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Binance Adds Three New Fiat Currency Gateways For Customers
10.1.2020
Binance has announced the addition of Czech Crowns (CZK), Bulgarian Leva (BGN), and Romanian Lei (RON) fiat gateways. Having established itself as one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, Binance keeps strengthening its ecosystem by providing the best features and user-friendly...
Binance Crypto Exchange Adds Support for Australian Dollars and Thai Baht
8.1.2020
Binance, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, has added support for Australia and Thailand’s fiat currencies
Binance Adds Near-Instant UK Pound Payments in Latest Fiat Expansion
8.1.2020
The Malta-based exchange has added new direct fiat funding options, including Faster Payments for U.K. pounds-bearing customers, as well as euros and Australian dollars
Stablecoins Are Crypto’s Version of Fractional Reserve Banking
6.1.2020
Stablecoins provide much sought after stability in the volatile crypto markets. They are sometimes even said to affect the price of bitcoin in drastic fashion. Tether (USDT) in particular continues to be widely scrutinized for this, with recent lawsuits about conflicts of interest and price...
Europe Central Bank Proposes ‘Unattractive’ Rates for Digital Currency
3.1.2020
ECB research suggests it would continue discouraging saving money if it issued digital currency
Binance Debuts Euro Pairs as CZ Says 180 Fiat Currencies Set for 2020
3.1.2020
Binance CEO pledges to “bring crypto to the masses” as euro trading goes live on the main platform
Binance Aims to Support 180 Fiat Currencies in 2020
2.1.2020
Source: Instagram, Binance
In an attempt to "bring crypto to the masses," major cryptocurrency exchange Binance aims to enable fiat-to-crypto trading for "180+ fiat currencies," Changpeng Zhao, CEO of the company, said speaking of their goals for 2020.
Binance.com has added support for 19 fiat...
Is South Korea’s Central Bank Set to Make a Digital Fiat U-turn?
2.1.2020
South Korean media commentators are asking if the central Bank of Korea (BOK) has made a policy reverse on its stance towards central bank digital currency (CBDC) issuance.
Sisa Journal reports that the BOK appears to have changed its tune on CBDCs of late.
Last month, the BOK stated that it...
Bitcoin: 4 Big Competitive Advantages Over Altcoins in 2020
1.1.2020
Academic explains why no other currencies, fiat or crypto, can touch Bitcoin after its first eleven years
China Takes Another Step Away From USD Hegemony
1.1.2020
The China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS) announced that effective January 1, 2020, the system “will adjust weights for CFETS RMB Index,” decreasing the weighting of the USD for the second time in the currency basket’s history from 22.40% to 21.59%, and increasing the Euro...
Huobi Indonesia Adds Fiat-to-Crypto Gateway in Bid for Global Expansion
30.12.2019
Huobi's local partner in Indonesia got a fiat-to-crypto onramp to facilitate trading in 250 cryptocurrencies
You Can Now Buy Cryptocurrency With Credit Card on Bitcoin.com Exchange
29.12.2019
Users can now purchase cryptocurrency with a credit or debit card on Bitcoin.com’s premier trading platform via a new partnership with Moonpay. The Bicoin.com Exchange has been rapidly expanding its offerings by adding new SLP tokens. Also Read: Gocrypto SLP Token Starts Trading...
France’s Social Media Stalking Points to the Violence of Fiat, Consent of Crypto
29.12.2019
France will soon be monitoring social media accounts to catch suspected tax evaders. The endeavor could label anyone as suspicious who so much as posts a “taxation is theft” meme or a poses with a nice car. The country’s budget minister, Gérald Darmanin, called...
User Reports Reveal Visa and Mastercard Outages During the Holidays
27.12.2019
Having problems with payments around Christmas can be frustrating, especially for those who leave gift buying till the last minute. With calmer markets this holiday season, the crypto ecosystem has been operating relatively smoothly, with few exceptions. The fiat world, however, saw some glitches...
Binance Users Can Now Buy Four Cryptos with Visa Credit and Debit Cards
27.12.2019
Binance users can now buy cryptocurrencies in pounds and euros via Visa credit and debit cards linked to their exchange accounts
Germans Rush to Buy Gold as Draft Bill Threatens to Restrict Purchases
27.12.2019
Reports have emerged depicting long lines in front of a physical gold sales location in Germany, in view of pending legislation which would once again lower the anonymous purchase limit, this time from €10,000 to €2,000. The last drop happened in 2017 when the limit was set...
Utorg Exchange Grants Access to Traders With Limited Verification
24.12.2019
Utorg.io is a digital asset exchange based in the U.K. that allows users in Europe and around the world to trade cryptocurrencies with stablecoins and fiat money. What sets the new platform apart from many incumbents is the simplified verification procedure for traders who don’t exceed...
Getting In and Out of the Cryptocurrency Economy Can Be Costly
24.12.2019
Since bitcoin and digital currencies have become popular, fiat on and off-ramps have sprung up that allow investors to enter and exit the cryptoconomy. However, many of the entryways into cryptocurrency markets have a hefty fee between 1-4% of the overall purchase and in order to obtain fiat...
Wirex CEO Pavel Matveev Shares Expansion Plans for 2020
24.12.2019
International payment and crypto service Wirex has enjoyed a productive year. Over the course of 2019, partnerships have been formed, a native token (WXT) released and the Wirex website and card completely redesigned. With the firm’s reach rapidly growing, CEO and co-founder Pavel Matveev...
P2P Crypto Trading App Allows You to Protect Your Privacy
21.12.2019
Regulatory pressures as well as the development of third-party, intermediary and custodial services in the crypto space have been limiting the share of peer-to-peer trading. A new contender is now challenging established P2P exchanges by offering users a mobile service that allows them to determine...