Cryptocurrency security firm BitGo has announced the launch of BitGo Trust Company – a regulated, qualified custodian purpose-built for digital assets. In May 2018, BitGo revealed that it was building the first qualif…
ZED Network, an integrated global payments platform, has partnered with Interstellar to tap the Stellar Network to transform cross-border, cross-currency and cross-asset transactions. Lightyear, a Stellar-focused comp…
In the last 30 days, initial coin offering (ICO) projects have sold approximately 283,000 ETH, TrustNodes said in a report dated September 13. Crypto experts have been speculating that liquidation by ICO projects trig…
Cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has announced the launch of its token-to-token trading platform in 20 new U.S. states. The 20 new states include Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryl…
Google has silently removed three cryptocurrency wallets from Play Store, The Next Web reported. The move comes after the search engine giant updated its Play Store developer policy, which states:
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices recovered during European session Thursday amid a host of pessimism that panicked all crypto investors, driving prices to fresh year lows. Amid the dilemma for the Bitcoin ETF, positive news fr…
(Refer ETH/USD chart on Trading View) ETH/USD is trading in the green on Thursday as bulls seem to have taken back some control. The pair is currently trading at 192, recovering from the 13-month low of 167 hit on Sep…
The French parliament has implemented a legal framework for initial coin offerings (ICOs), French Finance minister Bruno Le Maire confirmed via Twitter on September 12.
Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is seeking to expand its team focused on cryptocurrencies and related activities, a senior official was recently quoted saying. Kiyotaka Sasaki, vice commissioner for policy coo…
(Refer BTC/USD chart on Trading View) BTC/USD is trading higher on Thursday and hovering around the 6400 mark at the time of writing. On the upside, resistance is seen at 6464 (10-DMA) and a consistent break above wou…
Rostec, a Russian state-owned manufacturing conglomerate, has signed an agreement with Vostok, a blockchain startup founded by the Waves platform team, CoinDesk reported. Under the agreement, the companies will work t…
Leading cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has announced that Prism, its trustless portfolio market platform, will shut down next month. ShapeShift launched Prism in closed beta last year. The platform aimed to give u…
Indian’s Union Cabinet has given its approval to Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) to conduct collaborative research on distributed ledger and blockchain technology with participating member banks under BRICS. L…
The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance, a blockchain consortium for the risk management and insurance industry, has announced the launch of the industry’s first end-to-end reusable blockchain framework, using the Corda, R3…
BTC/USD: It is a bad day for the cryptocurrency market, with all coins suffering a setback during European session Wednesday as heated pessimism have crept in, with the United States’ financial regulators speeding up …
(Refer ETH/USD chart on Trading View) ETH/USD moved further south on Wednesday as bears continue to flex their muscles. At the time of writing, the pair is trading 10 percent lower and hovering around the fresh low of…
A federal judge in the U.S. has ruled that a criminal case against two reportedly fraudulent initial coin offerings (ICOs) falls under the scope of the country’s securities laws. In September 2017, the U.S. Securities…
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex announced the formation of a new company which will own and manage ventures outside of the United States. Bittrex International, an affiliate of Bittrex Inc., aims to drive t…
The Bank of Korea has published a research note in which it has analysed the causes and implications of the price difference between domestic and foreign crypto asset market. Authored by the bank’s Payment Research Te…
Singaporean cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has invested over $3 million in Bitcoin Australia, The Australian Financial Review reported September 9. The companies have formed a joint venture which will see KuCoin expan…
Japanese telecom carrier Softbank, U.S.-based blockchain firm TBCASoft, and Synchronoss Technologies, a provider of cloud, messaging, digital and IoT products, have teamed up on a Proof of Concept (PoC) for a Rich Com…
In a bid to create a pro-innovation environment for the blockchain industry, leading crypto and blockchain companies have joined forces to establish Blockchain Association. Founding members include Coinbase, Protocol …
European finance ministers have recently revealed that they do not wish to rush to regulate cryptocurrency market. The officials, who met in Vienna on Saturday, said that they will wait for the results of a thorough a…
Global transport and logistics company Kuehne + Nagel has announced that it has applied blockchain technology to upgrade Verified Gross Mass (VGM) Portal. Kuehne + Nagel launched VGM Portal in order to offer shippers …
Consulting and audit giant KPMG has announced new U.S. Blockchain leadership, in a bid to expand its blockchain strategy across its core lines of business – tax, audit, advisory, and industries. “In addition to solvin…
European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis has recently revealed that it is working with other supervisory authorities on “regulatory mapping of crypto assets.” Speaking at the informal ECOFIN press confere…
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices remained slightly higher for the third consecutive day during European session Tuesday, following a series of positive news that injected optimism in the cryptocurrency market. Nasdaq has taken…
The government of Uzbekistan is seeking to establish the country’s first government-approved cryptocurrency exchange. Uzbekistan Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) will be visiting South Korea this month to participate in ‘B…
The Saudi British Bank (SABB) has become the first bank in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to join the global blockchain consortium led by enterprise software firm R3, TradeArabia reported September 11. Headquartere…
The government of South Korea introduced the real-name system for cryptocurrency accounts in January this year. However, local news outlets have reported that only 40-50% of accounts at top four domestic crypto exchan…
Nasdaq is reportedly working on a tool that will give institutional investors the ability to predict price movements of crypto assets. A source familiar with the ongoing developments told CoinDesk that the American st…
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has announced that it has authorized Gemini Trust Company and Paxos Trust Company to offer stablecoin, pegged to the U. S. dollar. “These approvals demonstra…
Ripple Labs, a provider of enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, and XRP II, LLC, have released an official statement on the lawsuit with enterprise software firm R3. “R3 HoldCo LLC, R3 LLC, Ripple Labs Inc. a…
Lightyear Corporation, a Stellar-focused company, has acquired Chain, a startup focused on building enterprise-grade blockchain products. With this acquisition, both Chain and Lightyear brands will cease to exist and …
BTC/USD: Bitcoin prices snapped losses during late European session Monday as investors’ sentiments started to recover after a hectic last week; however, the pessimism is still not over yet. After having touched the $…
Citigroup has reportedly developed a new, less risky way of investing in cryptocurrencies, Business Insider reported. Sources familiar with the latest development told BI that the banking giant has created a “Digital …
(Refer ETH/USD chart on Trading View) ETH/USD broke below the 200-mark and hit a fresh low of 185 on September 9. The pair is trading at 195 levels at the time of writing, forming a gravestone doji pattern on the dail…
The government of New South Wales has announced that will conduct a trial of digital driver licenses, which will allow participants to use the digital driver license as proof of age and identity. The trial follows a t…
Cointopia, a curated ICO platform, has raised $3 million in a seed round and announced the launch of a marketplace for blockchain companies and service providers, VentureBeat reported. The company said that the market…
(Refer BTC/USD chart on Trading View) BTC/USD managed to close above 78.6% fib retracement of 5880 and 7125.28 on September 9 after it fell to 6094. It is currently hovering around 5-DMA at 6324 at the time of writing…
