Tagged: cryptocurrency

July 8, 2020 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Wintermute, an algorithmic liquidity provider for digital assets, announced on Tuesday it secured $2.8 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.  Founded in 2017, Wintermute claims to be a leading global market maker for digital assets. It… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced on Tuesday its new fiat gateway that provides deposit service for 15 fiat currencies through a partnership with Etana Custody. According to Binance, Etana Custody Ltd. is a secure, trusted, and high-performance third-party custodian of fiat and digital assets for institutional… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Keevo, U.S.-based next-gen crypto hardware wallet provider, announced on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM), the storage and information management services company enabling digital transformation, to deliver advanced backup and beneficiary services for users of its crypto wallet, the Keevo Model… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 2:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Financial services company for tokenization of assets LCX and real-time data analysis company LunarCRUSH announced on Monday they have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a long term partnership to provide advanced crypto market insights for security tokens and compliant digital assets According to… Read More

June 29, 2020 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoinFLEX, a physically delivered crypto futures exchange, announced on Monday the launch of its centrally traded repo market powered by deliverable perpetual futures. CoinFLEX claims it is the first exchange to develop and offer deliverable perpetual futures. According to CoinFLEX, the CoinFLEX Repo Market aims… Read More

June 29, 2020 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based mobile cryptocurrency wallet BRD recently announced it has formed a partnership with enterprise-grade distributed public ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph. BRD reported that through the partnership Hedera’s native cryptocurrency, HBAR, is now available in the BRD consumer wallet. BRD is now supporting Hedera’s ongoing mission… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, former Treasury Secretary, Lawrence Summers, sat down with Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire on YouTube Live for a special edition of The Money Movement, a weekly interview series that explores the issues and ideas driving the world of digital money.  During the episode, Summers… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based global cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced on Wednesday its P2P Fiat Market added support for US Dollars (USD), allowing traders to buy cryptocurrencies like USDT, BTC and ETH with USD through PayPal and other payment methods. According to KuCoin, This is another mainstream fiat currency… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced on Wednesday the launch of its Binance Access, which is a business-to-business (B2B) solution for merchants, vendors, and wallets to integrate a “buy crypto” functionality on their platform. Binance reported that by integrating Binance Access, merchants and vendors are able to… Read More

June 23, 2020 @ 8:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal and Venmo are planning to roll out cryptocurrency buying and selling options through their digital payment platforms, Coindesk reported on Monday. The media outlet revealed that although it is not confirmed which crypto will be offered, sources close to the project have stated they… Read More

June 22, 2020 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange PayBito recently announced it has added Ripple’s XRP to its platform. According to PayBito, XRP is a crypto asset that runs on RippleNet, the real-time gross settlement system (RTGS) and remittance network. XRP Ledger is the underlying open-source distributed ledger database of RippleNet…. Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 10:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bittrex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., announced on Saturday it is now accepting Mastercard as a source for funding user accounts. Bittrex reported that it will accept Mastercard payments from 36 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East subject… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced On Thursday it has rolled out significant infrastructure upgrades to its Exchange, including a revamped Matching Engine, OMS (Order Management System), and unified REST and Websocket API. According to Crypto.com, the update will lead to a ten times increase… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Delta Exchange, a digital asset derivatives exchange that’s based in Singapore, announced on Thursday the launch of Options trading on leading altcoins Binance Coin, BNB, and Chainlink’s LINK token with XTZ, ATOM, XRP, LTC to follow soon. Delta Exchange reported that MOVE Options on LINK… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 9:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced on Thursday the launch of EY CryptoPrep, a cryptocurrency application that assists with US tax filings. According to EY, this new Software as a Service (SaaS), web-based product is a fully automated, enterprise-grade crypto tax engine offering step-by-step… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 8:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

tZERO, a blockchain subsidiary of Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK), recently announced the tZERO ATS recorded its strongest month ever, transacting over 423,000 digital securities, a four-time increase compared to May 2019. Year-to-date through May, the volume is up nearly 50% compared to the same period last… Read More

June 16, 2020 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital assets exchange OKEx announced on Monday it has formed a strategic partnership with peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace, Paxful. Through the partnership, the Paxful Kiosk will notably be integrated directly within the OKEx platform to allow new and existing users to benefit from a variety of… Read More

June 15, 2020 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced over the weekend it is discontinuing BTT airdrop for TRX holders. According to Binance, the BTT airdrop program was instituted by the BitTorrent Foundation in early 2019 to provide additional functionalities to TRX holders who can use BTT to improve download… Read More

June 12, 2020 @ 2:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin IRA, a company that allows individuals to invest in cryptocurrency, announced on Thursday the launch of its crypto savings program specifically for retirement investors, Saver IRA. According to Bitcoin IRA, the program is aimed at helping individuals build up retirement savings and allowing them… Read More

June 11, 2020 @ 3:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global blockchain payments provider BitPay announced on Thursday it has launched the BitPay Card, which is claimed to be the first  Mastercard Prepaid card for crypto users in the U.S. According to BitPay, the BitPay Card enables customers to instantly convert cryptocurrency into fiat currency,… Read More