Tagged: bitcoin

September 29, 2020 @ 1:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange has announced the listing of 3iQ’s The Bitcoin Fund, debuting one of the world’s first regulated and exchange-traded Bitcoin funds on a European regulated exchange. 3iQ is a Canada based investment fund manager. The company has previously received approval from the… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global blockchain payments provider BitPay announced on Tuesday the results of a study conducted by leading research and advisory firm Forrester Consulting, titled Total Economic Impact Of Accepting Bitcoin Using BitPay. The study, which was commissioned by BitPay, examines the cost savings and business benefits enabled… Read More

September 26, 2020 @ 5:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jay Hao, CEO at OKEx, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, notes that it seems everyone in the blockchain space is talking about carrying out a “fair launch.” He goes on to ask, “what exactly is ‘fair launch’ and is it a better model for token distribution?”… Read More

September 24, 2020 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Full-time equivalent employee growth in the blockchain and digital asset sector has slowed down following the 2017 cryptocurrency bull market, according to the findings of the 3rd Global Cryptoasset Benchmark Study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (released in September 2020 by the… Read More

September 23, 2020 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), a leading crypto derivatives exchange, has taken a look at the relatively short seven-year history of decentralized exchanges (DEXes) – which includes the first major iteration of the technology, Counterparty. BitMEX noted that it considers these early attempts to have… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi Global, a leading digital assets company, recently published a survey that looks into the different investment profiles and backgrounds of retail cryptocurrency traders in emerging markets. According to a release, the survey results indicate that crypto-assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have… Read More

September 21, 2020 @ 8:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will be offering Visa Cards in Europe. They will allow users to earn up to 8% cashback. The exchange said that Binance Visa Cardholders will be able to get highly competitive cashback rates, but it’s only offered to consumers… Read More

September 20, 2020 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Yassine Elmandjra, an analyst at ARK Investment Management, a company that invests in Fintech projects and other next-generations technologies, says that Bitcoin’s (BTC) blockchain will “contribute more dramatically and profoundly to the evolution of monetary and financial systems than any other breakthrough in history.” Elmandjra,… Read More

September 18, 2020 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The research division at the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX) confirms that they’ve installed the Blockstream Bitcoin Satellite system, which offers a way to download and verify Bitcoin’s (BTC) blockchain through satellite, without requiring an Internet connection. The BitMEX team said they were able to set up… Read More

September 18, 2020 @ 6:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eastern Europe has the fourth-largest cryptocurrency market in terms of total transaction volume, according to Chainalysis’ research. Ukraine and Russia, which are also part of the Eastern European region, have been ranked quite high on Chainalysis’ Global Crypto Adoption Index. It takes into consideration a… Read More

September 17, 2020 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology adoption continues to rise, with banks, institutional investors, and everyday consumers now using these platforms to engage in everyday transactions or to implement various business use cases. According to Chainalysis, the “patterns of cryptocurrency usage” vary widely across the globe. The… Read More

September 16, 2020 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During its 11 years of existence (since the first Bitcoin block was mined), BTC has been able to survive many “threats,” mainly because there’s no single entity controlling the world’s largest cryptocurrency network. As explained in a report from Coin Metrics, this trait, called decentralization,… Read More

September 16, 2020 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s leading cryptocurrency, could potentially solve the global remittances problem, according to OpenNode, which focuses on supporting payments for businesses throughout the world. As explained by the OpenNode team, they aim to “empower” consumers and connect the world via “trusted” digital payment… Read More

September 14, 2020 @ 10:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against four individuals pertaining to “fraudulently soliciting funds from customers to speculate in Bitcoin price movements.” Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the CFTC alleges that Texas residents Mayco Alexis Maldonado… Read More

September 13, 2020 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockstream, a company focused on developing various products to support Bitcoin (BTC) adoption, claims that the flagship cryptocurrency is “under threat” from a body of patents being collected by firms operating inside and outside of the digital asset sector. Blockstream argues that if some of… Read More

September 13, 2020 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency spot volumes surged during August 2020, with the top tier exchanges dominating the volatile digital asset markets, according to a report from the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX). The leading digital currency derivatives trading platform noted that in August 2020, the trading volumes on top-tier… Read More

September 9, 2020 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency adoption has been growing steadily across the globe, according to Chainalysis’ Global Crypto Adoption Index. As mentioned in a report from the blockchain security firm, the majority of cryptocurrency volume reflects trading and speculation that was conducted by professional or institutional investors that were… Read More

September 8, 2020 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

ETC Group reports that it has signed a series of “Authorised Participants” to support the liquidity of BTCetc Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto (BTCE). Launched in June 2020, BTCE became the first Bitcoin-based exchange-traded product to list on XETRA in Germany. BTCE is 100% physically backed… Read More

September 8, 2020 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Billion-dollar food delivery giant, Just Eat in France, is now accepting Bitcoin (BTC) payments. Just Eat had been allowing users to pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, and also with their credit cards through its website. Other traditional payments options such as checks and… Read More

September 7, 2020 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ARK Invest, an established institutional investor in Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, states that it believes the digital asset is “creating the possibility of a global monetary system controlled not by nation-states but by individuals.” ARK Invest notes in a comprehensive report that by “eliminating… Read More