Tagged: cryptocurrency

August 15, 2019 @ 11:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with Bitcoin.com. According to Celsius Network, users of its services are now able to purchase BCH, BTC, ETH, and other mutually supported cryptocurrencies through the Celsius app using… Read More

August 15, 2019 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wirex, a hybrid personal finance platform that merges blockchain tech and traditional finance, announced on Thursday it has become a type II member of the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA). Wirex claims that becoming a type II member is a vital and hard-earned step… Read More

August 11, 2019 @ 10:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BitKan, an Asian-based cryptocurrency services platform, announced on Friday it has joined forces with Bitcoin.com. Founded in 2012, BitKan stated it provides a one-step integrated platform the crypto services, which includes a platform for crypto market data, a crypt wallet, and a crypto community. While… Read More

August 11, 2019 @ 9:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayRue, a European based wallet focusing on exchange, transfer, and storage of cryptocurrencies, is now seeking £100,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. PayRue is now offering 1.96% in equity at a £5,005,156 pre-money valuation. Founded in 2018 by Mikael Olofsson and Ingemar Svensson,… Read More

August 9, 2019 @ 8:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Thursday it has topped $300 million in coin deposits, as well as completed more than $2 billion in originated crypto loans during its first year of operation. Founded in 2017 and launched 2018, Celsius states… Read More

August 2, 2019 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency social data AI provider, LunarCRUSH, recently announced it has teamed up with fintech and blockchain-focused venture studio Goren Holm Ventures (GHV) to accelerate its growth within the enterprise cryptocurrency space.  Through the partnership, LunarCRUSH will have access to partners within GHV’s portfolio companies, enterprise… Read More

August 1, 2019 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Thursday it has topped  $300 million in AUM and $2.2 billion in loans. Celsius Network reported: “These new numbers reflect the company’s unparalleled growth during its first year in operation and places Celsius as the… Read More

August 1, 2019 @ 2:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin.com announced on Thursday its plans to launch a new cryptocurrency exchange on Monday, September 2nd. According to Bitcoin.com, the exchange will offer a user-friendly place to trade with a clean, simple interface to promote easy navigation, along with high-liquidity and a powerful matching engine… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin.com announced on Wednesday it has joined forces with online travel agency CheapAir.com to provider service for travelers using cryptocurrency. Bitcoin.com reported more than 4 million Bitcoin.com Wallet users will be able to access CheapAir.com’s booking engine from its mobile app. Both companies revealed that the… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced on Wednesday it has acquired Interchange, an accounting, reconciliation and reporting service provider for cryptocurrency hedge funds, asset managers and fund administrators. Kracken claims the acquisition creates the “world’s first” end-to-end crypto trading and reconciliation platform. “Interchange offers professional-grade accounting and portfolio… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 4:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ADVFN, a global stocks, shares and crypto information website, announced on Tuesday the expansion of its global cryptocurrency platform. According to ADVFN, the platform now covers more than 6000 cryptocurrencies, connects to all of the top global cryptocurrency exchanges (by volume) for trading data and has… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 12:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency payments processor CoinPayments announced last week it has formed a new partnership with Cryptwerk, a comprehensive online directory of various merchants and retailers around the world where consumers can spend their cryptocurrency. According to CoinPayments, theCryptwerk directory covers a broad range of both online… Read More

July 30, 2019 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase announced on Tuesday the launch of its new feature, Spending Summaries, for users to keep track of their Coinbase Card purchases. Coinbase reported that Spending Summaries break down your crypto purchases into ten different categories such as Transport, Cash Withdrawals, Restaurants,… Read More

July 29, 2019 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PumaPay, a blockchain payments system that provides an open-source “free-of-charge blockchain-based protocol” that decentralizes the transaction process, announced on Monday its cryptobilling solution, PullPayment Protocol, has secured PCI (payment card industry) compliance. PumaPay reported that its PullPayment Protocol aims to provide the flexibility of cryptopayments… Read More

July 28, 2019 @ 9:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Abra, an all-in-one cryptocurrency wallet and exchange, announced on Thursday it is restricting services to U.S. users due to regulatory issues in the country. Explaining why the platform made the changes, the Abra team stated: “[Due to the regulatory situations], specifically, for Abra users in… Read More

July 28, 2019 @ 8:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Glu, a UK-based cryptocurrency community platform, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The company is offering 3.61% through the funding round, at an £8,006,530 per-money valuation. Founded in 2018, Glu is the community for all the world’s cryptocurrencies and tokens. “Many of us… Read More

July 26, 2019 @ 11:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OKEx, a Malta-based digital assets exchange, announced earlier this week has donated $4.5 million worth of Bitcoin to its perpetual swap market insurance fund to encourage customer confidence in trading cryptocurrencies. OKEx reported that last year it introduced perpetual swap trading along with the new… Read More

July 23, 2019 @ 12:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Robinhood announced on Monday it secured $323 million through its Series E funding round, which was led by DST Global, with participation from investors including Ribbit Capital, NEA, Sequoia, and Thrive Capital. Founded in 2013, Robinhood reported that it is on a  mission to democratize… Read More

July 22, 2019 @ 4:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the news that Indian “blockchain lawyer” Varun Sethi leaked a copy of draft legislation proposing a ban on cryptocurrencies in India, India Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur reportedly stated there is yet to be an official ban on cryptocurrency in India. According… Read More

July 22, 2019 @ 1:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase announced last week it is now offering exclusive trading data available to any Coinbase customers for free. According to Coinbase, trading signals are up-to-date, trusted, exclusive data only available on the platform and are meant to help customers independently create and… Read More