Crypto Startup Casa Partners with BlockFi

Digital assets security company Casa on June 25, 2019, announced a partnership with BlockFi, a fintech firm that offers cryptocurrency loans and interest-bearing accounts. Easing Access to Crypto Financial Products In a bid to provide digital asset holders easy access to BlockFi’s lucrative investment products, Casa has teamed up with the Mike Novogratz-backed startup. дальше »

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JP Morgan‘s Cryptocurrency to Begin Customer Testing This Year

An interview with JPMorgan’s head of digital treasury services and blockchain Umar Farooq has revealed that the financial giant is getting ready to test out their JPM Coin with clients, as per a report from Bloomberg Japan, June 25, 2019. дальше »

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Kaspersky Report Reveals Almost One-Fifth of the World Own Cryptocurrency

Kaspersky Lab, a cybersecurity firm in Moscow, published a new survey on June 17th, titled “The Kaspersky Cryptocurrency Report 2019. ” This new survey showed impressive numbers about the cryptocurrency industry, specifically that there are 19% of people around the world that own cryptocurrency. дальше »

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IOTA Partnership to Leverage Blockchain Technology to Track Food Allergens

German non-profit blockchain organization IOTA Foundation on June 20, 2019, announced a partnership with Primority, a digital food safety management firm to leverage distributed ledger technology (DLT) to track food allergens and improve consumer safety. дальше »

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BlockTower Capital launches competition to recruit crypto asset analyst

BlockTower Capital launches competition to recruit crypto asset analyst - CryptoNinjas BlockTower Capital, a crypto asset and blockchain investment firm, today announced the launch of the first annual BlockTower Investment Analyst Competition. дальше »

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Japan’s FSA Set to Approve Line’s BitMax Crypto Exchange

Line Corporation, the firm in charge of Japan’s largest messaging app, Line Messenger, is set to be approved for its BitMax bitcoin exchange from the Financial Services Agency (FSA), reports Bloomberg on June 20, 2019. дальше »

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PwC Updates Halo Suite to Audit Cryptocurrency Transactions

The Big Four consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), revealed via a press release published June 19, 2019, the addition of a tool to its Halo Suite that would be used to audit cryptocurrency transactions. дальше »

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IBM Upgrades Blockchain Network to Support Multi-Cloud

Technology giant, IBM has announced the launch of its distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform called Multicloud. The firm says its platform is designed to run on other cloud platforms including Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to a report by Ledger Insights on June 18, 2019. дальше »

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BnkToTheFuture Acquires Altcoin.io to Build Securities Token Exchange

The decentralized exchange and peer-to-peer trading solution (DEX) Altcoin. io announced on June 15, 2019, that its technology has been acquired by the investment firm BnkToTheFuture. With this acquisition, the Hong-Kong based online platform aims to build a compliant platform for trading security tokens. дальше »

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CFTC Launches Action against U.K. Firm for Laundering More than 22,800 Bitcoin (BTC)

According to a report by Finance Feeds published on June 18, 2019, the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a complaint against a U. K. -based firm named Control-Finance Ltd. and its sole Director Benjamin Reynolds. дальше »

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U.K Brokerage Firm TP ICAP to Trade Bitcoin Derivatives

According to a Bloomberg article published on June 17, 2019, financial services firm TP ICAP is set to enter the cryptocurrency industry starting with offering cash-settled futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). дальше »

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Unstoppable Domains Set to Auction 60 Blockchain-based Domains

Unstoppable Domains, a software firm that builds blockchain-based domains which host uncensorable websites, has released a list of 60 . zil domains it plans to auction off on June 27, 2019, according to a press release on June 17, 2019. дальше »

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Tether is ‘Extremely Healthy,’ despite irregularities and controversies, claims Longhash report

Since half of 2019 has passed by, we can now gain a firm perspective on the cryptocurrency market’s trends over the past six months. Bitcoin is up over 140 percent, crypto-exchanges are still vulnerable and on the face of it, Tether is still mired in controversy. дальше »

