Blockchain & Digital Assets

November 28, 2020 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is considered a legitimate store of value (SoV) by many investors, as it allows them to hedge against “expansionist monetary policies,” according to a blog post by Ledger Vault, a digital asset security solution for financial institutions, powered by Ledger… Read More

November 28, 2020 @ 1:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The TokenInsight team notes that once again (unsurprisingly), we all received a “big gift” from the digital asset market for Thanksgiving with Bitcoin (BTC) crashing – which came right after it surged past the $19,000 mark for the first time in around three years. The… Read More

November 28, 2020 @ 12:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brian Armstrong, Co-founder and CEO at Coinbase, the leading US-based digital asset exchange, notes that this past week, the company heard rumors that the U.S. Treasury and Secretary Mnuchin had been planning to “rush out” some new regulations for self-hosted cryptocurrency wallets  – which would… Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 4:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of the Waves protocol and MADANA are teaming up so that they can leverage the benefits of “confidential” computing when working with blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based Oracles and while engaging in inter-chain communication. Through the partnership, Waves and MADANA have agreed… Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BTCPay Server, a self-hosted, open-source digital currency payment processor that claims to be secure, private, “censorship-resistant” and free to use, recently expanded its ability to bring Bitcoin’s (BTC) values to global digital commerce with a Shopify integration The BTCPay Server team, which is one of… Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OKEx, a top 20 crypto exchange, announced on Friday it has restored its full range of services for its users by reopening withdrawals of all digital assets. OKEx reported that its team ran comprehensive security checks prior to resuming normal operations of the hot wallet… Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian cryptocurrency platform Coinsquare announced earlier this week it has appointed Nicholas Thadaney and Wendy Rudd to its Board of Directors According to Coinsquare, the appointment news follow the confirmation of Stacey Hoisak as Coinsquare’s new Chief Executive Officer, and the appointments of Lawrence Truong as… Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers at Fuse.io, a Tel Aviv based Fintech firm that aims to leverage (decentralized finance) DeFi infrastructure to create a platform for entrepreneurs that allows them to turn “communities into economies,” have revealed that the platform’s native FUSE token has been listed on the… Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

A report claims that the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe has contacted SEC Chairman Jay Clayton regarding China’s influence in the crypto market including mining. According to the Washington Examiner, the DNI is worried that China has too much control when it… Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Libra, Facebook’s project to launch a global cryptocurrency, may launch as soon a January but as a stablecoin and not as a basket of assets that it originally sought to create. According to a report in the FT, Libra may launch in early 2021 as… Read More

November 26, 2020 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

As all crypto followers know, Bitcoin recently edged closed to its all-time high, topping out at around $19K and change. Then, almost magically, it tanked – now trading around $16,500. While some people view Bitcoin as a store of value, somewhat similar to gold and… Read More

November 26, 2020 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based crypto exchange Kraken has reportedly agreed to donate $150,000 to Brink, which is a research and development (R&D) center that’s focused on educating the “next generation” of Bitcoin developers. Established by Chaincode Labs developer John Newbery and Bitcoin Optech contributor Mike Schmidt, Brink aims… Read More

November 26, 2020 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ahead of the upcoming Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, ETH has been experiencing “significant momentum,” according to a report from OKCoin. The digital asset exchange notes that during the past week, the Ethereum price surged 30% to a high of over $600, but it has corrected sharply… Read More

November 26, 2020 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

ETC Group, a digital security firm, is out with note claiming that since listing on the Deutsche Boerse’s Xetra the BTCetc Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto (ticker BTCE) has become the most liquid Bitcoin backed exchange-traded product (ETP) in the world. BTCE is 100% backed by… Read More

November 26, 2020 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis, a leading blockchain research firm, says that the best way to assess or determine the risk of a virtual currency address or group of associated addresses (e.g., like a wallet) is to analyze all the other addresses with which it has conducted transactions. According… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is approaching its all-time of nearly $20,000 which it set back in December 2017 during the historic crypto market bull run. Bitcoin peaked at $18,950 this past week, and has begun to move higher toward its new year-to-date highs at… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer at crypto exchange Coinbase, has confirmed that they’ve disabled margin trading on the platform. Grewal says that the move has come as a response to new guidance provided by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Grewal noted in a… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers at Loopring, which allows anyone to create “high-throughput,” non-custodial, orderbook-based exchanges on Ethereum by leveraging Zero-Knowledge Proofs or ZKPs (for financial privacy), have introduced a beta version of the Loopring Wallet – which is notably the first Ethereum smart wallet with built-in zkRollup… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 3:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Pradeep Goel, CEO of Solve.Care, which is a global healthcare blockchain technology platform. Solve.Care recently announced the launch of Definitize, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) for healthcare financing. Definitize aims to improve access to care, which should enhance healthcare outcomes… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has announced that it will hand over one Bitcoin, worth around £14,333 right now, as part of a “Black Friday Crypto competition.” The promotion is only available for UK customers. Revolut users just need to set up a Crypto Recurring Buy worth at… Read More