Tagged: cryptocurrency

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

February 18, 2019 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinbase partner Shift Card is reportedly shutting down its debit card services on April 11th. According to Bitcoin.com, the Shift Card was launched in 2015 and allowed customers to spend cryptocurrency that is connected to their Coinbase accounts. Customers notably received an email that explained… Read More

February 17, 2019 @ 10:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain software firm BitGo announced last week it was selected by Ripple to provide multi-signature security, advanced treasury management and additional enterprise functionality for XRP, which is the digital asset native to the Ripple Consensus Ledger (RCL). It was revealed: “Ripple is a perfect partner for BitGo… Read More

February 15, 2019 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Bit Mon Ex recently announced it has teamed up with Bittrex to launch its digital asset trading platform in Mongolia. Bit Mon Ex claimed that through the partnership, Bit Mon Ex will use BitFinex technology to offer customers a secure, reliable, and advance… Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 8:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canadian cryptocurrency platform Coinsquare announced on Thursday it has acquired global decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, StellarX. The acquisition of StellarX reportedly comes on the heels of Coinsquare’s December 2018 acquisition of BlockEQ, which will be rebranded to become the anchor wallet for the StellarX platform. According to Coinsquare, StellarX… Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

HubrisOne, a UK-based startup that is seeking to make blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and basic banking services available to all, is now seeking funding through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The campaign originally sought £60,000, has so far surpassed the initial target, and is now nearing £75,000…. Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vela, a global multi-asset electronic trading provider, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with CoinRoutes, a provider of consolidated data, smart order routing & algorithmic trading for crypto investors, to provide the crypto-asset capabilities of the Vela products. Vela reported that through the partnership CoinRoutes… Read More

February 12, 2019 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitfinex, a digital asset trading platform, announced on Tuesday the launch of its new and improved mobile app. The description of the app reads: “Bitfinex provides advanced services for cryptocurrency traders and liquidity providers. Traders enjoy real-time exchange trading and margin trading while liquidity providers… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 8:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tim Draper backed and attention monetization company Bitbounce announced on Thursday it has processed more than one billion emails through its free cryptocurrency spam solution that enables its members to earn compensation for receiving paid email messages from senders they do not know.  BitBounce reported that its global footprint… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BitTorrent, Inc., a peer-to-peer protocols and products firm, announced on Thursday CoinPayments now supports BitTorrent (BTT). According to BitTorrent, the support will now enable millions of customers to use BitTorrent (BTT) to purchase goods and services from hundreds of online merchants. BitTorrent reported it is already working… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinbase announced on Tuesday it is now offering Bitcoin support on its Coinbase Wallet service. Coinbase reported that users may now store their Bitcoin directly in the Coinbase Wallet app, which already supports Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, and more than 100,000 different ERC20 tokens, and ERC721 collectibles… Read More