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New York Stock Exchange Parent Firm Starts Futures Trading in Bitcoin
23.9.2019
New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) is launching futures trading in Bitcoin on its cryptocurrency arm Bakkt Trust Co, from today. Earlier in August, ICE had secured US government approval for futures trading in Bitcoin for Bakkt. Bakkt will give investors the option...
CME Group Declares Launch Options on Bitcoin Futures Contracts
23.9.2019
Recently, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, the world’s outstanding and most assorted derivatives market place, reported that it would initiate options on its Bitcoin futures contracts in the first quarter of 2020, pending regulatory audit. This development was declared in a recent...
Bitcoin’s Downtrend Continues; Falls Below $10,000 Overnight
23.9.2019
Bitcoin goes below 10,000 USD in the last 24 hours. The next support for BTC may come at 9870 USD. Bitcoin (BTC) has been hit by the current slowdown of the whole crypto market and it halted all attempts of recovery from the last week’s fall. In the last 24 hours, the value has gone...
Bakkt Trades 18 BTC in First 7 Hours as Bitcoin Price Falls Below $10K
23.9.2019
Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt platform, now live, has seen 18 Bitcoin in trading volume since its launch under 24 hours ago
Bakkt Regulated Bitcoin Futures Now Live on Major Exchange
23.9.2019
Trading is now live for Bakkt’s regulated, physically-delivered daily and monthly bitcoin futures, with the first trade executed at 8:02 pm ET on Sunday. Customers’ bitcoins are stored in the Bakkt Warehouse, a qualified custodian, regulated by the New York State Department of Financial...
How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model
21.9.2019
Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last nine years have found value in anchoring some sort of feature set to BTC in order to bolster the satellite’s underlying...
Bitcoin’s Dominance Drops as BTC Price Briefly Dips Below $10K
21.9.2019
Bitcoin’s dominance continues to slip as the major cryptocurrency briefly drops below $10K
SEC Chairman Feels Bitcoin Trading Needs to Be ‘Better Regulated’ Prior to Major Listings
21.9.2019
SEC chairman, Jay Clayton perceives the bitcoin trading to have one serious hurdle. On Thursday, in a statement, he said that Bitcoin would require more stringent and robust regulation till it’s pertinent to be traded over major exchanges. Till then, investors must invest wisely. Clayton is lately...
Proof-of-Diversity: A Novel Solution for Limitless Blockchain Scalability
21.9.2019
Bitcoin has persisted for over a decade. Throughout that time frame, more and more individuals have found themselves more cognizant of and interested in BTC and crypto as a whole. However, the massive growth in price and participation has not been reflected by improvements to the network. Once upon...
Bankera Launches a Global Crypto Backed Lending Solution
21.9.2019
The team behind Bankera, which is building the bank for the blockchain era, has announced the release of its very own lending solution – Bankera Loans. The solution aims to provide flexible and secure crypto-backed loans to cryptocurrency holders globally starting from as low as 100 EUR up to...
Bitcoin Fails to Keep the Recovery Alive, Falls 0.78% Overnight
21.9.2019
Bitcoin fails to maintain its recovery process and got down by 0.78% overnight. The next resistance may come at 10,420 USD. Bitcoin seems to have failed in the process of maintaining the recovery, and it has been down by 0.78% in the last 24 hours. The current value has reached 10,130 USD at...
Bitcoin History Part 17: That Time Mt. Gox Destroyed 2,609 BTC
21.9.2019
Technically speaking, it’s impossible to destroy bitcoins. But it is possible to send coins to an unspendable address, rendering them redundant to all intents and purposes. In October 2011, that’s exactly what Mark Karpeles did when he consigned 2,609 BTC to eternal oblivion due to...
How Cryptocurrencies Can Mitigate Some of Brexit’s Negative Effects
21.9.2019
Brexit, the European divorce saga that has been going on for years, has created a lot of headaches for politicians and ordinary people on both sides of the Channel. The process of Britain leaving the European Union is now heading towards another one of its deadlines while London and Brussels...
Taurus and Arab Bank, Switzerland Partners Up To Provide Crypto Services
20.9.2019
The sister branch of one of the banking giants in the Middle East, Arab Bank Switzerland has entered into a partnership with the Swiss-based blockchain technology firm, Taurus, to offer its affluent clients, a platter of services on crypto assets. These services would include custody, brokerage...
Price Analysis 20/09: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LTC, EOS, BNB, BSV, XLM, ADA
20.9.2019
How are altcoins doing after the shallow pullback? Let’s consult the charts
Now Buy Bitcoin from Any 7-Eleven Store in the Philippines
20.9.2019
Abra, a renowned cryptocurrency wallet application, has begun selling digital currencies for cash across all the 7-Eleven stores based in the Philippines. The company has achieved this feat through its latest collaboration with ECPay, Philippines’ eminent electronic payment service provider. Abra...
Bitcoin Starts Recovery; Gets Back to its Old Fort around $10,200
20.9.2019
Bitcoin starts recovery and gains 1.35% overnight to touch 10,200 USD. The next resistance for BTC may come at 10,424 USD. Bitcoin (BTC) has been able to start its recovery process after the last few days of the grimy movement pattern. In the last 24 hours, it has been up by 1.35% and it...
Turkey’s National Blockchain Infrastructure Welcomes DLT, Blockchain, BTC, Blockchain-based Gold Trading and Much more!
19.9.2019
Yesterday, during the Strategy 2023 presentation, which took place in Ankara, the Ministry of Industry and Technology shared its blockchain ambition. Soon we may get to see a national blockchain infrastructure in Turkey. Reports say that the country’s government is looking into using...
North Korea is in its Nascent Stage to Launch a Cryptocurrency Similar to Bitcoin
19.9.2019
North Korea, the country reeling under a totalitarian, militaristic government rule, is in the initial stages of launching its own cryptocurrency, similar to Bitcoin. According to the news report of Vice News, the cryptocurrency launch will help the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea...
Most Top 10 Coins' Trading Volumes Increase; BTC's Drop Further
19.9.2019
After the July and August drop in trading volumes for the top 10 coins, some of them have seen an increase in daily average volumes in September. Bitcoin’s (BTC) volumes, however, decreased further.
Comparing the total trading volume in June, when bitcoin price jumped above USD 13,000, and that...