Blockchain & Digital Assets

July 6, 2020 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital asset exchange Bitfinex announced on Friday it is now offering over-the-counter (OTC) paper trading on its platform. According to Bitfinex, paper trading is a new feature that is available on sub-accounts and enables users to test strategies and trade Bitcoin in a simulated market… Read More

July 6, 2020 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  Expedia has revealed that it will now allow its 700,000+ accommodations to be booked with digital currency payments via Travala.com, a crypto hotel booking platform. Travala.com’s management confirmed on July 6, 2020 that the company had added Expedia’s accommodations to its crypto-powered travel platform’s… Read More

July 5, 2020 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based InCore Bank, a “one-stop” B2B transaction bank (founded in 2007), has reportedly enabled fiat on-ramps for digital asset exchange Kraken’s European customers. Europe’s retail and institutional clients can now purchase cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) through Kraken by using their fiat money… Read More

July 5, 2020 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform, recently admitted that he would have approached the ongoing development of Ethereum a lot differently if he started building it now from scratch. Buterin, whose comments came during a recent episode of… Read More

July 5, 2020 @ 12:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano’s native crypto token, ADA, might get listed on San Francisco-based digital asset exchange Coinbase by the end of this year. ADA investors will soon have the option of staking their digital assets via Coinbase Custody. A representative from IOHK (Input Output Hong Kong), the… Read More

July 5, 2020 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Millennials, who are people born in the early 80s to the mid-90s, have increasingly been adopting smartphone-based Fintech apps offered by Robinhood and innovative digital banks like Revolut. In addition to more actively managing their finances through the latest technology when compared to older generations,… Read More

July 4, 2020 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum (ETH) currently stands and maintains its position as the world’s most significant blockchain despite the recent surge in gas prices (gas is used to power transactions and other forms of economic activity on Ethereum). The value or market cap of the Ethereum blockchain increased… Read More

July 4, 2020 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LocalBitcoins, a leading peer to peer (P2P) Bitcoin (BTC) exchange, reported its financial results on July 1, 2020 for last year (2019). The P2P crypto exchange company recorded an annual revenue of €26.2 million (appr. $29.46 million), which represents a significant 10% increase when compared… Read More

July 4, 2020 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

It has now been a little over a week since Ampleforth (AMPL) introduced decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity rewards via its new program, called AMPL Geyser. As noted in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, there’s currently (at time of writing) around $2.34 million in total… Read More

July 4, 2020 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys Codefi, which provides the blockchain “operating system” for running commerce and finance applications, announced in February 2020 that the SKALE Network became the first “decentralized” network to issue a token on the Activate platform. As explained in a blog post published the ConsenSys Codefi… Read More

July 4, 2020 @ 3:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The blockchain-based decentralized applications (dApps) ecosystem appears to have experienced significant growth during Q2 2020. As expected, most of the development involved decentralized finance (DeFi) apps running on Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform. Decentralized (or non-custodial) crypto exchanges (DEXs) led the way… Read More

July 4, 2020 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-based TAGZ, a crypto exchange that claimed to be one of the largest fully-regulated digital currency trading platforms, recently announced that it will be shutting down its operations on July 30, 2020. TAGZ was reportedly a licensed AML/CTF compliant digital asset exchange. As noted on… Read More

July 4, 2020 @ 11:41 am By Olivia Halsall  |  

On June 26th, Mt Pelerin, the Swiss Fintech expert in asset tokenization and digital compliance building, held its first general assembly in Geneva. Together with its shareholders and via its new Bridge Wallet mobile wallet, Mt Pelerin discussed its ongoing mission to provide digital solutions… Read More

July 3, 2020 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Innovation Council (EIC) Prize on Blockchains for Social Good has reportedly awarded €5 million to six winners, who were chosen based on their potential to develop scalable, “deployable” and “high-impact” blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) solutions for addressing societal challenges. As noted… Read More

July 3, 2020 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

OKEx, a crypto and derivatives exchange, has partnered with Settle Network. Through Settle Network’s “Latamex” product, OKEx users now can buy Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) on the exchange with Argentine Pesos (ARS), Brazilian Reals (BRL), and Mexican Pesos (MXN) using direct bank transfers. OKEx… Read More

July 3, 2020 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A criminal court in Russia has reportedly rejected a motion to offer restitution to a victim after they lost around 100 Bitcoin (BTC), an amount currently valued at around $910,000. In 2018, two Russian men impersonating the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) agents had allegedly… Read More

July 2, 2020 @ 2:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Simplex, an EU-licensed financial institution that provides the fiat infrastructure for the cryptocurrency industry, announced on Thursday it has added support for Bitcoin SV (BSV) to its global networks. Simplex reported that it enables merchants worldwide to accept a variety of payment methods for the purchase… Read More

July 2, 2020 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bison Trails, a blockchain “infrastructure-as-a-service” company, revealed on July 1, 2020 that it will be adding support for Eth2, a major upcoming system-wide upgrade for the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. Ethereum Version 2.0 (or Eth2) will involve a gradual transition from its current Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus… Read More

July 2, 2020 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

The Beijing Municipal People’s Government has posted Beijing’s Blockchain Innovation Development plan outlining its intent to “accelerate the development of blockchain technology and industrial innovation.” [translated] The goal is to promote blockchain and accelerate its growth in its utilization across various sectors of the economy…. Read More

July 2, 2020 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Wirecard AG (WPI:DE)  has emerged as one of the most embarrassing financial debacles in years in Germany. The implosion of the Fintech has demolished the reputation of the former CEO Markus Braun who was subsequently arrested following the revelation of €1.9 billion in missing funds…. Read More