2019-9-16 15:00 |
A mixed trading week in crypto markets ended strongly with BTC enjoying strong gains backed by its hash rate hitting a new all time high and ETH rising in value backed by a surge in network gas usage. origin »
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Crypto exchange giant, Binance, has today announced that its Dollar backed stablecoin will be available on its platform for trading next week on Sep 16 and several BUSD trading pairs will added the same day.
2019-9-13 21:43 | |
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Bakkt, the Bitcoin futures trading platform backed by NYSE parent Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), announced on Monday that its custody service is now live and protected by an insurance policy worth $125 million.
2019-9-10 21:55 | |
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After months of keeping the crypto community curious, Bakkt has finally announced that Bakkt Warehouse is now active. In its official Twitter account the company announced: The company also announced that all the Bitcoin that will be deposited in Bakkt Warehouse will be covered by a $125 million insurance cover. On September 6, Bakkt announced […]
2019-9-9 19:58 | |
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Fidelity backed blockchain security solution, Fireblocks integrated five cryptocurrency exchanges to its network including OKEx, OKCoin, Korbit, Bithub, and HitBTC. The official announcement further confirmed over 20 exchanges were currently under the security solution following the expansion of Huobi Global API and Deribit.
2019-9-7 19:00 | |
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Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box, gold proponent Mark Mobius, the founder of Mobius Capital Partners, said crypto would be more attractive if it is backed by gold. Mobius, who manages $4 billion in assets, advises investors to allocate about 10% of their assets in physical gold. On the topic of if Bitcoin has any inherent […]
2019-9-6 04:36 | |
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Paxos, a famous stablecoin operator, has recently decided to launch its newest asset: PAX Gold (PAXG). This Ethereum-based token is set to be launched soon and it will be the first cryptocurrency to be fully backed by gold.
2019-9-6 22:00 | |
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A famous old-school investor Mark Mobius states that Bitcoin would look much more interesting if it were backed by gold, not by mere faith of crypto enthusiasts
2019-9-5 15:13 | |
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A firm backed by billionaire investor Alan Howard is planning to start a crypto fund worth a billion dollars. Financial Times reported that London-based Elwood Asset Management is working on a venture that would design cryptocurrency portfolios for institutional investors.
2019-8-30 16:00 | |
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A research report from crypto exchange Binance has claimed that the digital currency being developed by the People's Bank of China (PBoC) will be backed one-to-one by fiat, replace notes and coins in circulation, and operate on a two-tiered system.
2019-8-30 23:45 | |
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The FATF's new ‘Travel Rule’ has resurfaced old concerns about the fungibility of digital assets backed by open, decentralized blockchain networks.
2019-8-28 22:00 | |
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China’s central bank backed digital currency DC/EP (Digital Currency/Electronic Payments) will be issued to seven institutions, reported Fobes citing Paul Schulte, an independent researcher and former employee of one of these institutions.
2019-8-28 15:50 | |
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Globitex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in Latvia, has achieved an important landmark, it has become the first crypto company to be accepted into Mastercard’s Lighthouse Development Program (LDP). This initiative, which was also backed by NFT Ventures, is focused on offering support to companies from Nordic and Baltic countries and to help them in developing […]
2019-8-27 23:56 | |
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Tether, Inc. has proposed the creation of a new stablecoin backed by Chinese yuan, to take advantage of China’s demand for trading and crypto transfers.
2019-8-22 11:47 | |
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Starting today, customers of Anchorage will be able to store both Stellar and Tezos tokens on the custodian’s wallet. Anchorage is an institutional crypto custodian that was backed by the giant of venture capital Andreessen Horowitz.
2019-8-22 02:16 | |
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The Australian Tax Office has recently declared that any kind of self-managed fund that is backed only by crypto is breaking the law. Despite what it may look like, this is not a change or a new approach.
2019-8-17 16:56 | |
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Most thought that trader Michael Burry was crazy when he started shorting stocks in 2008. But he felt that the market was overheated and the prices would eventually drop. His intuition was right – and it made him $100 million richer.
2019-8-16 22:47 | |
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Ethereum-based Decentralized Finance provider Monolith has announced a partnership with MakerDAO and Digix, allowing Monolith users to load DAI, DGX and DGD tokens to their debit cards. This adds to existing options ETH and TKN, the project’s own token.
2019-8-14 09:00 | |
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People’s Bank of China (PBoC) said its blockchain-based solution for a digital asset backed by the government is ready, after years of research.
