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Crypto Exchange Luno Says South Africa’s Crypto Trading Dominated by Young People
19.4.2021
Luno, one of Africa’s pioneering crypto exchanges, has revealed that South Africa’s cryptocurrency trading is largely dominated by young people with those under the age of 29 accounting for 40% of transactions. The exchange, which claims to have added nearly a million new South African...
200-Year-Old American Wine Shop Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies
15.4.2021
Nearly every day now a new company is announcing the acceptance of cryptocurrencies in some form or another. Now one of the world’s largest fine wine auction houses and America’s oldest wine shop Acker has revealed digital currency acceptance to pay for auction payments and retail wine...
Amazon Union Vote Fails in Bessemer, as Union Calls for Investigation
9.4.2021
Amazon has won the first round in its fight to squash a union in its Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse. Hundreds of contested ballots remain, but Amazon has reached the minimum threshold of 1,608 “no” votes needed to prevent workers from joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU)....
Real Estate Billionaire Buys Bitcoin, Accepts BTC for Rent Payment at His Residential and Retail Properties
8.4.2021
Billionaire real estate mogul Rick Caruso has revealed that his company has invested in bitcoin for its treasury and will begin accepting the cryptocurrency for rent payment at its properties. Among the tenants of one of his properties is Elon Musk’s Tesla. Caruso said, “We believe that...
Retail traders become 'sitting ducks' as sell-off triggers $1.4B liquidation
7.4.2021
Retail traders have been using high leverage throughout the current bull market, but that's not the real reason for today's market-wide sell-off
South Korea’s Kimchi Premium Returns: BTC and ETH Prices Jump 18% Higher Than the Global Average
6.4.2021
While a great number of spot exchanges have seen consistent prices in a few select areas in the world, bitcoin is selling for a premium. That’s the case in South Korea right now as there’s a price gap, otherwise known as the ‘kimchi premium’ on domestic South Korean...
Kimchi premium hits 11% — Is Bitcoin now in a 2017-esque retail stage of the cycle?
4.4.2021
Is a surging premium in South Korea a top signal or a sign that the Bitcoin rally is only getting started?
Institutions & Retail Compete For Bitcoin - Whose Hands Are Stronger?
28.3.2021
The institutional investors are here, bringing with them billions of dollars and record-high bitcoin (BTC) prices. This is something the market had been expecting for years, but now that it has finally arrived, it potentially brings risks as well as benefits.
Might institutions be less ‘loyal’...
Oaktree Capital Founder Howard Marks Changes His Mind About Bitcoin as Demand Soars and Price Jumps 10x
28.3.2021
Oaktree Capital’s Howard Marks has warmed up to bitcoin. He admitted that he had a knee-jerk reaction to the cryptocurrency and dismissed it too soon. Since then, the price of bitcoin has risen tenfold as demand for the cryptocurrency soars among retail and institutional investors. Howard...
WINk (WIN) soars as retail DeFi investors flee high Etheruem gas costs
27.3.2021
WINk’s low-cost yield farming offerings are attracting retail DeFi investors who have been priced out of Uniswap due to high Ethereum gas costs
Zeitgeist Brings a Prediction Markets Ecosystem to Polkadot’s Kusama
25.3.2021
To capitalize on the growing popularity of blockchain trends like decentralized finance (defi), Zeitgeist will be rolling out a new native prediction platform for Polkadot to expand the scope of opportunities available for retail crypto investors. New Network to Build on Substrate and Launch...
CBOE keen to meet high demand for crypto from retail, institutions, says CEO
25.3.2021
Ed Tilly, the CEO of Cboe Global Markets, says that the Chicago-based exchange holding company hasn't “given up on” crypto, despite earlier setbacks
JMP Securities Expects $1.5 Trillion to Flow Into Bitcoin as Retail Wealth Management Industry Follows Morgan Stanley to Offer BTC to Clients
24.3.2021
JMP Securities has predicted that “$1.5 trillion of incremental capital” could flow into bitcoin, an amount greater than the cryptocurrency’s current market cap. The firm sees more wealth management companies following Morgan Stanley’s example to offer bitcoin to their...
BitMax Relaunches as AscendEx
23.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. BitMax.io, a leading crypto and digital asset trading platform serving professional and retail traders, has announced that it has relaunched as AscendEx in the English-speaking world, and “Dingfeng” to Chinese speakers. Originally launched in 2018, the trading venue...
Bitcoin rally slows as whales transfer wealth to retail investors
23.3.2021
Crypto analytics firm Glassnode has spotted several indicators suggesting Bitcoin's bulls could be slowing down
Germany's financial regulator issues retail crypto investment warning
19.3.2021
German financial regulator BaFin wants retail investors to be aware of the risks associated with crypto investments, especially in the current bull market
French retail giant will launch Tezos-based stablecoin
17.3.2021
The new coin is named after a god in Irish mythology and will go by the ticker symbol EURL
Retail traders buying more Bitcoin than institutions: JPMorgan
17.3.2021
Retail traders have been buying large amounts of BTC through PayPal and Square
Chinese banks pilot digital yuan at Shanghai department stores
11.3.2021
The Bank of Communications and China Construction Bank conducted digital yuan trials at two major department stores in Shanghai
Online Retail Giant Rakuten Allows People to Load Payment App With Cryptocurrencies
1.3.2021
The firm Rakuten Inc., often referred to as “the Amazon of Japan,” announced customers can now load up Rakuten Pay accounts with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and bitcoin cash. In order to commemorate the latest crypto service, Rakuten is also offering bonus points to people...