3iQ gets approval from Ontario Securities Commission to offer Bitcoin fund
3iQ, a Canadian investment fund manager will now be able to offer Canadian retail investors a regulated, publicly-traded Bitcoin (BTC) fund. The investment fund manager […]
Month: October 2019
Private German Banks Go For Digital Euro – Details
German banks have submitted a position paper where they made arguments for digital euro. On October 30th, in a paper by the Association of German […]
CoinList Is Launching A Crypto Exchange – Details
Twitter CEO. Jack Dorsey, made a direct investment in a fledgling cryptocurrency company as part of its latest funding round. Dorsey, who proudly supports Bitcoin […]
Johannesburg Refuses to Pay Hackers’ 4 Bitcoin Ransom
Johannesburg authorities have refused to pay 4 Bitcoin ransom to hackers who targeted municipal systems last week. Via a statement on its official Twitter handle […]
Bitmain Files for Deutsche Bank-Backed IPO in the US
Bitmain Technologies which is based in China has filed an application for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission […]
Huang Qifan says Chinese Central Bank will Issue Digital Currency first, Slams Libra
Chinese official, Huang Qifan, believes that Facebook’s Libra is bound to fail saying that China’s central bank will be the first to issue a digital […]
David Marcus Promotes Libra’s Money Laundering Standards
David Marcus, Calibra CEO has claimed that the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards of Libra, Facebook’s proposed stablecoin project — will be better than other payments […]
OKEx To Launch USDT Futures Trading with leverage up to 100x
Crypto exchange OKEx is planning to launch Tether (USDT) futures trading, offering a linear futures contract with leverage of up to 100x. A press release shared with […]
Canaan Creative Files for $400 Million IPO in US
Canaan Creative, Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant has filed to be a publicly-traded company in the United States. On October 28th, Canaan Creative filed for an […]
Binance.US Finally Lists WAVES – Details
Binance.US, Binance’s trading platform for residents of the U.S. on Thursday announced that it had added support for WAVES. The platform which was launched in […]
Li Wei Says China’s Commercial Banks Should Embrace Blockchain Tech
The head of the People’s Bank of China technology department, Li Wei, has urged commercial banks in the country to embrace blockchain technology. Reuters reported […]
Tron price surges 25% as China takes stance on Anti-Blockchain sentiment
China is taking a pro-blockchain stance following news it would bring in the “crypto law” in January next year. President Xi Jinping late last week […]
KuCoin to Launch Margin Trading Come October 31st
KucCoin, Crypto exchange has announced the launch of margin trading for cryptoassets. According to the news published on October 25th, KuCoin will give users access […]
Bahamas Central Bank To Launch Project Sand Dollar in Abaco
The Central Bank of Bahamas has plans to issue a digital currency come October 31st starting with the island of Abaco. According to a report by […]
OKEx Joins Kakao’s Blockchain Project – Details
OKEx has revealed that it is joining Klaytn, a global public blockchain platform developed by Kakao subsidiary Ground X. OKEx wrote on October 25th in […]
Australian Police Generates 2000% Profit on Seized Bitcoin
Australia has made a twenty-fold profit on bitcoin seized from an illegal firearms sale involving the use of cryptocurrency. According to an annual report published by […]
Binance.US Lists Dogecoin (DOGE) – Details
Binance.US, Binance’s trading platform for its customers in the U.S., announced on Thursday that it had added support for one more cryptoasset: Dogecoin (DOGE). Binance.US, is […]
None of Facebook’s Libra Partners Committed Any Money Yet
According to BBC, none of the 21 founding members of the Facebook Libra Partners, except Facebook, have yet committed any money to support Libra. The […]
PeerNova raises $31 million in growth funding led by Mosaik Partners
PeerNova announced on Tuesday that it had raised $31 million in growth funding led by Mosaik Partners. This is an existing PeerNova investor focused on […]
Mark Zuckerberg Submits Testimony Ahead of Congressional Hearing
Ahead of Facebook CEO’s anticipated appearance before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday morning (EDT), Mark Zuckerberg submitted his written testimony on Tuesday. […]
Stephen Moore, Federal Reserve Nominee Launches Stablecoin, Frax
A former nominee by President Donald Trump for the Federal Reserve, Stephen Moore, has announced his intention to launch a new stablecoin. Moore says he […]
MasterCard Supports Crypto App Revolt For 2019 US Expansion
Cryptocurrency internet banking app Revolut has plans to launch in the United States later this year, 2019. In a press release on October 22nd, Revolut said […]
Binance.US Lists BUSD and IOTA – Details
Binance.US, Binance’s trading platform for its U.S. customers has announced Today, October 22nd, that it had added support for two more cryptoassets: BUSD and IOTA. Binance.US, […]
India Extremely Cautious on Libra – Minister Says
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that India has a high degree of caution with regards to Facebook’s Libra. In last week’s 2019 Annual […]
Bittrex International Shuts down Service In More than 30 Countries
Bittrex International, a well known Cryptoasset exchange will no longer be offering services to customers in more than 30 countries. The press release, revealed that […]
German Finance Minister Wants Libra Launch Stopped – Details
The Finance Minister of Germany has said that the launch of Facebook’s digital currency libra should be stopped. At the IMF and World Bank fall […]
Fidelity Investments Launches Crypto Custody Service – Details
Fidelity Investments has fully launched its cryptocurrency custody service. CEO of Fidelity Investments, Abigail Johnson, revealed the development in an interview with the Financial Times […]
US Fed Considering Issuing a Digital Dollar – Details
Digital Dollar – According to one of its top officials, the U.S. Federal Reserve is looking into the issuance of a digital currency. This follows […]
Binance.US Lists Algorand (ALGO) and Zcash (ZEC)
Binance.US, Binance’s trading platform for customers in the U.S., on Thursday October 17th announced that it had added support for two more cryptoassets: Algorand (ALGO) […]
NBA-China Scandal Crashes Nike Sneaker-Backed Crypto Price
A post by a Chinese cryptocurrency trader has highlighted the drop in the price of American sneaker-backed tokens in the wake of the issue between […]
