On July 10, 2019, US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health. This executive order could open doors and create opportunities for industries engaged in the telehealth an…
U.S. lawmakers seek to prevent big tech companies from offering cryptocurrencies A draft law has reportedly been circulated by U.S. lawmakers to keep big tech companies from functioning as financial institutions, Reut…
Support: 0.3107 (5-DMA); Resistance: 0.3203 (200H SMA)
Binance Jersey, the European subsidiary of cryptocurrency exchange Binance launched earlier this year, has listed a proprietary GBP-backed stablecoin, according to a press release published on Coinspeaker.
In a rather explosive development, core bitcoin figure Peter Todd is now looking at a court filing that alleges that he was a perpetrator of sexual aggression and even rape, CoinDesk reported.
The New Jersey Bureau of Securities and Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal accused a Princeton-based blockchain-driven company of offering and selling unregistered securities.
In an exciting new development, blockchain platform Algorand has revealed that it is now part of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).
Support: 91.81 (5-DMA); Resistance: 106.32 (21-EMA)
The internet has existed for decades now and many have tried to overhaul it in a revolutionary manner. A new attempt to do this was recently announced via a partnership between Chinese public blockchain projects, Neo …
An antitrust advocacy group has called on all the 28 member companies of Facebook’s cryptocurrency initiative to drop the Libra project.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has invested in a new blockchain-based, energy efficiency company, called Efforce, that will be based in Malta, according to local news outlet The Malta Independent.
Crypto derivatives provider ErisX announced that it is now a member of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a leading trade association that advocates the digital asset and blockchain technology industry.
LibertyX, the firm widely known for launching the first bitcoin ATM in the United States, has announced its partnership with Desert ATM, a non-bank ATM service provider, and the addition of the latter's 90 traditional…
It would appear that interest in blockchain has been dropping of late, as suggested in a recent report from CB Insights. While fluctuations do occur, the general trend that blockchain has been following for years was …
Following the recent sale of the Vostok project, Waves founder Alexander Ivanov announced that he will be launching a new company department called Waves Enterprise.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Services (IRS) is ramping up efforts to get a hold of those who are not properly reporting their income from cryptocurrencies and evading tax payments on such income.
Cryptocurrencies such as Facebook’s Libra need to be held “to the highest regulatory standards,” as they posed a threat to global financial stability, according to a Group of Seven (G7) taskforce as reported by Reuters.
Cryptocurrency firm Anchorage announced that it received a license from the state of South Dakota for a new subsidiary.
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) announced that its Project Inthanon is heading to its next step, after releasing the outcomes and findings of its Phase II.
Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) announced that its member-led Vehicle Identification Working Group has created and released the industry’s first vehicle identity (VID) standard on blockchain.
Japan is reportedly spearheading a global effort to establish an international network for cryptocurrency payments.
Support: 162.39 (200-DMA); Resistance: 208.88 (110-EMA)
Blockchain-based game studio Horizon Blockchain Games has secured $3.75 million in seed funding led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s Initialized Capital.
Support: 9509 (cloud top); Resistance: 10,000
Following the Senate Banking Committee hearing, Facebook’s blockchain head David Marcus testified before U.S. lawmakers at the Congressional hearing on July 17.
It was recently reported that Cuba might be looking towards cryptocurrency to solve its current economic crisis and evidence suggests that Cubans are increasingly becoming interested in this emerging asset class. The …
Overstock.com's blockchain subsidiary tZERO recently poached executives from major entities like Barclays and IMAX and is now poised for explosive growth. The security token company is gearing up to take its tokenizat…
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is poised to shift its HUSD token to an ERC-20 token via a collaboration with crypto startups Stable Universal Limited and Paxos Trust Company.
In a recent partnership, blockchain entity R3 and fintech company Banco Maré announced that they will be working together to launch a stock exchange that is focused on tech startups.
A lot of companies become successful in ways that they did not set out to be and the most recent example of that is Chainalysis. What started out as a research firm that gained fame after retrieving stolen bitcoins fr…
While the UK has become one of the biggest markets for cryptocurrency, regulators continue to keep a close watch on this nascent industry in order to protect investors and fight potential illicit activities.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched a suite of new signaling tools that will help crypto beginners understand trade.
India has never been the friendliest place towards cryptocurrency but a draft bill that was recently leaked online appears to suggest that its dislike for the industry goes deeper than most thought. The draft seems to…
The hostility that India’s government views cryptocurrency with has claimed yet another exchange. This time, it is Cryptokart and as was the case in other closures, the reason is the country’s central bank. More speci…
U.S. dollar-backed Tether USDT stablecoin is poised to launch on the Algorand blockchain.
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest launched an initiative to look into the “unique attributes and uses-cases” of blockchain technology.
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint Japan said it will compensate the estimated 50,000 users who lost their assets following a recent hacking attack with cryptocurrency, according to media outlet Asahi Shimbun.
France is set to approve the first batch of initial coin offering (ICO) operators and other crypto businesses under its new policy, which is slated to be implemented later this month.
Blockchain insurance startup B3i has announced the appointment of John Carolin as chief executive officer.
Support: 0.82 (Apr 4 low); Resistance: 0.8849 (200-DMA)
