Coinbase Launches Trading Desk For Institutional Investors
OTC, or over-the-counter, trading occurs between two parties directly ー as opposed to over an exchange ー typically between an investment bank and its clients. “We launched our OTC business as a complement to our exchange business because we found a lot of institutions were using OTC as an on-ramp for crypto trading,” said Christine […]
Bitfinex Announces Tether Neutrality and Launches New Stablecoin Pairs
Continuing our heritage of providing a neutral, coin-agnostic platform, from today Bitfinex users will be able to trade Tether-fiat directly on our platform through the addition of USDT/USD and EURT/EUR Tether trading pairs. This replaces the previous 1:1 conversion on deposits and withdrawals provided by Bitfinex, and reflects the increasing range of choice in the […]
Vitalik Buterin Says IBM’s Corporate Blockchain is Missing the Point
Devcon, the annual Ethereum developers conference, was fairly subdued this year. Compared to its previous installment in the resort town of Cancún, the gathering—held in Prague from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, 2018—reflected tempered exuberance as cryptocurrency prices have returned to earth this year. Gone were the insufferable ICO promoters and hangers-on. Sadly, this year, […]
Bitcoin Miner Margins Tighten, Hash Power Goes in Decline
Miner euphoria came to a screeching halt last week as the price of Bitcoin tumbled forcing a 20% decrease in the networks hashrate. In a best-case scenario, most miners are now switching off equipment and await a lull of opportunity as margins have taken a 30% hit on the weekend versus the start of last […]
Coinbase Loses Chief Policy Officer Michael Lempres
Coinbase Inc., one of the largest U.S. crypto exchanges, is losing its policy head at a time when communication between Washington and the digital money sector may never be more important. Michael Lempres, who was named the firm’s policy officer in September after serving more than a year as its legal chief, is leaving to […]
Friends Accused of Torturing Pal to Steal his Cryptocurrency
These guys are accused of taking a “bit” out of crime. A group of young professional men ransacked their pal’s luxury apartment after a night of drinking and forced him to cough up his cryptocurrency account login information, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office charges in a new complaint. Defendant Stephen Orso, 25, allegedly demanded that […]
New Security Monitoring Service for Blockchain Smart Contracts
NRI SecureTechnologies unveils the “Blockchain Security Monitoring Service” (“This Service”) to detect and report security vulnerabilities in information systems and services that use blockchain technology. The first use will be as a monitoring service for smart contracts on Ethereum*1. This service is implemented by introducing multiple scan tools in the security log monitoring service “NeoSOC”*2 […]
Posing as Elon Musk Nets Hacker About $180,000 Worth of Bitcoin so Far
Knowing that, enterprising hackers in recent days took over several “verified” accounts, tweaking their profiles to look like Elon Musk’s account. They then urged users to send a small amount of bitcoin BTCUSD, in exchange for the promise of more bitcoin to be sent back. One of the bitcoin wallets linked in the tweets has already […]
Multy Crypto Wallet Enables Multisignature Scheme for Android and iOS
Multy, an open-source mobile wallet for Bitcoin and Ethereum, announced enabling multi-signature scheme for wallets with more than one owner. This feature makes it easy to control company and family budgets by several owners of one wallet. Vadim Makovsky, Co-founder and CEO of Multy stated, “In Multy, we believe that using cryptocurrencies should be secure, […]
Pokemon Go of Blockchain
Cryptology Exchange, a community-centric cryptocurrency exchange based in Singapore has announced the listing of Izetex (IZX) on its platform, marking IZX’s first-ever exclusive exchange listing. Users can now trade IZX exclusively at Cryptology Exchange, with the trading pair IZX/ETH. Deposits and withdrawals for IZX are also available. Touted the “Pokemon Go of Blockchain”, Izetex (IZX) […]
Central Bank Digital Currencies
The issue of central bank digital currencies has come to the fore over the last two years. Although a relatively new popular phenomenon, digital currencies have existed for decades. This report, a collaboration between IBM Blockchain World Wire and OMFIF, explains the purpose of wholesale central bank digital currencies, as well as the motivations and […]
MGT Capital Enters into Agreement to Relocate Swedish Bitcoin Miners to Colorado
MGT Capital announced that it entered into a hosting agreement for a facility in Colorado Springs, CO to support its Bitcoin mining operations. As previously disclosed, the Company has been analyzing various options to relocate its approximately 6,300 S9 Antminer Bitcoin Miners presently housed in northern Sweden. Stephen Schaeffer, MGT’s Chief Operating Officer provided the […]
Cryptocurrency Market Worth $1.40 Billion by 2024
According to the new market research report on “Cryptocurrency Market by Offering (Hardware: GPU, FPGA, ASIC, & Wallet, and Software), Process (Mining and Transaction), Type, Application (Trading, Remittance, Payment: Peer-to-Peer Payment, Ecommerce, and Retail), and Geography – Global Forecast to 2024”, published by MarketsandMarkets™, the Cryptocurrency Market is projected to reach USD 1.40 billion by […]
U.S. Jewelry Retailer Marks Jewelers Accepting Payments in Cryptocurrency
U.S. jewelry retailer Marks Jewelers has started accepting payments in cryptocurrency, including bitcoin cash. Shoppers can now pay for luxury goods such as fine diamonds, watches and engagement rings using BCH and seven other digital currencies. In addition to BCH, the company is now accepting payments in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ether. “This will […]
COBINHOOD Cryptocurrency Exchange Launches Margin Trading
COBINHOOD, the next-generation cryptocurrency service platform and zero-fee exchange, today announced the launch of Margin Trading on its platform. Starting October 19, COBINHOOD users, from the novice to the experienced, are able to maximize their trading power and tap into unused funds for greater value. The comprehensive features include: Margin Trading which allows users to trade more than […]
Cryptoasset Taxonomy Report Reveals a Concentration of Crypto Power
Cryptocompare, the cryptocurrency market data aggregator, has published a Cryptoasset Taxonomy Report. The nearly 80-page document is designed to provide investors, regulators and the industry with an independent classification of coins and tokens to help differentiate from a long list of ever-growing options. The report is based on an analysis of over 200 crypto assets, […]
The Worst Yet to Come for African Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Exchanges in the African continent have been relatively unscathed, suffering scant losses amidst the $930 million that’s been stolen from global exchanges so far this year, according to data by U.S. cyber security firm Ciphertrace. The most notable assault on investor funds in the continent of 1.2 billion people happened around March in South Africa. […]
World Payments Report 2018: Digital Payments are Experiencing a Boom
Digital payments are experiencing a boom, driven by developing markets, according to the World Payments Report 2018 launched today from Capgemini and BNP Paribas. However, the innovation landscape in payments is uncertain as BigTech1 entrants make their presence felt, and incumbents face technical and regulatory complexity in the development of new collaborative payments ecosystems between […]
UK Cryptocurrency Regulations Could Take up to Two Years Based on Comparable Regulatory Extensions
UK regulation of the cryptocurrency market would take two years to introduce based on comparable extensions of the FCA’s remit. James Kaufmann, Legal Director at RPC says that this based on the best-case scenario where proposals in the recent House of Commons Treasury Committee report* start to be progressed. The process of introducing the necessary […]
Indian Cryptocurrency Exchange Unocoin Launch First Crypto ATMs
Indian Cryptocurrency Exchange Unocoin is launching, perhaps country’s first, crypto ATM with more details to be revealed in a week’s time, Bengaluru-based startup’s founder Sathvik Vishwanath has confirmed. The words “instant deposit & withdrawals for your Unocoin account” are written on the machine, along with “exclusive for Unocoin customers” and “credit & debit cards are […]
