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Bailouts From Asia to the EU Signal Recession and Potential Crypto Opportunity
19.12.2019
China’s Hengfeng Bank is set to get a $14.2 billion bailout from both Chinese government and foreign investors. An emergency decree has been approved to bail out southern Italy’s biggest lender, Banca Popular di Bari. Germany continues to struggle with bailout pains, as regional bank...
Erisx Launches Regulated Bitcoin Futures Market
18.12.2019
Crypto trading platform Erisx has launched a bitcoin futures market regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Its physically settled bitcoin futures contracts trade alongside its spot market which supports four cryptocurrencies. Erisx has obtained a license from the U.S....
Report: Ethereum Has Pulled ahead of EOS and Tron in Blockchain Gaming
18.12.2019
Characters from the My Crypto Heroes game. Source: a video screenshot, My Crypto Heroes
A new report from DappRadar, a dapp data aggregator, claims that Ethereum (ETH) is now leading the field in blockchain gaming, with both EOS (EOS) and Tron (TRX) “falling away” in 2019, despite the merits...
The Making of a “Special Series” on a WordPress Site
18.12.2019
We just ran a fancy article series here on CSS-Tricks with a bunch of different articles all answering the same question. By fancy, I mean two things:
The articles had a specially-designed template just for them. (Example)
The series has a specially-designed landing page.
One of the reasons...
Indian Crypto Community Gathers to Dispel Confusion About Regulation
18.12.2019
As the Indian government deliberates on the country’s crypto policy, there has been some confusion in media reports regarding crypto regulation in India. A group of local crypto enthusiasts and community members have gathered in an effort to ensure that the crypto situation in India...
A Better Alternative to Banking – Club Swan
18.12.2019
The crypto community has had a rough relationship with traditional financial institutions with limited solutions available. Around the world, both early and recent crypto users have had bank accounts closed, transactions rejected, unnecessary delays in receiving their funds, or worse. To add...
Indian State of Kerala to Produce 20,000 Blockchain Specialists in 2 Years
17.12.2019
Beijing’s sudden rush into blockchain development and digital currency hasn’t gone unnoticed. From America to Europe and back to Asia, governments have started thinking about this new racetrack in more serious terms. India has a history of tensions with China, although the countries...
TikTok Has 1st Viral Bitcoin Video as Owner Launches DLT Venture
16.12.2019
TikTok records the first viral Bitcoin video after the firm’s owner reportedly launched a blockchain-related venture in China
Has Ashton Kutcher Left XRP? Actually He's a Bitcoin Fan Since 2013
16.12.2019
Ashton Kutcher. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The fight for celebrity endorsements continues to rage online. And while many ask if actor Ashton Kutcher has turned his back on XRP in favor of Bitcoin, a dive back into crypto’s early days reveals that...
Poles Hit With Backdated Tax on Crypto Trades
16.12.2019
Crypto traders in Poland have been unpleasantly surprised with a controversial tax they thought they wouldn’t have to pay. The Civil Law Transactions Tax (PCC) is applicable to digital asset trades conducted before the introduction of last year’s moratorium on its collection, the Polish...
Bitcoin Has Got Society to Think About the Nature of Money
16.12.2019
2020 may be the year we see the value of infrastructure built in response to bitcoin and the energy around blockchain
Uphold Users Gain Access to Salt’s Crypto-Backed Loans
16.12.2019
Uphold users have gained access to loans from Salt Lending using crypto holdings such as bitcoin cash (BCH) as collateral. The digital money platform has more than 1.5 million users globally and has powered over $5 billion in transactions. Also Read: Nexo Now Offers Bitcoin Cash Instant Crypto...
Blockchain and Insurance: An Inseparable Duo That Has the Potential to Revolutionize the World
15.12.2019
The application of blockchain across the various sectors of the industries is much-talked matter since the inception of blockchain; insurance also falls well within the periphery of such a discussion. Though some critics argue the fact that blockchain only makes a marginal difference and...
Bitcoin.com Exchange Lists More Tokens for Trading
15.12.2019
Bitcoin.com Exchange was launched in early September 2019 as an easy-to-use platform with world-class security and a powerful trading engine. The venue has rapidly expanded its roster and now offers 27 different digital tokens for users to trade. Two of the latest additions to the exchange are...
Indian Lawmaker Says ‘Cryptocurrency Is Inevitable’
15.12.2019
Indian Parliament member Dr. Subramanian Swamy has shared his view on cryptocurrency. Advocating for India to make the transition to crypto, he reportedly said, “cryptocurrency is inevitable.” The lawmaker will chair a conference at the UN India’s headquarters next week where...
European AML Directive Pushes Crypto Startup Bottle Pay Out of Business
15.12.2019
Bottle Pay, a cryptocurrency payments provider from the U.K., has announced its decision to cease operations by the end of the year. Despite attracting some serious funding and expanding its user base significantly in the past few months, the company has found it unacceptable to continue to work...
Quadrigacx Founder Dead or Alive? Request for Exhumation and Autopsy Filed
14.12.2019
It has been a year since the founder of now-defunct crypto exchange Quadrigacx supposedly died in India. However, some 76,000 victims are still out of millions of dollars. A court-appointed lawyer representing them has now requested an exhumation and post-mortem autopsy in Canada of the dead body...
Christmas Comes Early for Bitcoin.com Games Players
14.12.2019
Bitcoin.com’s very own online gaming platform has a special promotion for the holiday season. Each day for the next 12 days, the players ranking in the top 10 places on the Stars leaderboard will be eligible to participate in a daily Christmas raffle. Players can win gift cards from Adidas...
The Country With Europe’s Highest Interest Rate Has Cut It 5 Times This Year
14.12.2019
Around half of European countries, over 20, now have 0% interest rates and a few are already in negative territory. Ukraine, which has the highest benchmark interest rate on the continent, has just reduced it again, for the fifth time this year. The race between central banks to cut rates, when...
2019’s Bitcoin Miners Are 5x Faster Than Predecessors
13.12.2019
High-powered bitcoin miners and next-generation semiconductors go hand in hand and as process node technology grows, SHA256 hashrate follows. Coinshares’ recent bi-annual mining report highlights that newly introduced mining rigs have “as much as 5x the hashrate per unit as their...