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Canada: Pharmacy Firm to Track Medical Cannabis on Blockchain

According to a Bloomberg report published on June 17, 2019, Canadian pharmacy chain Shoppers Drug Mart has inked a business deal with distributed ledger technology (DLT) startup TruTrace Technologies to launch a pilot program to track the supply chain of medical cannabis. дальше »

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Today, Circle released the latest attestation report on US dollar reserves backing USDC issued by independent accounting firm, Grant Thornton LLP. The report states that as of May 31, 2019 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time: USD Coin (“USDC”) tokens issued and outstanding = 333,854,877 USDC US Dollars held дальше »

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Amazon Customers to Make Purchases with Ether (ETH) Thanks to Startup Partnership

In a press release issued on June 13, 2019, crypto payments firm CLIC Technology Inc. announced a partnership with B2B blockchain infrastructure company Opporty to jointly develop an in-browser extension that would enable customers to make purchases from Amazon with the ether (ETH) cryptocurrency. дальше »

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EOS rises by over 6%; Ripple’s XRP and Ethereum follow suit prompted by Bitcoin’s rally

Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap breached the $9,000-mark anchoring another market spin towards the bulls. The collective market cap stood at $285 billion, at press time. EOS: Since the onset of 2019, Block. дальше »

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Square Crypto Adds Ex-Google Director to its Team

Square Inc. , a San Francisco-based fintech firm led by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, has announced via Twitter on June 12, 2019, the addition of Steve Lee, a former director at Google, to Square Crypto, the firm’s cryptocurrency project aimed at improving the Bitcoin ecosystem and fostering widespread adoption. дальше »

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Bitwage Announces Ether (ETH) Payroll Services

Bitwage, a firm working to normalize crypto by allowing workers, freelancers, and contractors to receive their salaries in cryptocurrencies, has announced that interested parties can now receive payment in Ether, as per a blog post June 10, 2019. дальше »

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Dai Stablecoin Now an In-Game Currency for Axie Infinity

Maker, the firm behind the Dai stablecoin, has partnered with the crypto-collectible online battle game, Axie Infinity. The move brings Dai to a vastly expanding videogame in which players “breed, raise, battle, and collect” digital pets called “Axies. дальше »

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Binance Coin-pegged investment funds launched by investment firm, EXANTE

2019 has been a good year for the cryptocurrency space, with several digital assets posting significant gains after the troubles of the crypto-winter towards late-2018. Parallelly, crypto-exchanges have been making waves in the industry as well, with Binance launching Binance DEX and the GBP-backed stablecoin in the works. дальше »

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Auditchain, the developer of the world’s first decentralized financial reporting system is partnering with ExMarkets

Auditchain, the firm credited for developing the world’s first decentralized continuous audit and real-time financial protocol ecosystem has entered into an effective partnership with the popular digital asset exchange and IEO Launchpad Exmarkets. дальше »

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Ripple Opens Shop in South America with Brazil’s $2 Billion Remittance Market

By CCN Markets: Ripple has announced the launch of operations in Brazil as it prepares to capture a slice of the country’s lucrative remittances market and the South American region as a whole. The enterprise blockchain solutions firm indicated that it made the decision in ‘response to high customer demand in South America’. дальше »

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Cryptocurrency hackers sneak malware into Oracle servers to mine Monero

Security researchers have identified yet another cryptocurrency mining malware. This time it’s installing itself on enterprise application servers, and using a clever trick to remain hidden. If that wasn’t enough, the malware has already claimed its first major victim: Oracle servers. дальше »

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Zebi Blockchain and Big Data Firm Announce Mainnet Launch and New Products for 2019

Leading Indian distributed ledger technology and BigData firm, Zebi provides decentralized products to enable users to protect personal and commercial data. The Mainnet launch and Zebi payment system are expected to go live in Q3 2019. дальше »

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Budweiser Parent Firm Expands Investment in Supply Chain Blockchain Startup