2019-8-12 15:08 | |
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A prominent cryptocurrency custodian called Prime Trust is set to use the technology of Fireblocks in order to upgrade the protection of the digital assets it keeps. Fireblocks is a company backed by the giant Fidelity Investments and it is focused on creating security solutions that can be used to protect token holders and exchanges […]
2019-8-10 04:47 | |
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A crypto Twitter analyst believes that Tether’s USDT issuances are the real catalyst of the Bitcoin price bull move from $4,000 to $13,800. Bitcoin is not “Sound Money” Earlier this week twitter personality Andrew Rennhack suggested that Bitcoin’s explosive rally from $4,000 to $13,800 was primarily fuelled by Tether printing a vast amount of USDT.
2019-8-7 09:49 | |
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Bitcoin may be the beneficiary of a so-called “perfect storm”, according to industry research firm Delphi Digital, which recently released their quarterly macroeconomic-centric newsletter.
2019-8-5 21:00 | |
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On August 1, it was discovered that the giant retail corporation Walmart has patented plans for a stablecoin that’s backed by U.S. dollars. If released into the wild, the USD-based cryptocurrency would be issued to select Walmart retailers and partners while the patent’s description explains the coin could be used outside of Walmart’s retail scope […] The post Banks Stopped Walmart Bank – Now the Retail Giant Hits Back With Crypto appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-8-3 23:00 | |
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In Bahrain, the first cryptocurrency exchange Rain is launched. The project is backed by the Kuwait-based crypto fund Blockwater and the famous BitMEX exchange through its venture capital division, BitMEX Ventures.
2019-8-2 19:59 | |
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Personal privacy is a huge problem on the internet, as evident in Facebook’s latest privacy fiasco. Companies routinely mine data on their users, from political leanings to holiday destinations and buying preferences.
2019-7-28 20:13 | |
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In a tweet made out on Thursday, July 18, 2019, blockchain and crypto attorney, Stephan D Palley shared his viewpoint on Facebook’s Libra. Said activity isn’t the first of its kind, as many world leaders, countries and business tycoons have been assessing Libra’s pros and cons.
2019-7-22 23:13 | |
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Last summer, Stronghold went live with its Stellar-based stablecoin. Like most stablecoins, Stronghold USD is backed by real assets and tied to the value of the U. S. Dollar. However, unlike its competitors, Stronghold isn’t targeted at the general public.
2019-7-21 18:12 | |
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A new Initial Futures Offering (IFO) from CoinFLEX, a cryptocurrency futures and lending exchange, will be launched on Wednesday the 17th of July. CoinFLEX is backed by popular investor and Bitcoin bull, Roger Ver, as well as crypto investing firm, Polychain Capital.
2019-7-16 18:42 | |
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The Threat of Libra Around one month ago, Facebook unveiled Libra — its first consumer-facing sortie into the crypto and blockchain world, which has been backed by VIsa, Spotify, Mastercard, PayPal, Uber, Booking Holdings, and.
2019-7-13 02:26 | |
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What Is the USD Coin? The USD Coin (USDC) is an open-source cryptocurrency stablecoin with a value tied to the US Dollar. It was launched in 2018 and is backed by the CENTRE Consortium, a partnership between Circle and Coinbase, two well-funded and well-known cryptocurrency brands.
2019-7-9 23:42 | |
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In its latest report entitled “Five Facts on Fintech,” the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that based on its research, countries generally foresee the emergence of crypto assets backed by central banks.
2019-6-30 21:00 | |
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Several Brazilian crypto trading platforms are planning to roll out support for the Real-T, a stablecoin backed one-to-one with the national currency
2019-6-28 22:42 | |
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Facebook has recently announced the creation of its own cryptocurrency called Libra. The virtual currency is expected to be backed by different fiat currencies and be available for WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger users.
2019-6-27 18:55 | |
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Binance announced a new asset-backed token last week. Known as BTCB, it is backed by a reserve fund of Bitcoin (BTC) and will enable users to exchange the coin’s value on the Binance ecosystem.
2019-6-24 19:45 | |
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It is a well-known fact that the support of cryptocurrency while global is not even across all parts of the world as some countries actively support cryptocurrency while others are hostile towards it.
2019-6-23 17:32 | |
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By CCN Markets: With the release of its whitepaper, Facebook officially announced its cryptocurrency, Libra. It now joins JP Morgan and Atletico Mineiro among the ranks of non-blockchain businesses with their own crypto.
2019-6-21 12:08 | |
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Digix partners with Whisp allowing payroll in DGX gold token - CryptoNinjas Digix, the physical backed asset company on Ethereum, has recently collaborated with Whisp, a crypto payroll and bookkeeping solution, to allow companies to pay their employees with Digix tokens, DGX or DGD, and other ERC20 tokens.
2019-6-20 05:56 | |
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Libra Elicits Support from Crypto Diehards to Chinese Businessmen Facebook’s Libra, a to-be-launched crypto asset to be backed by a blockchain, has drawn support from all across the globe. Everyone from mainstream media and Bitcoin.
