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Privacy Is Paramount: How KYC Makes Us All Less Free
19.6.2019
KYC (Know Your Customer) policies and endless private data collection, coupled with force-backed, violent legislation compromise the utility and ethics of crypto trading. An uncompromising stance on user privacy is critically important to crypto traders and peer-to-peer transaction. It’s...
Chair of House Financial Services Committee Requests Halt on Facebook’s Crypto Project
19.6.2019
Chair of House Financial Services Committee requests moratorium on development of Facebook’s Project Libra
Halt Libra? US Lawmakers Call for Hearings on Facebook’s Crypto
18.6.2019
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters asked Facebook to halt development of its Libra crypto until hearings can be held
Latin America and Turkey Have the Most Cryptocurrency Users, Poll Shows
18.6.2019
Cryptocurrency usage has been expanding globally and a new survey confirms that trend. The poll conducted by Statista shows that the citizens of troubled countries tend to exploit the benefits of decentralized digital money far more readily than the citizens of thriving nations. Also read:...
Fidelity-Backed Crypto Analytics Firm to Integrate Twitter-Based Crypto Sentiment Feed
18.6.2019
Fidelity-backed Coin Metrics and Social Market Analytics team up to provide feed of crypto sentiment based on Twitter posts
Facebook Has Yet to Answer US Lawmakers’ Questions About Libra Crypto
18.6.2019
Facebook is still working on its responses to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee's questions about the Libra coin
Facebook’s New Crypto Faces Scrutiny From European Authorities
18.6.2019
“It is out of question’’ that Facebook's Libra be allowed to “become a sovereign currency,” says France's finance minister
Free Law Project’s Courtlistener Repository Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations
18.6.2019
On Monday, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters learned that the popular website that focuses on U.S. court documents and the litigation system, Courtlistener.com, is accepting BCH for donations. Courtlistener captures hundreds of thousands of visitors every month by making high quality legal data widely...
Crypto App, Debit Card 2Gether Adds Dash to Roster of 9 Tokens
18.6.2019
2gether, a European payment app allowing users to spend crypto via a Visa debit card, is adding dash to its list of nine supported coins
70% of Crypto Exchanges Have Complied With CoinMarketCap’s Transparency Initiative
18.6.2019
Crypto data provider CoinMarketCap says most listed exchanges have complied with its transparency-boosting mandatory data requests
Binance Research Provides a First Look at Libra, Facebook’s New Crypto Project
18.6.2019
Binance Research, the market research, and analysis arm of global cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, discusses Libra, Facebook’s first cryptocurrency, from a technical and analytical perspective along with the potential impacts of this new entrant to the market. Binance Research’s report “First...
Bitcoin Price Unfazed By Unveiling of Facebook’s Libra Crypto
18.6.2019
Bitcoin is struggling to gather upside traction following Facebook's official announcement of its Libra cryptocurrency project
Facebook Unveils Libra Cryptocurrency, Targeting 1.7 Billion Unbanked
18.6.2019
Facebook's newly unveiled Libra blockchain is tackling remittances at first, but it could have a much broader impact
Japanese Gov’t Agency Reports 170% Increase in Consumer Inquiries About Crypto in 2018
18.6.2019
Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency has reported that 2018 saw a 170% uptick in the number of consumer queries about cryptocurrencies as compared with the previous year
Global Decentralized Content Ecosystem Contentos To Join Binance Chain
18.6.2019
Crypto enthusiasts never have a dull day as there are always interesting partnerships emerging to the surface. The latest partnership was announced between Binance Chain and Contentos. The latter took to the micro-blogging site Twitter to spread the word about it joining the leading crypto exchange...
Round-Up of Crypto Exchanges Hack So Far in 2019, How Can it be Stopped?
18.6.2019
Six crypto exchanges have been hacked year-to-date in 2019: An overview of the hacks and analysis of methods to address hacking attacks
Suing Facebook To Making Millions In Bitcoin: The Rollercoaster Journey of Winklevoss Twins
18.6.2019
The Winklevoss Twins, Cameron, and Tyler Winklevoss, have been quite popular since their college days. They first built HarvardConnection (ConnectU), and since then, they have managed to stay in the news, even though if not for good reasons. The twins shot to fame during their legal feud with...
Blockchain and Crypto Popularity in iGaming is Increasing
18.6.2019
iGaming industry has proven over the last couple of decades that it is at the forefront of adopting new technology and providing new features to consumers. What is even more amazing is that online casinos are always first to recover after the financial crisis, such as the dot com crash — resilience...
Policymakers Meet to Finalize Global Crypto Guidance – A Look at Standards G20 Supports
18.6.2019
The Financial Action Task Force has kicked off its meeting to discuss global cryptocurrency regulations which the G20 countries have committed to follow. Meanwhile, the crypto industry has raised concerns regarding some recommendations, and a meeting has been set up to coincide with the G20 summit...
Santander Loses Appeal Against Brazilian Crypto Exchange, Fine Upheld
17.6.2019
Spanish bank Santander has lost an appeal to a Brazilian court’s decision regarding cryptocurrency exchange Mercado Bitcoin