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Antier Solutions Expands Its Offerings With Crypto Friendly Banking Solutions Development
16.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Antier Solutions, a blockchain development company headquartered in Mohali, India – with two global units in North America and the UK – has expanded its services to offer crypto-friendly bank development solutions targeting start-ups, banks, and financial institutions...
Italian Insurance Giant Generali Gets Into Bitcoin via Banking Arm, Launching Crypto Custody Service
16.12.2020
Banca Generali, the banking arm of Italy’s largest insurance group, has announced that it will be offering cryptocurrency custody service to its customers beginning next year. To achieve this, the bank has acquired a stake in bitcoin wallet provider Conio. Assicurazioni Generali, Banca...
SBI’s Acquisition of Crypto Firm Helps the Asian Giant Create Full-Fledged Digital Asset Trading Desk
16.12.2020
Japanese financial group SBI Financial Services has announced the acquisition of the United Kingdom-based crypto services firm B2c2 for an undisclosed amount. The purchase helps the Asian financial giant to become one of the mainstream financial institutions to have a full-fledged digital asset...
Bank of America Investor Survey Highlights the Most Crowded Trades: ‘Long Tech, Short USD, Long Bitcoin’
15.12.2020
The highly anticipated Bank of America fund manager survey has been published, and this December fund managers who participated in the survey are sweeping up risk assets. The asset managers have dropped cash for the first time in close to seven years, as levels are down 4%. Moreover, strategists...
Free TON Community’s Meritocratic Token Distribution Model to Revolutionize Tokenomics
15.12.2020
Free TON is a community driven PoS network with a focus on decentralized governance. It is based on the open-source TON project which was previously developed by Telegram. Free TON never had an ICO and will never have a token sale. Instead the project implements a distribution model that will...
Acclaimed NFT Artist’s Blockchain-Backed Digital Art Auction Raises $3.5 Million
15.12.2020
Blockchain-backed digital art is continuing to make waves and this week an artist who calls himself ‘Beeple’ raised $3.5 million during his latest non-fungible token (NFT) art collection auction. The “Everydays” collection auction included 21 original single edition Beeple...
Chinese State Media Surprises With Forecast of Bitcoin Outshining Gold
15.12.2020
Chinese state-operated media outlets keep adding cryptocurrencies — specifically bitcoin — on their reporting agenda. Lately, they have been replicating bitcoin predictions that are surprising in some way to the crypto community due to the number of mentions on the matter since several...
VaultSwap Announces Its Token Sales and Exchange Listings
15.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Swapping cryptos on an exchange can be incredibly inefficient, as no exchange has all the coins in one fold. VaultSwap – a project by Jason Wright, which is also the CEO zenomatrix.net – intends to offer a solution to this problem. It has several high-paying investment...
Brazil Revenue Collector’s Data Shows Cryptocurrency Volumes Exceed $6 Billion Between January and September
15.12.2020
Raw data from the Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB) shows that crypto traded volumes in the country exceeded $6 billion between January and September this year. According to the data, bitcoin dominates as it accounts for over 80% of traded volumes. Still, other cryptos like bitcoin cash, dai,...
Estonia Revokes More Than 1,000 Crypto Firms’ Licenses This Year
15.12.2020
Over 1,000 cryptocurrency firms’ licenses have been revoked in Estonia this year as the country tightens the oversight of the crypto industry amid heightened money-laundering concerns. 1,000+ Crypto Firms Lost Their Licenses This Year The Estonian Ministry of Finance revealed Friday that...
JPMorgan Sees $600 Billion Demand for Bitcoin From Global Institutional Adoption
15.12.2020
JPMorgan’s analysts have predicted significant demand for bitcoin following the $100 million purchase of the cryptocurrency by Massmutual. The analysts believe that other traditional investors, including pension funds, will follow suit, leading to a conservative estimate of $600 billion...
Controversial Ukrainian Oligarch Is Reportedly Mining Bitcoin in the US
15.12.2020
One of the wealthiest oligarchs in Ukraine and a former governor in one of the country’s regions are reportedly mining bitcoin in a factory located in the U.S. Ukrainian Businessmen Are Reportedly Running Crypto Mining Operations at US Factory Per Radio Free Europe (known also as Radio...
The Great Reset Agenda: ‘Bitcoin Is a Decentralized and Rational Strategy to Opt-Out’
15.12.2020
Every single day the conversation about the Great Reset continues to amplify. More recently, mainstream media publications have been publishing rebuttals in response to the many skeptics of this agenda who believe the reboot propaganda is meant to install a new world order. The American broadcaster...
Flash Loan Attack: Origin Protocol Unveils Compensation Plan that Excludes Founders
14.12.2020
The Origin Protocol team has unveiled a compensation plan for its depositors who were adversely affected by the flash loan attack in November. According to the team, there is now a plan to provide compensation equal to 100% of the value deposited to OUSD at the time of the exploit. Two Compensation...
Pornhub’s Premium Services Now Default to Crypto Payments, 13 Digital Assets Supported
14.12.2020
During the first week of September, the world’s largest adult web portal Pornhub expanded its payment options by adding bitcoin and support for three other cryptocurrencies. However, after Mastercard and Visa severed ties with Pornhub last week, the company’s premium services payment...
Indian Crypto Trader Arrested for Allegedly Using USDT to Launder Money on Behalf of Chinese Online Betting Scammers
14.12.2020
An Indian law enforcement agency has arrested Naisar Kothari, a cryptocurrency trader, for his role in a money-laundering scheme linked to online Chinese betting scams. The arrest was made after the country’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) detected large amounts of money “being...
Peter Schiff Blames Government for the Massive Dollar Depreciation — Still Refuses to Accept BTC is Digital Gold
14.12.2020
Gold bug and bitcoin opponent Peter Schiff says the U.S. government’s actions in the past 78 years are partly responsible for the massive depreciation of the U.S. dollar. Using a medical bill from 1942 to illustrate the extent of the dollar’s decline, Schiff says the $70 paid to foot...
Bitcoin on Exchanges Drop to Lows Not Seen Since 2018, Long-Term Holders Realize Profits
14.12.2020
According to data, bitcoin balances on exchanges are shrinking a great deal and have dropped to levels not seen in two years. Arcane Research detailed that charts showing the number of bitcoin leaving exchanges has seen a sharp decline and has been “one of the main stories of the year.”...
France Approves New Cryptocurrency Measures to Fight Anonymous Transactions
14.12.2020
The French council of ministers has approved a series of new measures to combat the anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions. Anonymous accounts are banned at crypto exchanges which must now impose stricter know-your-customer requirements. France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire says...
Authorities Shut Down Darknet Marketplace Sipulimarket, Seize Bitcoin
14.12.2020
A major darknet marketplace, Sipulimarket, has been shut down and its assets, including bitcoin, were seized by Finnish Customs, in cooperation with Europol and the Polish police. Darknet Marketplace Shut Down, Bitcoin Seized Europol and Finnish Customs (Tulli) announced last week that they...