Tagged: cryptocurrency

March 9, 2019 @ 6:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crypto.com, a Hong Kong-based payments and cryptocurrency platform, announced on Friday its Crypto.com Chain Token (CRO) has been listed on Bittrex International, an international exchange by a premier U.S.-based blockchain trading platform Bittrex. According to Crypto.com, the Crypto.com Chain is a “high-performing” native blockchain powering… Read More

March 8, 2019 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Avaloq, an international fintech providing services and digital solutions to banks and wealth managers, announced on Thursday it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), which is an open source blockchain initiative. Avaloq reported that as a member of the EEA it will collaborate with… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 8:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canada fintech firm and direct online access to securely vaulted and insured precious metals, Goldmoney, Inc. (TSX: XAU) announced on Wednesday it has decided to exit the cryptocurrency business and will be removing digital currency off of its platform.  Goldmoney reported it will work with its customers… Read More

March 5, 2019 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptoasset-to-USD lender BlockFi announced on Monday the launch of its new program, BlockFi Interest Account (BIA). According to BlockFi, BIA allows users to securely store their Bitcoin or Ether on the BlockFi platform and receive 6% annual interest, paid monthly in cryptocurrency. It was revealed:… Read More

March 5, 2019 @ 12:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, announced on Tuesday the release of its new crypto survey, which revealed that consumers and investors remain “bullish” about the long-term prospects of cryptocurrency and blockchain despite the claimed decline in values over… Read More

March 5, 2019 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Covesting, a cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform, announced on Tuesday the first listing on the platform. According to Covesting, DigiByte token becomes the first ever listing under the supervision of Covesting and GFSC. Covesting explained: “DigiByte (DGB) is a rapidly growing global blockchain with a… Read More

March 3, 2019 @ 9:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoinBene, a Brazil-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced last week it is set to integrate Dash onto its platform. Founded in 2017, CoinBene claims to be the world’s leading trustworthy crypto assets platform and has users from more than 200 countries worldwide. Speaking about the integration, the Dash… Read More

March 1, 2019 @ 11:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dukascopy Bank, a Switzerland-based banking group, announced on Friday the launch of its very own cryptocurrency, Dukascoin (DUK+). Dukascopy Bank claims that Dukacoin is the first payment coin issued for public use by a licensed and regulated Swiss bank. In an open letter, Dr. Andre… Read More

March 1, 2019 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinbase announced on Thursday it is now supporting XRP on its cryptocurrency platform, as well as its Android and iOS mobile apps. This news comes just days after Coinbase announced it was accepting inbound transfers of XRP to its Coinbase Pro service. According to Coinbase, the… Read More

February 27, 2019 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese cryptocurrency exchange CoinAll announced on Wednesday it has listed TRON’s BitTorrent token. CoinAll also reported it has started an interactive cooperation with BitTorrent at the product stage. BitTorrent users are notably able to sign in to CoinAll through the BitTorrent website directly. CoinAll is also… Read More

February 27, 2019 @ 7:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aave, a UK-based tech company which specializes in the development of decentralized and hybrid blockchain applications, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new mobile app, Aave Pay. According to Aave, the app allows users to pay bills with cryptocurrency through banking transfers. The app’s description reads:… Read More

February 26, 2019 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform SoFi announced on Tuesday it is set to launch cryptocurrency trading through its new partnership with cryptocurrency platform Coinbase. According to CNBC, SoFi is planning to the crypto launch in the second quarter of 2019. While sharing some details about the launch, SoFi CEO… Read More

February 26, 2019 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase announced on Monday it is now accepting inbound transfers of XRP to Coinbase Pro. The platform reported that it is accepting deposits for a minimum of 12 hours prior to enabling full trading and the inbound transfers require the specification of an XRP destination tag…. Read More

February 25, 2019 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Synthetix, a decentralized synthetic asset platform, has launched a synthetic Bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain known as synthetic Bitcoin (sBTC). This news comes just a couple of months after Synthetix rebranded from Havven. According to Synthetix, sBTC provides access to the value of Bitcoin without the friction of… Read More

February 20, 2019 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitfinex, a digital asset trading platform, announced on Tuesday it is set to begin trading for BitTorrent (BTT). According to Bitfinex, BitTorrent (BTT) token was introduced by Tron Foundation and BitTorrent. It is a TRC-10 token designed to facilitate transactions between users and service providers within… Read More

February 20, 2019 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoinField, a Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Tuesday the launch of its new cryptocurrency exchange software licensing program. Founded in 2017, CoinField offers users a multi-layer and secure trading platform to trade digital assets such as bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, ripple, dash, and bitcoin cash. “CoinField is… Read More

February 20, 2019 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain software firm BitGo is now set to provide wallet and custody support for TRON (TRX) currency later this year. TRON will reportedly be joining Bitcoin, Ethereum and more than 100 other cryptocurrencies. While sharing more details about the launch on BitGo, Justin Sun, founder of TRON… Read More

February 19, 2019 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain software firm BitGo announced on Tuesday the launch of its new comprehensive insurance protections for cryptocurrencies and digital assets held in its Business Wallet and Custody offerings. According to BitGo, the launch of the insurance comes just after an assessment of its hardware, software, and psychical security…. Read More

February 18, 2019 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitmain Technologies, a China-based consumer-grade ASIC miner, announced on Monday the launch of its next-generation 7nm ASIC chip, BM1397. According to Bitmain, the new chip achieves new feats in performance, chip area and energy efficiency for mining cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH),… Read More

February 18, 2019 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange, Binance announced last week it is set to delist a couple cryptocurrencies. Binance reported it periodically reviews each digital asset it lists to ensure that it continues to meet the high level of standard it expects. The platform then explained: “When a coin or token… Read More