According to a Forbes report published June 6, 2019, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the parent company of the beer brand Budweiser has invested an undisclosed sum of money in supply chain blockchain startup BanQu. дальше »

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Portugal: Football Club Benfica Fans Can Now Purchase Tickets and Merchandise with Cryptocurrencies

Portuguese football club Sport Lisboa e Benfica (SL Benfica) has inked a partnership with digital payment solution firm Utrust to allow its users to purchase match tickets and club merchandise with cryptocurrencies, reports Verdict, June 6, 2019. дальше »

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Jihan Wu’s Bitcoin Trading and Custody Firm to Launch in July

Matrix, the bitcoin trading and custodial platform co-founded by the ex-employees of bitcoin mining heavyweight, Bitmain, including Jihan Wu,  is reportedly set to commence operations within a month and the firm will also offer over-the-counter (OTC) trading, as well as crypto-backed lending service to its clients, according to The Block on June 5, 2019. дальше »

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Kik’d: SEC Sues Crypto Firm over $100 Million Illegal ICO

In a press release issued June 4, 2019, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated that it was suing Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting a $100 million illegal initial coin offering (ICO) of digital tokens. дальше »

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Research: 90 Percent of Blockchain Platforms Could Be Obsolete by 2021

According to a press release issued on June 3, 2019, by global research and advisory firm Gartner Inc. , 90 percent of current enterprise blockchain platform implementations will be rendered obsolete by 2021. дальше »

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Bletchley Park Asset Management invests in blockchain exchange Archax

CryptoNinjas Bletchley Park Asset Management, a Jersey-based growth-oriented blockchain investment firm, today announced a new strategic investment in Archax, a forthcoming institutional digital securities exchange based in London. дальше »

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UK-Based Crypto Mining Firm Argo Upgrades Q2 2019 Forecast Due to Market Rally

London-based cryptocurrency mining firm Argo Blockchain has significantly upgraded its 2019 second quarter forecast in light of the crypto market upturn

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Crypto Exchange OKEx Launches USDK Stablecoin

In a blog post published June 3, 2019, Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced that it’s subsidiary firm OKLink will launch a U. S. dollar-pegged stablecoin called USDK. Incoming: OKEx Stablecoin The stablecoin fever seems to be catching up with cryptocurrency exchanges across the world. дальше »

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Coinbase President Asiff Hirji is second executive to leave firm this month

Asiff Hirji, president and chief operating officer at Coinbase, is the second high-profile departure at the crypto exchange this month. Hirji’s departure is the latest in a string of executive-level officers to leave Coinbase in 2019. дальше »

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Chainalysis Report: Bitcoin’s Major Use Case is for Speculation

Chainalysis, a U. S. based blockchain intelligence firm’s research revealed that between January and April 2019, only 1. 3 percent of Bitcoin economic transactions were carried out by merchants and as such, speculation remains Bitcoin’s major use case and it has retarded the cryptocurrency’s massive adoption as means of payment, reports Bloomberg on May 31, 2019. дальше »

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Insane 550% Gains Makes Binance Coin (BNB) 2019’s Most-Profitable Cryptocurrency

By CCN: Binance is one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges and also the scene of a $40 million bitcoin theft. But that has not deterred the firm’s native token, Binance Coin (BNB), from becoming the 2019’s best performing digital asset. дальше »

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Chainalysis Research: Speculation Remains Bitcoin’s Primary Use Case

Research from U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis shows that only 1.3% of economic transactions for bitcoin came from merchants in the first four months of 2019

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Wall Street’s Bitcoin King Defends Crypto Against CNBC FUD

By CCN: CNBC in a recent interview shot a string of arrows seemingly to burst the so-called bitcoin price bubble. Nonetheless, the cryptocurrency emerged unharmed thanks to Bart Smith. The digital asset head of Susquehanna International Group, a Pennsylvania-based trading firm, appeared on Squawk Box to discuss what possibly drove bitcoin up 145% year-to-date. дальше »

