Grant Thornton, the liquidators of hacked New Zealand Bitcoin exchange Cryptopia, have released an update on the progress made thus far. Cryptopia Used Co-mingled Crypto Wallets According to a statement released on its website on Wednesday (August 21, 2019), Cryptopia didn’t use individual crypto wallets. Instead, the Bitcoin exchange platform pooled customer funds into co-mingled...Read More
One of the leading Facebook Owned Messaging platform Whatsapp, is currently planning to launch Digital payments in Indonesia. The platform is in talks with different digital payments firms as well as a state-owned bank to launch digital payment. It aims to tap the nation’s fast growing e-commerce sector. According to the reports , WhatsApp is currently...Read More
Cardano Price Analysis (ADA/USD) The price of ADA/USD pair has recorded an impressive price recovery over the intraday. The price-performance is bullish with an upsurge gain of 11%. The market escalated from where it closed yesterday at $0.04719 where it is currently trading at $0.05027. Additionally, the market began the session with a bullish pressure...Read More
SEC claimed that ICO Rating violated the anti-touting provisions of Section 17(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 by failing to disclose payments it received from initial coin offering (ICO) issuers it rated and published on its platform. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Russian entity ICO Rating agreed to pay $268,998 in...Read More
The Supreme Court of India was presented with arguments that questioned Reserve Bank of India’s [RBI] jurisdiction over contemplating a ban on crypto-activity on the basis of vagueness on August 20. The case resumed its hearing on the matter on August 21, with RBI’s counsel, Shyam Divan, listing disadvantages of cryptocurrencies as highlighted in the...Read More
Bitcoin’s range bound pumps and dumps have become commonplace over the past six weeks. Another slide a few hours ago should not be cause for alarm then as BTC failed to register further gains. It is now in danger of heading back into four figures for the fifth time. Four Figure Bitcoin in Play …...Read More
Bitcoin Price Analysis (BTC/USD) On an hourly chart, the bulls have dominated the market of BTC/USD pair. The 7 day MA was seen gravitating above the 21 day MA that signaled an increase in bullish pressure. The top cryptocurrency has slightly gained by 0.17%, having escalated from $10731.71 to $10750.00. Apparently, a bullish engulfing candle started...Read More
Getting paid in bitcoin? You should be offended, apparently. | Source: Shutterstock; Edited by CCN By CCN Markets: In a sweeping article that bashes Bitcoin and it’s kindred, Izabella Kaminska of the Financial Times compares cryptocurrency salary earners to modern-day slaves. Pointing to the BBC show ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, Kaminska highlights a...Read More
By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex The ETH has put its restoration on a halt: the market situation does not stimulate active buying. Tuesday morning, August 20th, the cryptocurrency slightly declines, trading at $198.95. On H4, the Ethereum has formed a convergence after nearing an important correction level of 61.8% ($163.20) Fibo. This suggests...Read More
Following a brief period of recovery, almost all of the top-20 coins by market capitalization have entered the red again. The leading digital currency BTC is struggling to stay in positive territory hovering around $10,700. At present Ethereum classic is the only coin with maximum gains. Among Top 20 crypto market. Ethereum Classic (ETC) has...Read More
Singapore-based Huobi is expanding its presence in decentralized finance (DeFi). The crypto exchange announced support for two autonomous loan making vehicles, the infamous MakerDao and a similarly open-sourced Compound protocol, according to an August 19 statement. Both ethereum-based protocols serve as “market-makers” by allowing borrowers to take out liquid loans against a pool of assets....Read More
One of the largest mobile providers in Austria is planning to accept cryptocurrency for payment at certain store locations. A1, which services some 5.1 million mobile and 2.1 million fixed lines across Austria, is testing cryptocurrency payments at store locations across Austria. Dash, ethereum, litecoin, stellar and XRP will be available for payment, according to...Read More
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Russia-based analytics firm ICORating for failure to disclose payments for positive reviews to various projects. Today the SEC announced a $268,998 settlement with ICORating for projects rated from December 2017 through July 2018. According to the SEC, projects rated by ICORating during that time raised funds...Read More
Bank of America is creeping into the crypto space and has filed a patent application for a blockchain crypto wallet. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: Bank of America (BofA) continues its steady creep into the crypto world, filing another blockchain-related patent application. This new one is particularly interesting because it’s for a crypto wallet....Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Russia-based analytics firm ICORating for failure to disclose payments for positive reviews to various projects. Today the SEC announced a $268,998 settlement with ICORating for projects rated from December 2017 through July 2018. According to the SEC, projects rated by ICORating during that time raised funds through...Read More
