Markets Update: Cryptocurrency Prices Continue to Accelerate
26.6.2019
Digital asset markets have been on a tear lately, gaining $68 billion in five days. Currently, there’s over $100 billion in global trade volumes and crypto bulls don’t seem to be letting up any time soon. Also Read: How to Find a Bitcoin Cash Meetup Near You The Cryptoconomy Captures...
Imgur Raises $20 Million From Ex-Ripple CTO’s Micropayments Startup
26.6.2019
The popular image hosting site Imgur is tying up with a micropayments startup founded by Ripple's former CTO
Binance DEX Garners Praise From Crypto Community, Proving To Become What Users Wanted
26.6.2019
Binance DEX has been a dream project of Changpeng Zhao, but it didn’t get the start it deserves. However, steadily, the platform is gaining praise from popular crypto investors and influencers, which promises a bright future for the decentralized crypto exchange. On Tuesday, the famous pseudonymous...
Oxfam Trials Aid Distribution With DAI, Future Use 'Highly Likely'
26.6.2019
A pilot program saw Oxfam distribute financial aid in the form of tap-and-pay cards developed for Sempo’s payment platform that were loaded with DAI to 200 citizens of Vanuatu to test the efficacy of blockchain-based disaster relief solutions
Token Offerings Lag Behind 2018 Results, IEOs Accelerated
26.6.2019
During 250 token offerings in the first five months of 2019, or almost half a year, startups managed to raise only 17% of the total capital raised in 2018, a new report from PwC Strategy& and the Crypto Valley Association showed.
Moreover, 35% of the raised funds (USD 3.26 billion in total) belong...
CoinMarketCap Makes First Acquisition to Further Improve Crypto Data Offering
26.6.2019
The data provider is snapping up a firm building algorithms said to provide a “true price” for cryptocurrencies
South Korean FSC Approves ICONLOOP’s Blockchain based Digital Identity Service – my-ID
26.6.2019
South Korean government’s top budgetary controller, FSC (The Financial Services Commission), has reported the incorporation of ICONLOOP’s ‘my-ID’ administration into the ‘Innovative Financial services and Regulations Sandbox’ which was created under the special...
Brexit and Bitcoin: Then, Now And The Future
26.6.2019
With the UK set to leave the EU on 31st October 2019, time is running out for the EU and the UK to agree to a transition deal. Since invoking Article 50 in March 2017, the UK and the EU have enjoyed a turbulent relationship that’s impacted markets from the FTSE 100 to Bitcoin. To …
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Amid Growing Bitcoin Prices, Binance Launches Binance 2.0, Will Allow Margin Trading Fir All Users
26.6.2019
Bitcoin is having the purple patch users were praying for, and the prices are fast approaching the $13,000 mark. Everything seems to be going nicely, and amid the boom, Binance has launched Binance 2.0, which gives access margin trading to all users. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao made the announcement...
Crypto Adoption: First Opera Wallet for iOS; PwC Starts Crypto Audits
26.6.2019
Another two good news reached the crypto industry, showing more examples of the ongoing adoption.
First, Opera Software launched their blockchain-ready Opera Touch web browser with a crypto wallet for iOS. Second, accountancy giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has added cryptocurrency auditing...
Six Arrested Over Cloned Crypto Exchange That Stole €24 Million
26.6.2019
Europol and police agencies have busted a cloned exchange operation that stole over $27 million in bitcoin from thousands of victims
Deutsche Bank: ‘Aggressive’ Central Banks Making Bitcoin More Attractive
26.6.2019
A dovish U.S. Federal Reserve is one of the reasons for the recent surge of bitcoin prices, according to Deutsche Bank lead strategist