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S Korean Exchange Joins Ripple’s Cross-border Payment Network
17.6.2019
South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges are looking to expand the scope of their activities – with one of the country’s market leaders joining Ripple’s Asian blockchain pay project.
Coinone, one of the nation’s “big four” exchanges has announced that it is to join SBI-Ripple Asia, an international...
Ripple's Partner, MoneyGram is 'Ripe' for Blockchain
14.6.2019
While rumors were flying earlier in June that U.S.-based major money transfer company MoneyGram was acquired by Ripple, a U.S.-based crypto startup focusing on the banking sector, it appears that the money transfer company was already running "some pilot and trial" of blockchain-based solutions...
Binance U.S. Partnership News Puts BNB Under Question, Coin Drops
14.6.2019
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance confirmed it will enter the U.S. market via partnership with a local company, BAM Trading Services. Now, one of the main questions being discussed is what will happen with Binance Coin (BNB), the native token of the exchange, after the Binance.US...
Facebook Coin Raises Over USD 120M from Visa, PayPal and the Like
14.6.2019
Social media giant Facebook has reportedly managed to find more than a dozen companies that will invest in its payments project, Libra, around USD 10 million each.
Venture capitalists, financial, e-commerce, telecommunications companies such as Visa, Mastercard, PayPal Holdings and Uber...
Coinbase and Circle Opened Doors to New USDC Issuers
13.6.2019
News came out of Centre Consortium today, the joint venture of crypto giants Circle and Coinbase – the stablecoin network is now open for industry participation and broader membership.
As a reminder, in October 2018, Circle and Coinbase partnered up and formed the Consortium, but also launched...
Bitcoin Above USD 8,000 Again, Altcoins Climbed Higher
13.6.2019
Yesterday, we saw positive signs, resulting in an upward move in bitcoin price above the USD 7,900 and USD 7,950 levels. BTC/USD gained traction and rallied above the key USD 8,000 resistance area. The price even traded towards the USD 8,200 resistance level and currently (08:10 UTC) trading with...
Coinmine Aims to Increase Efficiency of its Crypto Device this Summer
11.6.2019
Coinmine One. Coinmine, a Coinbase, among other investors, backed crypto tech startup, hopes that the next update of its Coinmine One, a device capable of mining cryptocurrencies, will happen in the coming weeks and will improve efficiency of the device and bring new features, Farbood Nivi,...
Litecoin Leads Crypto Market, Leaves All Major Coins Behind
11.6.2019
Among the top ten coins by market capitalization, litecoin (LTC) is the undisputed leader this week.
The 4th largest coin by market capitalization is up by almost 10% in the past 24 hours (10:54 UTC) and is one of the two top 10 coins that kept their weekly gains - LTC increased by more than...
Liquid Exchange Opens Pre-sale for Telegram’s New Cryptocurrency
11.6.2019
Telegram’s new cryptocurrency, the Gram, will go on pre-sale through Japanese exchange platform Liquid by Quoine on July 10, ahead of a full-scale launch slated for October 31.
However, there are several twists in the tale already, as residents of Japan, the United States and dozens of other...
Justin Sun Admits His Lunch With Buffett is Not Sponsored by Crypto
11.6.2019
Justin Sun. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Tron Foundation
Justin Sun, founder of Tron (TRX), won the Warren Buffett charity lunch auction using money of BitTorrent, which "has nothing to do with cryptocurrency."
"We paid from the BitTorrent [income], which is our company based in...
Crypto Market Sentiment: Deeper into Neutral Zone
10.6.2019
After witnessing a rise in the crypto market sentiment measure, SentScore from 5.36 to 5.66 a week earlier, we find it at 5.03 this Monday, landing in the middle of the neutral zone, according to Omenics , a crypto market sentiment analysis service.
Once again, there are no coins in the negative...
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 23
10.6.2019
Below is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Binance Just Tested a New Way to Pump a Coin
10.6.2019
Source: iStock/Andrey-Kobylko
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance just added a new way to pump the price of a coin to its arsenal. Now, coins skyrocket not only after the usual listing announcements, initial exchange offerings or moving on the Binance blockchain. The news that the first coin...
Existing Cryptos Could Gain Most from Facebook Coin - Caitlin Long
10.6.2019
Caitlin Long. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/ReasonTV
Bitcoin and blockchain advocate, 22-year Wall Street veteran Caitlin Long has made a series of revealing predictions about the future of Facebook’s forthcoming digital token – stating she believes existing cryptocurrencies stand to benefit...
Ripple and MoneyGram Don't Comment as Acquisition Rumors are Flying
6.6.2019
After a rumor broke out yesterday that Ripple, a California-based crypto start-up focusing on the banking sector, has acquired the major US-based money transfer company MoneyGram, both companies refused to comment. Both have stated that they do not comment on speculations and rumors as a rule,...
Facebook Coin to be Unveiled in June, 'Nodes', ATMs Coming - Report
6.6.2019
Social media giant Facebook is expected to unveil its digital token this June and is looking for outside backers that would act as "nodes" of this new coin network, The Information reported, citing undisclosed people briefed on the plan.
The social network has talked to dozens of financial...
Bitfinex's LEO Moves Through Crypto Ranks Faster than Binance Coin
5.6.2019
The competition among major exchange tokens is heating up, as UNUS SED LEO (LEO), the recently-issued Bitfinex exchange token, has reached USD 1.5 billion market capitalization in less than two weeks and is inching closer to the top 10 coins by market capitalization as it is already ranked as...
Marshal Islands Ignores IMF Warning and Continues their Coin Project
5.6.2019
The small and remote Pacific island country, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), has announced that they have formed a non-profit organization, called the SOV Development Fund, moving forward with their coin project despite the warnings by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The purpose...
Kin Crashes on SEC Lawsuit News
5.6.2019
Kin (KIN), the native token of the Kin blockchain, crashed following the news that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued developer of this ecosystem, Canada-based Kik Interactive.
The price of KIN, which is now ranked 232nd by market capitalization, nosedived by 45% after the news...
McAfee to Launch Freedom Coin With "Zero Cash-in Value"
4.6.2019
Source: Twitter, @officialmcafee, @money_alotta
John McAfee, the renown crypto advocate and IT security entrepreneur, announced the launch of McAfee Freedom Coin - a cryptocurrency “with zero cash-in value, yet accepted universally.” The coin should be released this fall.
McAfee claims that...