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Online Bullion Marketplace Onegold Sees $50 Million in Crypto Payments
13.1.2020
On January 13, the online bullion marketplace Onegold announced the launch of a new mobile application so customers can buy, sell or redeem precious metals at any time. Since 2018, Onegold has accepted cryptocurrencies like BCH and BTC and the firm currently gives customers a 2% discount for paying...
Narrative Watch: The Hunt for Crypto’s Killer App
13.1.2020
As a Brooklyn Nets player tokenizes his contract, are income share agreements poised to break out as one of crypto’s killer apps?
Overstock CEO: Crypto Investments Are Ready for Prime Time
13.1.2020
Overstock CEO and Medici Ventures President Jonathan Johnson believes crypto investments are finally ready to enter the real world
This Blue Chip Crypto Insurance Consortium Lacks One Thing – a Sizable Loss
13.1.2020
In a rare interview, insurance company Arch talks about its $150M crypto storage policy
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 2
13.1.2020
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...
Venezuelan Petro-accepting Merchants Panic as Crypto Drive Hits Snag
13.1.2020
The Venezuelan government’s attempts to kickstart its cryptocurrency-powered economy appears to have hit a series of wrinkles – with the central Bank of Venezuela suspending service on its Petro-accepting Point-of-Sale (PoS) devices.
Per El Nacional, the central bank has indefinitely ceased Petro...
Crypto Market Sentiment Jumps Up; Bitcoin Climbs Up
13.1.2020
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The cryptocurrency market sentiment is still showing sings of being well on its path to recovery, and it's finally making larger jumps. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, Sentscore, for the top 10 coins went up for the second week in a row, from 4.79...
Japan and Philippines Discuss Pro-Crypto Laws, Cooperation Among Asian Countries
13.1.2020
Japanese Minister Naokazu Takemoto and Philippine Cabinet member Raul Lambino of Crypto Valley of Asia recently met to discuss Asian countries’ crypto regulations. They urge the Philippine Congress to introduce legislation on cryptocurrencies and security tokens, calling for cooperation among...
China Hopes New Book Will Verse Communist Party Members in Crypto
13.1.2020
Digital Currency: A Reader for Cadres
The Communist Party of China (CPC) wants high ranking government staff to learn about cryptocurrency and blockchain – and has approved the release of a new book specially designed for its cadres.
The 200-page book was published in November last year and...
South Korean Crypto YouTuber’s Attacker Flees to Australia + More News
13.1.2020
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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There have been further developments in the case of a South Korean cryptocurrency YouTuber who was left badly injured...
Huobi Exchange Partners With UAE Real Estate Firm to Enable Crypto Payments
13.1.2020
Huobi partnered with a real estate firm in the UAE to allow real estate investors to pay in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin
With New Regulations, Europe’s Crypto Companies May Be Running Out of Options
13.1.2020
European crypto companies are finding themselves in a changing regulatory environment. The new realities they have to deal with stem from the fifth edition of the European Union’s anti-money laundering directive. AMLD5 introduces stricter customer due diligence requirements and some in...
Japanese Crypto Exchanges Might be Left Without Their Golden Goose
13.1.2020
Japan’s cryptocurrency community could be set for a shock following reports that the government is likely to accept regulatory proposals that would see leveraged trading caps slashed by 50% at the country’s crypto exchanges.
Per a number of leading Japanese media outlets, including Nikkei on Friday...
Japan’s Financial Watchdog to Set Low Leverage Cap for Crypto Margin Traders: Report
13.1.2020
Japan's top financial regulator reportedly plans to reduce the risk to crypto margin traders by cutting the maximum allowed leverage
Swiss Crypto Assets & Institutional Investors Summit Will Be Held on January 18–19, 2020
13.1.2020
HCX to host Crypto Assets & Institutional Investors Summit during World Economic Forum on January 18–19, 2020, in St. Moritz to give a boost to digital securities and crypto economy. “We are reimagining capital markets, and creating a platform for wall street and crypto projects to do business...
China Saw $11.4 Billion in Crypto-Based Capital Flight Last Year
13.1.2020
On January 8, China-based blockchain security firm Peckshield published its “2019 Global Digital Asset AML Research Report” noting a variety of crypto trends throughout the year. According to the study, cryptocurrency-based capital flight stemming from China was around $11.4 billion...
Cointext CTO Vin Armani Talks Content, Reveals the ‘Real’ Bitcoin in New Video
12.1.2020
Cointext CTO Vin Armani has a lot to say. The multi-faceted content creator, voluntaryist philosopher, and developer in the Bitcoin Cash community crafts thought-provoking crypto content. Whether dissecting the ‘gym friend’ meme in the context of grounded masculinity, or addressing...
Crypto Derivatives Exchange FTX Launched Bitcoin Options Trading
12.1.2020
Crypto exchange FTX launched BTC options trading yesterday
US and European Regulators Say Crypto a Priority This Year
12.1.2020
Several regulators in the U.S. and Europe have made cryptocurrency among their top priorities this year. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s compliance office and the European Securities and Markets Authority, in collaboration with other regulators, have outlined their plans to focus...
Eastern Europe Sees More Fiat Options for Trading Crypto
12.1.2020
The countries of Central and Eastern Europe, a diverse region sometimes referred to as the ‘Second World,’ are at different stages of their economic development and political integration with the EU or other supranational organizations. Having less established traditional sectors...