its list of eligible assets, the company co-founder and president Diogo Monica announced in a medium blog post. For those who hold Stellar, they can now receive inflation...Read More
The Cameron and Tyler Wnklevoss-led cryptocurrency exchange, Gemini, was recently in the news after the exchange named David Damato as its new Chief Security Officer. The exchange is in the news again after it updated the crypto-community about its latest expansion. According to a blog post by Tyler Winklevoss, Gemini services will now be available...Read More
A spiraling financial crisis won’t drive investors to bitcoin, according to a major venture capitalist. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been moving south for the past one month, and what’s surprising to see is that the price of bitcoin has followed suit. The Dow has been sliding over...Read More
While it’s still widely regarded as being safer to hold one’s own funds than entrust them to an exchange, Gemini’s standards suggest it may be angled as more of an actual cryptocurrency custodian than other exchanges. Cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini, announced they’re expanding their business to Australia. Australian citizens can now download the Gemini...Read More
Tech Bureau is going out of business and Zaif will see an operational shift. The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Zaif, will see its operator switch from Tech Bureau to FISCO virtual currency exchange, according to an announcement made on August 22. As per a report from Crypto Watch Japan, Tech Bureau operated the exchange until November...Read More
On August 14th Coinpedia had the opportunity to interview Terry Culver, CEO of Ethereum classic Labs. Our journalist asked a few questions related to ETC LABS and its role in crypto industry. Below is an excerpt from our conversation where she spoke about her contribution to ETC Labs, the pilot program, future growth plans, and...Read More
It may seem trivial in some cases, but digital anonymity is no joking matter to American whistleblower and privacy advocate Edward Snowden. “We need someone to be able to post something truly idiotic on the internet and not have it haunt them for the rest of their lives,” he said through a webcam to a crowd...Read More
The White House issued two advisories on drug purchases in the U.S. Wednesday, using the communications to make specific references to the role of cryptocurrencies in such transactions. The advisories, addressed to both financial institutions and digital payment platforms, state that “convertible virtual currencies,” particularly bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum and monero, can be and have been used...Read More
