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‘TurboTax’ for Crypto: Accounting Firm Lukka Debuts Tax Tool for Retail Investors
18.12.2019
Lukka, one of the first accounting firms for digital assets, is offering tax preparation services to retail crypto investors starting on Jan. 15
Tradeshift Says It’s Slashed Cross-Border Transaction Costs Using Ethereum
18.12.2019
Supply chain fintech startup Tradeshift, which boasts two million firms on its platform, says it's slashed the cost of cross-border transactions between buyers and suppliers using the public ethereum blockchain
Bitcoin ETP Issuer Amun: Trading Volumes Will Come From Retail
17.12.2019
Amung AG, a Switzerland-based digital asset investment company, known for its exchange-traded products (ETPs), plans to list them on at least two new European regulated exchanges, and believes that the trading volume will come from retail investors.
Today, the exchange-traded products issuer lists...
Google Trends: Bitcoin Halving Refutes ‘Nonexistent’ Retail Interest
17.12.2019
The internet is still keen on understanding what Bitcoin’s block reward halving will do next May, data shows
Top 10 US Retail Banks Unknowingly Serve Crypto Startups, CipherTrace Claims
16.12.2019
CipherTrace revealed research Monday showing that the top 10 retail banks by assets managed in the U.S. worked with unregistered crypto money services businesses by transmitting funds on their payment networks
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...
Mainstream Investment Vehicles Tied to Cryptocurrencies Grow Exponentially
13.12.2019
These days bitcoin and a variety of other digital assets are now being traded as funds and traditional equity holdings. The landscape of crypto investment vehicles has changed significantly as institutional and retail investors don’t need direct exposure to cryptocurrencies in order to invest...
Russia’s National Energy Grid Operator Tests Blockchain for Retail Payments
11.12.2019
Russia’s national energy grid operator Rosetti, blockchain startup Waves and Alfa Bank are trialing a blockchain solution for electricity payments
Bitcoin Cash Represents 93% of November’s Crypto Spending in Australia
8.12.2019
News.Bitcoin.com recently reported on web portal Bitcoinbch.com’s in-depth report, which detailed BCH outshining BTC retail spending in Australia by a wide margin during the month of September. The next month, BCH captured 90% of October’s crypto spending in the country. Now the website...
The New Klim Type Website is Impossibly Lovely
4.12.2019
I’ve spent the last hour hunched over the new Klim Type foundry website with my arms outstretched as if it was a fire in a very dark cave. Klim Type makes and sells wondrous fonts — like Tiempos, and National 2 or Pitch — and this fresh redesign now showcases them in all their glory. Here’s...
Former PBoC Head: China’s Digital Yuan Will Favor Payments and Retail
26.11.2019
Longest-serving PBoC governor says China will continue to focus on its digital yuan as a mechanism for domestic retail systems and payment
China’s Digital Yuan Will Target Retail Payments First, Ex-Central Banker Says
26.11.2019
Former PBoC head Xiaochuan Zhou says the digital yuan will enable retail payments first, but might need a different technical design for cross-border payments
Social Trading Tools Might Be the Key to Simplifying Crypto Trading for Retail Investors
26.11.2019
Cryptocurrency means different things to different people. To early adopters, millennials, techies, geeks, and risk-loving investors, cryptocurrency is the futureContinue Reading
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Social Trading Tools Might Be the Key to Simplifying Crypto Trading for Retail Investors
26.11.2019
Cryptocurrency means different things to different people. To early adopters, millennials, techies, geeks, and risk-loving investors, cryptocurrency is the future of money. During bull markets, the incredible performance of cryptocurrencies over traditional assets such as equities, real estate,...
Survey: 58% of German Banks Charge Negative Interest Rates
24.11.2019
Germany’s central bank, the Deutsche Bundesbank, has conducted a survey of banks charging negative interest rates on customer deposits. Some are charging retail customers as well as corporate clients. An independent price comparison portal shows which banks are currently charging for deposits...
Crypto 2020: Institutions to Pick Bitcoin, Retail to Stay in Altcoins
23.11.2019
Both institutional and retail investments are indispensable if crypto is to grow, but it's likely that in 2020 we'll see different kinds of investment from different demographics. As experts tell Cryptonews.com, institutional investors might become more important next year and are likely to focus...
Worldline Partners With Bitcoin Suisse to Boost Bitcoin Adoption in Retail
9.11.2019
Cryptocurrency users have found it difficult to make use of digital currency for retail shopping. Worldline, a major payment infrastructure provider of Europe, has decided to collaborate with Bitcoin Suisse, a financial services firm, which would facilitate crypto users to spend their Bitcoins...
Bitcoin Cash Captured 90% of October’s Crypto Spending in Australia
6.11.2019
Just recently the web portal Bitcoinbch.com reported that the number of bitcoin cash (BCH) Australian retail transactions throughout the month of September outshined every other digital currency by a wide margin. After the study, the researchers analyzed transactions for the month of October...
New Hire to Head Digital Currency Research at the US Fed
5.11.2019
The United States Federal Reserve is looking to employ a Manager, Retail Payments, part of whose responsibilities will be to oversee the research of digital currencies and distributed ledgers. The job ad has been published amid pressure from Capitol Hill to explore the possibilities of issuing...
Coca Cola Using Blockchain for $21-Billion-Per-Year Network
5.11.2019
Coca Cola’s bottlers are using a blockchain solution from German software firm SAP to manage their supply chain