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Retail Investors Branch to Altcoins: ‘60% of Coinbase Customers Start With Bitcoin, Only 24% Stick Exclusively’
20.5.2020
On May 13, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase published a report that shows digital currency investors are investing in alternative cryptocurrencies despite bitcoin’s 67% market dominance. Data from Coinbase shows that customers with at least five crypto purchases...
Covid-19 Economy Fuels Faith in Crypto: Trust In Bitcoin Over Banks Increased 3X Since 2017
19.5.2020
The market research organization, The Tokenist, recently published a report called “Comparing Public Bitcoin Adoption Rates in 2020 vs 2017.” The study’s findings give a comprehensive look at the cryptocurrency ecosystem between 2017 and now. The researchers’ survey shows...
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16.5.2020
BigONE is a global cryptocurrency trading and custody platform founded in 2017, clad in four principles – Integrity, Security, Professionalism, and Win-Win. The exchange has developed comprehensive digital assets trading services. The ecosystem runs the gamut, including both spot and margin...
Fireblocks Boosts Transaction Speed 800% With Free-to-Use Algorithm
13.5.2020
Fireblocks has developed an 800% faster algorithm for secure MPC transactions and made it free-to-use for custodians and vendors
Cointext CTO Reveals a New Protocol That Aims to Bolster a Censorship-Resistant Economy for Bitcoin Cash
9.5.2020
On May 7, the Cointext CTO and cofounder of Countermarkets, Vin Armani revealed a new project he’s been working on called “Signal, Watch, and Pay Protocol” (SWaP). Armani’s published specification and reference code of SWaP indicates that the platform allows “onchain...
Coinshares Acquires Gabi Trading: New Unit Traded $3 Billion Worth of Crypto in 2019
8.5.2020
Coinshares on Thursday launched its trading business, Coinshares Capital Markets (CSCM), reporting that the unit traded over $3 billion worth of cryptocurrency in 2019 and $1.5 billion during the first quarter of 2020. The UK digital asset manager is basically rebranding Gabi Trading, a business...
California Assembly Considers Exempting Some Digital Assets From State Securities Law
8.5.2020
A key lawmaker in the California Assembly has proposed exempting some digital assets from the state’s definition of corporate securities
New Bill Would Presume Digital Assets Not to Be Securities in California
6.5.2020
New legislation in California may help establish definitions of digital assets as securities, though nationwide impact is uncertain
Business Giants New Consortium To Help Firms ‘Manage Digital Assets’
5.5.2020
Some of the biggest names in IT, conventional finance and blockchain technology have joined an open-source digital standards consortium that they claim will help overcome the hurdles involved with “managing digital assets” and the “adoption of digital identity” – making use of “interoperable...
Bitcoin’s Gut Check: The Time of Crisis as the Moment of Truth
3.5.2020
If Bitcoin weathers the current financial storm, our monetary system will be on the brink of dramatic changes or even a revolution
Nasdaq Partners With R3 to Help Build Institutional-Grade Digital Assets
30.4.2020
Nasdaq is partnering with the blockchain solution provider R3 to build institution-grade digital assets and marketplaces
Arab Bank Switzerland Leads Major Series A for Swiss Digital Assets Firm Taurus
29.4.2020
While undisclosed, the amount is reported to be an “8-digit” figure in Swiss francs — implying a $10 million+ investment
Nasdaq Is Using R3’s Corda for Managing Digital Assets
29.4.2020
The Nasdaq stock exchange has partnered with R3 to offer a platform for digital asset marketplaces on the Corda blockchain
Seeking Profits: A Number of Large Crypto Exchanges Are Mining and Staking Digital Assets
18.4.2020
During the last 12 months, large cryptocurrency exchanges have been getting into digital currency staking and creating SHA256 mining operations. Just recently, Binance announced the launch of its mining pool following exchanges like Okex, and Huobi. Alongside this, a great number of crypto...
Looming US Real Estate Crisis – Freddie Mac Warns of Housing Market Uncertainty, Homebuilder sentiment Drops 58%
16.4.2020
U.S. real estate agents and lenders are bracing for the biggest housing crash in over a decade. Since the coronavirus spread and the American government shut down the nation’s economy, Freddie Mac’s quarterly real estate report is grim and says the U.S. housing market faces considerable...
$2,000 a Month: US Lawmakers Propose Basic Income for Americans to Cope With Covid-19 Economy
16.4.2020
Democrats from the House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would pay eligible Americans $2,000 a month until U.S. unemployment numbers return to pre-covid-19 levels. Under the proposal, any American citizen 16-years or older making less than $130K per year would receive monthly...
Bitcoin.com Exchange Now Supports Reserve’s Stablecoin RSV and the Utility Token RSR
16.4.2020
Bitcoin.com’s Exchange continues to grow and during the last few months, the platform has added support for a number of well known tokens. This week, the trading platform has added support for the Reserve stablecoin (RSV) and the project’s utility token (RSR). Bitcoin.com Exchange users...
Privacy-Focused Digital Assets Surged in 2019
15.4.2020
In a quarterly report from eToro, digital assets like ZEC and XMR surged in 2019, while BTC saw a stronger correlation with gold in 2020
Ross Ulbricht’s 9th Price Analysis Predicts Bitcoin Prices Below $3,000
13.4.2020
The founder of the Silk Road marketplace, Ross Ulbricht, has published another analysis that attempts to predict the price of bitcoin. Ulbricht started sharing his price examinations last December and he leveraged the patterns of Elliott Wave theory to bolster his forecast. Also read: Bitcoin...
Crypto Exchanges See Bitcoin Reserves Drop by 70% Since Black Thursday’s Market Rout
12.4.2020
Since the market carnage on March 12 otherwise known as Black Thursday, the exchange Bitmex has seen 36% of the trading platform’s bitcoin reserves withdrawn. A few other well-known crypto exchanges have seen cold wallets drained, while other trading platforms have witnessed reserve...