Kik Begins Rollout of Crypto Ecosystem with Kin Tipping Feature
The Kin Foundation has begun rolling out its plans to build a cryptocurrency ecosystem to power its messenger platform, starting with a new tipping feature. Kik, the popular messenger app for iPhone and Android, revealed today a new tipping feature that uses the company’s native Kin cryptocurrency token, reports The Next Web. The feature will […]
What Does Floyd Mayweather’s Crypto ICO Settlement with the SEC Imply?
Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer DJ Khalid have both settled charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing to disclose that they were paid to promote initial coin offering (ICO) projects to the public. The charges against the two celebrities came about after they both used various social media outlets to […]
ICOs Yet to Liquidate All of Their Ethereum, Could Another Drop be Imminent?
There is still a lot of Ethereum tied up in ICO projects and the fear is that a mass liquidation could send the token back below three figures in price or, even worse, to early 2017 levels. ETH Back to The Stone Age? Ethereum is already in a world of pain, falling to an 18 […]
Facebook Is Developing a Cryptocurrency for WhatsApp Transfers
Facebook Inc. is working on making a cryptocurrency that will let users transfer money on its WhatsApp messaging app, focusing first on the remittances market in India, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is developing a stablecoin — a type of digital currency pegged to the U.S. dollar — to minimize volatility, […]
Bain-Backed Crypto Startup Closes as Securities Laws Bite
The worst thing you can call a cryptocurrency project isn’t a “scam” or a “Ponzi scheme” — although many have been called that. It’s a “security.” By casting digital assets in with stocks and bonds, the more stringent rules governing those traditional asset classes will be applied to cryptos. For proof of what that can […]
Chinese Miners Become the Biggest Bitcoin Short-seller in the Bear Market
The current Bitcoin price chart entirely mirrors this market’s last dismal bear market in late 2014 and early 2015. At that time, veteran miners were keep mining and holding their coins during the dark days and got amazing returns in the subsequent bull market in 2017. “If I mine 30 tokens in the next month, […]
Social Reality Announces CFO Transition
Social Reality, Inc., a digital marketing and consumer data management technology company, reported J.P. Hannan will step down from his role as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hannan will continue to work for the Company during a yet to be determined transitional period. After Mr. Hannan’s last day of employment, Christopher Miglino, the Company’s president and […]
Token Liquidity Plummets Leaving Bag Holders High and Dry
Despite cryptocurrency prices having plunged 80-95% from the start of the year, traders aren’t taking a punt on the bargain. Token volumes have plummeted across major exchanges with 60% of listed cryptocurrencies trading below January levels. Order books are now filled to the brim on the sell side with November, to date, seeing an acceleration […]
Bitcoin-Rigging Criminal Probe Focused on Tie to Tether
As Bitcoin plunges, the U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether last year’s epic rally was fueled in part by manipulation, with traders driving it up with Tether — a popular but controversial digital token. While federal prosecutors opened a broad criminal probe into cryptocurrencies months ago, they’ve recently homed in on suspicions that a tangled […]
Israeli Investment House Offers Crypto Funds for Institutions
Silver Castle Ltd., Israel’s first dedicated cryptocurrency investment firm for institutional and accredited investors, launched two funds this month and expects to have $50 million under management by the end of the year. The launch comes after a bad year for Bitcoin, which has fallen more than 70 percent from a record high last December. […]
Malaysia’s CIMB, Ripple Partner in Cross-Border Payments
Malaysian lender CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. is signing on to the cross-border payments network run by blockchain technology firm Ripple, the two companies said Thursday. Ripple’s technology will be used in CIMB’s SpeedSend remittance product, according to a joint press release. SpeedSend is available in various Southeast Asian markets, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand, […]
Colorado Division of Securities Continues ICO Crackdown with Four More Cease and Desist Orders
Colorado Securities Commissioner Gerald Rome has now signed orders for twelve initial coin offerings directing the cessation of unregistered securities in the state of Colorado. The orders are the result of investigations by an “ICO Task Force” convened within the Division, part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), in May of this year to […]
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 […]
Huobi Global launches Horizen (ZEN)
Horizen (ZEN) will be launched on Huobi Global on November 7, 2018 (GMT+8). Deposits will be available from 14:30, November 7, 2018 (GMT+8). ZEN/BTC and ZEN/ETH trading will be available from 15:00, November 8, 2018 (GMT+8). Withdrawals will be available from 14:30, November 11, 2018 (GMT+8). Horizen is a technology platform that provides users with […]
Stellar Support Added to BlockEx Exchange Network
BlockEx, the digital asset exchange provider for institutional-grade financial markets, has announced that it now provides support for Stellar based digital assets across its trading exchange network. Adam Leonard, CEO at BlockEx, said: “Delivering support for Stellar protocol digital asset issuing and trading is strategically important to us, our white label brokerage partners, and our […]
Google and Samsung Invest in Crypto Kitties Developer
Dapper Labs — the developer behind Crypto Kitties, the game that famously clogged up the Ethereum network — has announced that it has raised $15 million in a financing round led by Venrock. The investment arms of Google and Samsung also participated, bringing the total funds raised by the Canadian company to $27.85 million. Additional investors […]
T.I. Being Sued for $5 Million for Allegedly Defrauding Cryptocurrency Investors
T.I. and his business partner allegedly engaged in a “pump and dump” scheme involving their cryptocurrency and now a group of pissed off investors is suing them for securities fraud. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, a group of 25 investors claim they poured over $1.3 million “for now worthless securities called FLiK […]
South Korea’s Crypto Exchanges Bithumb to Launch US Security Token Platform
One of South Korea’s largest crypto exchanges by trading volume, Bithumb, announced its partnership with U.S. fintech company Seriesone on Oct. 31. Under the agreement, “Bithumb is investing in a Seriesone entity in South Korea to scale technical development and marketing,” Seriesone detailed, elaborating: Bithumb and Seriesone will form a joint venture intended to create […]
HSBC and StanChart Launch HK Blockchain Trade Finance Platform
A new blockchain-based trade finance platform, developed by HSBC (HSBA.L), Standard Chartered (STAN.L) and 10 other banks, was launched in Hong Kong on Wednesday to boost efficiency in the multi-trillion-dollar funding of international trade. HSBC said on Wednesday the platform, eTrade Connect, had allowed the Asia-focused British lender to reduce the time it takes to […]
South Korea’s Bithumb Eyes U.S. Security Token Exchange
South Korea’s top cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has signed a deal with a U.S. fintech company to set up a security token exchange in America, industry sources said Thursday. The agreement with SeriesOne calls for Bithum to invest in and provide technical support for the establishment of the envisioned security token exchange in the world’s largest […]
