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Crypto Pay Adoption Booms in Spanish-speaking Countries
8.10.2019
Venezuela’s government claims that some 93 commercial establishments in the country now accept its oil-backed, state-issued Petro digital token, while a Spanish travel agency claims that over 7% of its customers paid using Bitcoin in 2018 and the company has recently added new crypto...
Crypto Market Continues to Show Green Candlesticks, BTC Recovers to $8,200
8.10.2019
Bitcoin recovers to $8,200 while the crypto market shows green candlesticks
UK Regulator Ramps up Crypto Investigations and Considers KYC for Wallets
8.10.2019
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been relentlessly scrutinizing cryptocurrency startups and investigations are up 74% from last year. Meanwhile, proponents of decentralized software development models and open collaboration are upset about the FCA aiming to extend KYC/AML...
Major Exchanges Urge UK Regulator to Not Restrict Crypto Derivatives
7.10.2019
The WFE has appealed to the United Kingdom’s financial regulator not to ban cryptocurrency derivatives for retail investors
Crypto Market Sentiment Moves Higher within the Neutral Zone
7.10.2019
After last Monday’s first since we started the Crypto Market series in February, when we saw our lowest reported average crypto market sentiment measure, Sentscore, for the top 10 coins by market capitalization, at 4.1 – we are back into the familiar zone with a Sentscore of 4.41, according...
Colombian Coffee Axis Becoming a Cradle of Crypto Pay
7.10.2019
Coffee crop. It seems that Latin America dominates crypto adoption news agenda with new announcements every week. This time, multiple news have arrived from Colombia and Venezuela.
The Coffee Axis town of Pereira, in Colombia’s western Risaralda department, appears to be turning into the country’s...
NBA’s Sacramento Kings to Reward Loyal Fans With Crypto Tokens
7.10.2019
Based on the ERC-20 standard, the Kings Token will be a first for a U.S. professional sports team
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 40
7.10.2019
Below is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting 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 Traders’ Lawsuit Claims Bitfinex, Tether Cost Market Over $1 Trillion
7.10.2019
Bitfinex and sister company Tether caused more than $1 trillion in damages to the crypto market, a new lawsuit claims
Crypto Exchange CoinField Launches XRP Validator, Teases New Ecosystem
7.10.2019
Cryptocurrency exchange CoinField launches an XRP validator that is already included in Ripple’s Unique Node List, teases a new mysterious project
UK Financial Regulator’s Crypto Investigations Surge 74% in 2019: Report
7.10.2019
The number of the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority’s investigations into crypto businesses surges 74%: from 50 cases in 2018 to 87 already in 2019
SEC Denies That Bitcoin Is a Security + 8 More Crypto News
7.10.2019
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.
Regulation news
American regulatory body the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rejected an investment company...
UK Finance Watchdog’s Crypto Investigations Up By 74% in 2019
7.10.2019
The number of investigations into cryptocurrency firms by the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority have seen a sharp rise in the last year
Indian Supreme Court Sets Date to Hear Crypto Case Next Week
7.10.2019
The Supreme Court of India has confirmed a new date to hear the crypto case after multiple delays. During the last hearing, the court directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to reply to crypto exchanges’ representation within two weeks, which the central bank has done. Also read:...
Meet the Russian Oligarch Launching a Metal-Backed Crypto Token
7.10.2019
Vladimir Potanin, one of Russia's richest people, tells CoinDesk about his plans for a palladium-backed token and a tokenized commodities exchange
FOIN Allows Merchants to Accept Crypto Payments In-Store
7.10.2019
FOIN, a cryptocurrency company and a developer of the transparent payment system FoPay, announced the strategic partnership with Cyclebit, a crypto payment solutions provider. According to the official information, starting from that day, FOIN, the decentralized peer to peer cryptocurrency for...
Bangkok to Host NEXT BLOCK ASIA 2.0 “Affiliate Marketing in the Age of Crypto” this December
7.10.2019
NEXT BLOCK ASIA returns to Bangkok for another landmark Crypto and Affiliate industry event on December 3, 2019 The capital of Thailand will become a bustling hub for Affiliate Marketing, Crypto and Fintech experts for the second time this year. The conference will run upon an umbrella theme...
John McAfee’s Decentralized Crypto Exchange Launches in Beta
7.10.2019
American entrepreneur and vocal crypto advocate John McAfee launches a new decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain
Hyundai Blockchain, Crypto Affiliate to Spend USD 10m + Launch Mainnet
7.10.2019
Hdac, the blockchain and cryptocurrency arm of business conglomerate Hyundai, says it will invest USD 10 million in the industry – using the money to pay for a mainnet, dapps (decentralized apps) services, fund startups and create a “cryptocurrency compensation system”-powered token ecosystem.
Hdac...
Bitfinex Braces for Imminent Lawsuit Alleging Tether Manipulates Crypto Market
7.10.2019
The operators of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and the stablecoin Tether are again engaged in public relations crisis management. They have notified users of an imminent lawsuit over market manipulation allegations and are trying to frame it as just a shameless money grab attempt. Also Read:...