Bakkt Touts New Payment Integration With Starbucks
16.3.2020
Users of the Starbucks iPhone app are now being presented with “Bakkt Cash” as a payment option
Baidu Employee Jailed for Mining Monero Worth $14K on Company Servers
16.3.2020
A Baidu employee who mined Monero on company servers is jailed for three years
Italian Red Cross Raises BTC 2.84 to Fight Covid-19 + More News
16.3.2020
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The Italian Red Cross and the Colli Albani Committee have launched a bitcoin fundraising, raising donations in...
Bitcoin Reacts to Fed’s 0% Rate Drop, Reserve Requirements Removed, $700B in Stimulus
16.3.2020
On Sunday, the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed the benchmark short-term rate by 100 basis points bringing it to zero. In addition to the rate cut, the Fed promised $700 billion in bond purchases and eliminated all reserve requirements for smaller financial institutions. However, the Fed’s rate...
Why Bitcoin’s Safe-Haven Narrative Has Flown Out the Window
16.3.2020
After the past week, bitcoin will never again be considered a safe haven investment, argues Noelle Acheson. And that’s not a bad thing…
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Leaves to Take Senior Role at US Bank Regulator
16.3.2020
Coinbase chief legal officer Brian Brooks will be the new COO and first deputy at Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees banking regulation in the U.S
No, Bitcoin Didn’t Uncouple From Stocks But $6K BTC Is Back in Play
16.3.2020
#Bitcoin bounces after worst opening ever for stocks
Bakkt Raises USD 300M from Microsoft's M12 and PayU Among Others
16.3.2020
Bakkt, a physically-settled Bitcoin futures trading platform, has completed a multi-million-dollar fundraising round, bringing the total raised capital to USD 482.5 million.
Bakkt has closed a Series B fundraising round, raising USD 300 million, with participation from investors, including some...
Bitcoin News Roundup for March 16, 2020
16.3.2020
It's the first lockdown week in the United States and the markets are going wild. Here's what happened in crypto
China to Foster Another Blockchain Hub, Alibaba Joins the Initiative
16.3.2020
The Golden Cow in a Buddhist Temple, in Kunming, the capital and the largest city of Yunnan province. The Southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan has opened a new blockchain center that will allow companies to run a food traceability platform that will also fight the sale of fake products, with...
Crypto Market Sentiment is the Lowest It's Been in 6 Months
16.3.2020
Source: iStock/da-kuk
It wouldn't be logical to expect the market sentiment to have gone up given the week crypto market has had. Per crypto market sentiment analysis service Omenics, following the market crash on February 13, the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore...
Ripple Lead Developer Advises on Remote Work Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
16.3.2020
As the coronavirus pandemic makes remote work a necessity, a leading software engineer at a Ripple team offers advice