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Crypto Market Sentiment Rising Slowly
16.12.2019
The cryptocurrency market sentiment is slowly inching upwards. After last week's small rise to 4.55, the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure for the top 10 coins by market capitalization is now up to 4.68/10, according to Omenics, a cryptocurrency market sentiment analysis...
Regulatory Roundup: Crypto ‘Inevitable’ in India, China Rankings, NY Streamlines Policy
16.12.2019
In this regulatory roundup, we cover a positive crypto story in India, China’s year-end rankings, and the European Central Bank entering the stablecoin race. We also cover the New York regulator’s proposed Bitlicense revision — the first in five years — and several other...
Crypto Regulation: Is It Good or Bad for the Industry?
16.12.2019
Would regulation be a delight or a disaster for crypto and blockchain? Experts — and countries around the world — are bitterly divided #Sponsored
Major Banks Unknowingly Process Billions in Crypto Business, Says CipherTrace
16.12.2019
According to CipherTrace, major U.S. banks unwittingly process billions of dollars from crypto-related business because they are ill-equipped to identify virtual asset service providers
After BottlePay, Two More Crypto Firms Shut Down Due to Upcoming EU Rules
16.12.2019
Two EU-based crypto firms are shutting down because of the upcoming EU Anti-Money Laundering rules
German Banks Increasingly Charging Retail Clients Negative Interest Rates
16.12.2019
A growing number of banks in Germany are charging retail customers negative interest rates, starting with the very first euro deposited into their accounts. At least three German banks are reportedly doing so, with more expected to follow suit in the near future. As the European Central Bank...
Crypto Incubators: An Ultimate Solution or Just a Tool for Startups?
16.12.2019
Incubator companies are some of the biggest names in crypto, but experts don’t think that always guarantees top-quality output, “Investors will only care about price and not about actual development.”
Uphold Users Gain Access to Salt’s Crypto-Backed Loans
16.12.2019
Uphold users have gained access to loans from Salt Lending using crypto holdings such as bitcoin cash (BCH) as collateral. The digital money platform has more than 1.5 million users globally and has powered over $5 billion in transactions. Also Read: Nexo Now Offers Bitcoin Cash Instant Crypto...
Crypto Payments Firm FoPay Acquires Exchange AliExchange For $2.9B
16.12.2019
FoPay, a crypto payment service, acquired cryptocurrency trading platform AliExchange for about $2.9 billion
Is Crypto Ready for the New Space Age?
15.12.2019
How could quantum computing technology affect the cryptocurrency industry?
Maduro Plans to Airdrop Petro to Municipal Leaders and Eligible Citizens
15.12.2019
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro wants the nation state-issued cryptocurrency, petro (PTR) to have the same usability properties as a physical currency. On December 13, Maduro explained on national television that the Superintendence of Crypto-Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip)...
How SLP Dividends Can Tokenize Anything, Including the Stock Market
15.12.2019
Not everyone is lucky enough to have access to the stock market and the ability to buy shares in successful corporations like Apple or Coca-Cola. Many impoverished and politically restricted areas make such participation impossible for those who live there. However, thanks to the ability...
At a Refugee Camp in Iraq, a 16-Year-Old Syrian Is Teaching Crypto Basics
15.12.2019
Here's what an unbanked refugee really thinks about crypto
Indian Lawmaker Says ‘Cryptocurrency Is Inevitable’
15.12.2019
Indian Parliament member Dr. Subramanian Swamy has shared his view on cryptocurrency. Advocating for India to make the transition to crypto, he reportedly said, “cryptocurrency is inevitable.” The lawmaker will chair a conference at the UN India’s headquarters next week where...
European AML Directive Pushes Crypto Startup Bottle Pay Out of Business
15.12.2019
Bottle Pay, a cryptocurrency payments provider from the U.K., has announced its decision to cease operations by the end of the year. Despite attracting some serious funding and expanding its user base significantly in the past few months, the company has found it unacceptable to continue to work...
Bloxroute Releases Blockchain Distribution Network for Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash
15.12.2019
On December 3, the crypto software firm Bloxroute’s cofounder, Eyal Markovich, announced the launch of the startup’s Blockchain Distribution Network (BDN) Version 1. Markovich explained that the BDN V1 release is a milestone for the company and the scalability service aims to enable...
The Great Crypto Experiment Continues
14.12.2019
It wasn't a year for regulatory clarity, huge investments or mass adoption. Yet crypto still progressed
Meet Crypto’s New Best Friend: Fiat
14.12.2019
Fiat and crypto are not enemies. They are complementary in any effective trading ecosystem
Quadrigacx Founder Dead or Alive? Request for Exhumation and Autopsy Filed
14.12.2019
It has been a year since the founder of now-defunct crypto exchange Quadrigacx supposedly died in India. However, some 76,000 victims are still out of millions of dollars. A court-appointed lawyer representing them has now requested an exhumation and post-mortem autopsy in Canada of the dead body...
Market Shrugs, Price Nightmares and 20 Crypto Jokes
14.12.2019
Let’s see what happened this week in the Cryptoverse. Matic and some other Binance IEOs rallied, but then Matic droped a nightmarish 66%, seeing even Binance investigating it; Tezos entered the Top 10 club; Zcash prepared for Blossom, but then XRP became the only green one; BTC dev says that...