Tagged: digital currency

October 19, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

India’s cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay announced on Friday it officially commenced operations from Malta. The crypto exchange reported it received a welcome from Malta’s Junior Minister for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation within the Office of the Prime Minister Silvio Schembri who expressed his satisfaction over… Read More

October 18, 2018 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain software firm BitGo announced on Thursday it has completed its latest Series B funding round, which raised $58.5 million. The company attracted new investors through the round, such as Goldman Sachs’ Principal Strategic Investments group and Galaxy Digital Ventures LLC, a venture investment firm founded by… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 3:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cobinhood, a cryptocurrency service platform and zero-fee exchange endorsed by Richard Sherman, announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with e-commerce verification platform simplyBrand to support and advise the launch of the company’s initial coin offering (ICO). According to Cobinhood, simplyBrand is an inclusive ecosystem combining… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crypto marketplace Coinbase announced on Tuesday it has continued its European expansion by opening its new office in Dublin. According to Coinbase, the expansion will create new jobs and grow the burgeoning Irish crypto economy. The marketplace then confirmed that the number of its customers in the… Read More

October 14, 2018 @ 10:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Argo, a UK-based provider of cryptocurrency mining services, announced on Friday that Bitcoin will be launched on its cryptocurrency mining platform on November 1st. Founded in 2015, Argo describes itself as a platform that enables customers to efficiently mine Ethereum and other altcoins from their own… Read More

October 8, 2018 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain software firm BitGo announced last week it has added Dash to its list of currencies. BitGo also reported it now supports 85 coins and tokens as part of its list of digital currencies. The addition of Dash comes just a few months after BitGo announced its support… Read More

October 4, 2018 @ 9:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Trinkler Software AG, a blockchain development company founded by Reto Trinkler, who was recently named to the Forbes 30 under 30 of 2018, announced on Thursday the official launch of Agora Trade, which is a community-owned crypto-to-crypto exchange that offers non-custodial, cross-blockchain cryptocurrency trading with free off-chain… Read More

September 13, 2018 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlphaPoint, a U.S.-based blockchain company focused on enabling institutions to launch, scale, and operate digital asset networks and exchanges all over the world, announced on Thursday it is planning to launch AlphaPoint Indexes, which represent the statistical performance of the broadest sector of cryptocurrency markets…. Read More

September 7, 2018 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Huobi Group, a digital asset marketplace, announced on Friday it is planning to expand into Indonesia with its exchange, which will list 123 tokens and incorporate a two-factor authentication (2FA) to secure each digital asset. According to Huobi, the Indonesian digital currency exchange will be built on Huobi Cloud platform and will cover… Read More

September 7, 2018 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Grayscale Investments, LLC, a digital currency investing authority, announced on Thursday the launch of Zen Investment Trust, a single-asset investment vehicle solely comprised of ZEN, a privacy-focused digital currency. Grayscale reported that Zen Investment Trust is its eighth single-asset investment product and the first security solely invested… Read More

September 7, 2018 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global blockchain fintech firm QUOINE announced on Friday the launch of its new one-stop cryptocurrency trading platform, Liquid. According to QUOINE, Liquid is described as a unified, globally-sourced trading platform that bridges the worlds of fiat and crypto. The platform allows users to match trades across multiple… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptofacil, a new fintech digital asset trading platform, announced on Wednesday it has partnered with U.S. blockchain trading platform, Bittrex, to launch a new trading platform with more than 200 digital tokens. According to the duo, this platform will reach customers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The partnership also… Read More

September 2, 2018 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Japanese social media network LINE announced on Friday the launch of its first digital token, LINK, and its first blockchain network, LINK Chain. According to LINE, both token and network were built independently by the social platform and LINK Chain is described as a service-oriented blockchain… Read More

August 31, 2018 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BitCapital, a blockchain company with operations in OTC markets, has teamed up with Pundi X to bring 1,000 cryptocurrency point-of-sale (POS) terminals to Brazil. According to Pundi X, the terminals will be rolled out to hundreds of venues in Brazil.  While sharing details about the partnership, Zac Cheah, CEO… Read More

August 30, 2018 @ 12:14 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

During the past week, Dash, a digital currency for payments and e-commerce, announced an integration with CoinCards.ca, Germany-based SugarTrends, Spain-based Bit2Me and a new DIP. Canadian-based Coincards.ca, one of the few retail gift card companies specializing in cryptocurrency as a form of payment, company allows customers to… Read More

August 28, 2018 @ 12:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Securities token platform Polymath announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with SEC qualified custodian Prime Trust to provide solutions for security tokens utilizing the ST-20 standard. The partnership with Prime Trust comes just days after Polymath announced its collaboration with V Stock Transfer, a stock… Read More

August 23, 2018 @ 10:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a month after announcing its expansion plans into Japan with DLTA 21 Blockchain Corp., a Canadian blockchain investment bank, Canadian cryptocurrency Coinsquare announced its upcoming European expansion efforts, which is set for fourth quarter 2018. According to Coinsquare, European customers will have… Read More

August 13, 2018 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Identity verification provider Onfido has formed a partnership with global remittance company TransferGo to help verify the identities of TransferGo’s users.  TransferGo currently offers transfers between nearly 50 countries and recently claimed to be the first remittance company to offer a cryptocurrency trading facility with… Read More

August 13, 2018 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Asian cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin recently announced the launch of its new institutional investor program. According to KuCoin, the program was created in order to encourage institutional investors on its platform participate more actively in trading activities. The exchange describes institutional investors as those that participate in… Read More

August 9, 2018 @ 10:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

EXMO, a UK-based cryptocurrency exchange operating in multiple fiat and cryptocurrency pairs, announced on Thursday it has expanded its list of accessible trading instruments for active traders and announces the addition of the Cardano (ADA) cryptocurrency to its listing. According to EXMO, users of the platform… Read More