2019-6-20 03:00 | |
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CODEX crypto exchange lists StableUSD (USDS) and TrueUSD (TUSD) - CryptoNinjas CODEX, a crypto exchange based out of Estonia, today announced that after recent negotiation with the team of Stably, they have decided to list StableUSD (USDS).
2019-6-20 00:02 | |
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By CCN Markets: On June 18, Facebook and the Libra Association formally announced their plans to release Libra, a crypto asset backed by the Libra Reserve to maintain a stable value. By 2020, Facebook has said it plans to integrate Calibra, a crypto wallet designed to support Libra, into WhatsApp and Messenger, introducing the asset to billions of users worldwide by 2020.
2019-6-18 21:30 | |
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On June 18, 2019, Facebook released the whitepaper of its highly-anticipated Libra cryptocurrency project, which is tipped to transform the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry forever. Libra Whitepaper According to the technical document, “Libra” will operate on Facebook’s in-house blockchain network called “Libra blockchain.
2019-6-18 14:12 | |
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By CCN Markets: The whitepaper of Libra, a crypto asset created by a non-profit organization in Libra Association led by Facebook has been formally released, disclosing key details of the digital asset and the blockchain protocol that supports it.
2019-6-18 13:51 | |
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Binance has spread the word that it will launch several tokens backed by major crypto coins on Binance Chain shortly; the first one will be a BTC-pegged token
2019-6-17 17:49 | |
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Throughout its short history, Bitcoin (BTC) has been seen as anything but centralized, sovereign, and censorable. The crypto asset was created by a pseudonymous individual, is secured by a global group of miners, and is backed by no government, traditional finance system, or common entity.
2019-6-17 14:20 | |
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Throughout its short history, Bitcoin (BTC) has been seen as anything but centralized, sovereign, and censorable. The crypto asset was created by a pseudonymous individual, is secured by a global group of miners, and is backed by no government, traditional finance system, or common entity.
2019-6-16 21:00 | |
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Of all the highly-anticipated upcoming crypto projects the Libra coin being launched by Facebook is perhaps one of the most high-profile that has been seen in the crypto industry in a good while. This is because it is backed by one of the biggest corporations on the globe and therefore is expected to make a […]
2019-6-16 18:30 | |
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Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. It would be fair to say that the past seven days for Bitcoin (BTC) and its ilk have been rather spectacular. Aside from mostly bullish price action, which brought the cryptocurrency to $8,650 for the first time in weeks, instrumental industry developments were numerous.
2019-6-15 21:00 | |
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In the lead up to Facebook’s official cryptocurrency reveal, the social media titan has signed up gigantic backers for its “Project Libra” as well hiring senior UK bank lobbyist, Ed Bowels. This, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on June 13, 2019, and the Financial Times.
2019-6-15 18:42 | |
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Throughout its short history, Bitcoin (BTC) has been seen as anything but centralized, sovereign, and censorable. The crypto asset was created by a pseudonymous individual, is secured by a global group of miners, and is backed by no government, traditional finance system, or common entity.
2019-6-13 14:24 | |
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In a few months, you might be able to create DAI tokens using multiple forms of cryptocurrency, or even fiat currency, according to Maker representatives. Jennifer Senhaji, Maker’s Business Development lead, says that the crypto-backed stablecoin project expects to release Multi-collateral Dai (MCD), which will be backed by other assets, before the end of the […] The post Maker Promises Multi-Collateral DAI In 2019 appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-6-13 18:06 | |
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Gennaro D'Urso is the founder of Pharma Collective and Israel Mersky is the Director at Pharma Collective. Gennaro has a background in science and entrepreneurship, while Israel comes from the advertising industry and has experience in the pharmaceutical psychedelic space.
Jasper De Gooyer is the co-founder and CTO at SEDA, a multichain, permissionless protocol connecting real-world data to any network on-chain.
Bitget, top global cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is responding to trader demand and is to list SKALE (SKL). The SKALE Network is designed to enhance the scalability and efficiency of Ethereum-compatible applications.
VALR, Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched perpetual futures trading, featuring the world's first Bitcoin and USDT perpetual futures paired against the South African Rand.
Controversial crypto exchange Binance has appointed Richard Teng as its new CEO. The appointment follows the resignation of former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao who pleaded guilty to charges levied against him by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will reportedly step down as CEO of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Since its 2009 inception, Bitcoin has heralded a shift from traditional to decentralized finance (DeFi), signaling the future of financial markets. Today, the crypto landscape extends beyond Bitcoin, with multiple projects contributing to a dynamic ecosystem of financial innovation.