Japan’s largest gift card exchange plans to use blockchain to spur its next phase of growth. Amaten, a secondary marketplace for gift cards, announced a partnership with the Singapore-based cloud computing startup Aelf, according to a statement published August 20. The exchange plans to scale its operations internationally using Aelf’s enterprise-oriented blockchain platform. Founded in 2012, Amaten...Read More
Eleven crypto projects announced Tuesday they had joined the Messari Disclosures Registry, including four top-100 projects by market cap: Cardano, Lisk, V Systems and Beam. The new batch of crypto assets brings the total number of projects listed on the registry to 54. It launched with 12 projects in November 2018. “The ability to find basic...Read More
The virtual asset industry hardly ever remains quiet for a long period of time. However, the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency was pretty timid, at press time. Source: trading view Bitcoin’s price went up on the back of a tremendous run which started in April, with the valuation climbing by over 180% percent. Since...Read More
Crypto millionaire Erik Finman says bitcoin is being replaced by Facebook’s Libra. But he says his app Metal Pay is the “Libra killer.” | Source: Erik Finman/Twitter (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Crypto millionaire Erik Finman says bitcoin “is being replaced” by Facebook’s Libra. But he insists his cryptocurrency, Metal...Read More
Edward Snowden is always the main event, no matter where he talks. It’s no surprise that the NSA whistleblower was the main event at the Web3 Berlin Summit, held in the former radio broadcasting center of the German Democratic Republic. Speaking for an hour via video-link from Moscow, Snowden appeared vaguely Orwellian on two large...Read More
Bitcoin has consolidated its safe-haven status especially amid the mass demonstrations in Hong Kong and global uncertainty, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire hinted in an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box. Circle CEO Sees Increased Demand from Holders On August 19, Circle’s Allaire said that investors were still attracted by non-sovereign digital assets such as Bitcoin. The...Read More
Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump’s secretary of state, invoked 9/11 to explain the gravity of the threat that bitcoin presents to national security. | Source: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster By CCN Markets: When Trump adviser Mike Pompeo addressed crypto regulation during a Tuesday morning interview, he claimed that he didn’t want to start a “viral moment.” However,...Read More
R3’s Corda Settler entered into a partnership with the centralized payments network, SWIFT in January 2019. R3 also commenced testing its Corda Settler payments engine with XRP, Ripple’s native cryptocurrency. The Brad Garlinghouse-led firm is often dubbed as a potential disrupter of the SWIFT network and the collaboration has been welcomed with open arms by...Read More
Earlier this month Kik released a 130-page filing that accused the Securities and Exchange Commission of “twist[ing] facts” in its lawsuit against the company’s 2017 Kin token sale. The company disputes claims that the 2017 sale of KIN tokens, which raised more than $100M, was a desperate attempt to save the company from ruin, and...Read More
Bitcoin looks short-term bearish and long-term bullish due to a familiar technical structure on the chart. Find out more here. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: In technical analysis, a support area gets weaker every time the prices touches it. That’s because each tap drains the strength or the demand at the support. A good example...Read More
In an interview with podcaster Peter McCormack, Raoul Pal, Co-founder of Real Vision and former Head of Equity and Equity Derivatives at Goldman Sachs, stated that stock markets are massively overvalued. According to Pal, central banks would do their tricks and cut interest rates, and when the interest rates become negative, people pay the government...Read More
Need another reason to buy bitcoin? Trump just signed a budget agreement that will raise the US national debt by $1.7 trillion. | Source: REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: Donald Trump might not like bitcoin, but he’s doing an excellent job creating the economic conditions in...Read More
Over the last 5 days, Bitcoin has bounced off the 0.382 Fibonacci level as mentioned in my previous analysis. Since then price levels have risen sharply testing resistance just shy of $11,000. An influx of new volume could propel price levels to $12,000 next week. Bitcoin 1-Hour Analysis On the 1 hour chart for XBT/USD,...Read More
Google’s online game streaming platform Stadia is set to launch in November as the tech behemoth plans a major disruption in the gaming industry ahead. Google is all set to give a massive push to its online game streaming service Stadia, set to launch in November 2019. Google Stadia is a 4K gaming platform and...Read More
Deloitte has announced its new solution dubbed “Blockchain in a box”, which is a plug-and-play product designed for enterprises to showcase their blockchain solutions. Deloitte is one of the “Big Four” accounting organizations and also the world’s major professional services network. The company has recently come out with their solution for enterprises on how to...Read More