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Robinhood Finds Ally in Jump Trading to Power Fee-Less Cryptocurrency Trading

According to a Bloomberg report published May 29, 2019, popular fintech company Robinhood Markets Inc. has turned to Chicago-based trading firm Jump Trading LLC. to help it buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and others. дальше »

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Kik Fortifies War Chest to Battle SEC Lawsuit Over $100 Million ICO

By CCN: Canadian mobile-messaging company Kik is preparing to fight the SEC tooth-and-nail when the agency sues the firm over its $100 million ICO. Many companies settle to avoid a protracted and expensive legal war. дальше »

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Japanese E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Partners Blockchain Security Firm CipherTrace

According to a press release issued May 29, 2019, Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group’s subsidiary, Rakuten Wallet, entered into a partnership with blockchain security firm CipherTrace to bolster its upcoming cryptocurrency exchange’s anti-money laundering (AML) measures. дальше »

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Report: Facebook’s User Demographics Could Be “GlobalCoin’s” Biggest Challenge

On May 28, 2019, cryptocurrency analytics firm Diar published a report that paints a rather gloomy picture of the fate of Facebook’s payment-focused cryptocurrency GlobalCoin. According to the report, the social media website’s user demographics could prove to be a huge challenge to GlobalCoin’s mainstream adoption. дальше »

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Ripple Price Analysis XRP / USD: Holding Comfortably

Ripple has a bullish short-term trading bias, with the cryptocurrency moving towards the best levels of 2019 The XRP / USD pair continues to hold firm above its key 200-day moving average The daily time frame continues to highlight the 0. дальше »

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BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group Acquires Netcoins Bitcoin Payment Company To Expand Offerings

Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG) Acquires BTC Payment Company, Netcoins On the 27th of May 2019, BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group (BIG), cryptocurrency solutions and blockchain development company, in a statement announced that they had entered a definitive share purchase agreement with Netcoins Holding Inc. дальше »

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Cryptopia Turns to a U.S. Court for Account Holder Data Protection

In the latest development over its security breach, cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U. S. The New Zealand-based exchange, which has been dealing with the fallout of a January 2019 hack, went into liquidation and stopped all trading earlier this month. дальше »

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New Zealand: Cryptopia Seeks to Preserve User Account Data Amid new Challenges

Accounting firm Grant Thornton LLC on May 27, 2019, provided an update regarding the petition for bankruptcy filed by the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia. The company said that it is working towards preserving the exchange’s users’ data stored and hosted on the servers of a U. дальше »

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India’s Third Largest Telecom Firm Partners with IBM to Block Pesky Calls, Messages

Smartphone users in India can soon say goodbye for good to unsolicited pesky calls and messages as one of the country’s largest telecom companies, Bharti Airtel in partnership with IBM plans to deploy a blockchain-powered pan-India network. дальше »

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Telegram Open Network (TON) Crypto to Launch During Q3 2019 According to Source

As per an internal note sent to Telegram’s core investor base, the firm is looking to deploy its Telegram Open Network (TON) by the end of Q3, 2019. In this regard, it should also be pointed out that there had previously been doubts surrounding the ability of Telegram’s executive brass to execute a crypto project […] дальше »

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Robinhood Crypto Trading App Launches in New York

Cryptocurrency trading firm Robinhood on May 23, 2019, announced that it had launched its zero-fee crypto trading app in New York. Robinhood Enters New York After bagging the coveted BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYFDS) in January 2019, Robinhood has now announced that its users in New York will beRead MoreRead More. дальше »

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Bittrex Reinvigorates AML Measures with IdentityMind Partnership

Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex on May 21, 2019, announced that it had partnered with blockchain security solutions firm IdentityMind to bolster its anti-money laundering (AML) measures. Tightening Security Measures The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) persistence to establish strict crypto regulations across the globe has weighed down on exchange platforms who have, to date, been followingRead MoreRead More. дальше »

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