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Financial Giants Fujitsu & Nomura to Launch Digital Asset Trading on Blockchain
26.5.2020
Source: Adobe/Игорь Головнёв
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu has signed a deal with major securities company Nomura that will see the duo co-launch an interoperable blockchain platform for trading “digital assets” such as securities.
Per a report from Nikkei, Fujitsu is working on the project with...
Ruling Russian Party’s Blockchain Vote Attacked, Bitcoin 401k + More News
26.5.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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United Russia, Russia’s ruling political party, which has been using blockchain-powered voting for its primary...
Central Banks Could Partner with Private Sector on CBDCs
26.5.2020
The Euro symbol in front of the European Central Bank. The idea of central banks running the entire central bank digital currency (CBDCs) show is "out the door," and is being replaced by the private-public partnership, according to Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Deputy Division Chief in...
Facebook Replaces Calibra with Novi, Confirms Mandatory KYC
26.5.2020
Source: a video screenshot, Novi
Social media giant Facebook rebranded its Calibra subsidiary, responsible for the Libra project, saying that the first product Novi Financial will introduce is the Novi digital wallet designed for Libra digital currencies.
"With Novi, sending money will be...
Discover ZEBITEX.com New Projects And Features
26.5.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
Since its launch on November 28th, 2018 by DIGITAL SERVICE, euro/cryptos exchange platform ZEBITEX.com has been constantly improving, particularly in the light of numerous feedbacks received from its users.
Here...
Bitcoin Fees Drop But Still Remain Far From the Pre-Halving Level
26.5.2020
After two weeks of soaring, Bitcoin (BTC) fees' flight to new highs seems to be over, at least for now, descending more than 50%.
Bitcoin fees started rising after the reduction of the miners' reward on May 11, surprising even the industry insiders and reaching new, 'ridiculous' highs this year....
Theta Token Goes Parabolic as New Upgrade Nears
26.5.2020
Theta token (THETA), the native token on the Theta distributed video streaming platform, has seen massive price gains in recent weeks, with investors anticipating a major network upgrade in the near future as the most likely driver of the rally.
As of press time on Tuesday (11:21 UTC), THETA...
Crypto Researcher Warns Of a Growing Systemic Risk To Bitcoin
26.5.2020
The growing custodial banking layer creates a systemic risk for Bitcoin (BTC), warned popular crypto researcher Hasu and offered two solutions.
While some say that Bitcoin could be scaled by increasing its block size, allowing more transaction per block, this would worsen the assurances of...
Bitcoin Starts Upside Correction, Altcoins Trade Sideways
26.5.2020
After a sharp downside correction, bitcoin price found support near the USD 8,650 level. BTC started an upside correction and it is now (08:30 UTC) trading near the USD 9,000 level. To continue higher, it must clear the USD 9,050 and USD 9,200 resistance levels.
On the other hand, most major...
Bitamp Launches Open-Source Wallet
26.5.2020
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Although Bitcoin mobile wallets are a dime a dozen, users may miss the simplicity of the simple web wallet which can provide the most anonymity and security for users on the go. Bitamp was recently launched...
Digital Yuan Rollout Is 'Response to Facebook’s Libra'
26.5.2020
A South Korean financial expert says that China’s forthcoming digital yuan will be used in cross-border trading – possibly replacing the United States dollar in many international deals – and has been sped up as a response to Facebook’s Libra project.
Per Maeil Kyungjae, Kim Jong-han, a senior...
Sberbank to Roll out 5,000 Apple&Google Pay-compatible Blockchain ATMs
26.5.2020
Major banks in Russia are looking to do away with plastic card-powered personal finance – and are turning to blockchain to boost contactless transactions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The banks are being led by blockchain-keen Sberbank, which has just bought around 5,000 contactless ATMs...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 21
25.5.2020
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Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Crypto Is Likely Winner as Recession to Force Rethink Money - Gemini Exec
25.5.2020
Recession, a more favorable regulatory view, a better understanding of the technology, and traditional investors turning to crypto - are all aspects that are bringing adoption to crypto, according to Julian Sawyer, Gemini's Managing Director (MD) for Europe.
Unlike previous recessions, this one...
Trezor and Ledger Deny Shopify Database Hack Claims + More News
25.5.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Security news
Crypto wallet providers Trezor and Ledger have denied claims that their databases have been compromised via a Shopify...
Crypto Market Sentiment Almost Unchanged, Ethereum Enters Positive Zone
25.5.2020
Cryptocurrency market sentiment remains in the neutral zone after taking a dive last week. According to the crypto market sentiment analysis tool Omenics, the combined moving 7-day average market sentiment score for the top 10 coins has slightly increased. It went from last week’s 5.08 to 5.13/10...
Satoshi Era Bitcoin Miner Calls Craig Wright a Fraud Using "His" BTC Addresses
25.5.2020
Craig Wright. Source: a video screenshot, Coingeek
It looks like, someone just signed a message calling Craig Wright a fraud by using 145 addresses the controversial Australian computer scientist Craig Wright claimed were his in the Tulip Trust, an anonymous Twitter user Zectro discovered. However...
Tron Falls with Broader Market Despite Hype by Justin Sun
25.5.2020
Despite an ongoing campaign from Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun to hype an upcoming upgrade of his blockchain platform, TRX failed at gaining traction on Saturday, and continued trading largely in line with the broader crypto market over the weekend.
At pixel time (11:51 UTC), TRX, ranked 18th...
Bitcoin Bears Gain Control, Altcoins Holding Key Supports
25.5.2020
This past week, bitcoin failed to gain momentum above the USD 9,900 and USD 10,000 levels. As a result, there was a fresh bearish wave below the USD 9,550 support. BTC broke many supports near USD 9,200 and recently settled below the USD 9,000 support.
Similarly, there were bearish moves in many...
Use Bitcoin, Gold, and Bonds as a Hedge Against Inflation - BitMEX
25.5.2020
With central banks and governments around the world injecting massive amounts of liquidity into financial markets, the threat of future consequences in the form of inflation is keeping many in the crypto community up at night, with major crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX now advising clients...