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Cred Now Enables LTC Holders to Earn Up to Ten Percent Interest on Their Digital Assets
12.2.2020
Cred, a licensed crypto-backed lending and borrowing platform based in California, now supports litecoin. The service will allow LTC holders to earn up to ten percent interest through any of its partners including the Litecoin Foundation, Bitcoin.com, Uphold, and Bitbuy. Since July 2019 Cred allows...
XRP Still Third Largest Crypto by Market Cap After Founder Dumps 1 Billion Coins
10.2.2020
Crypto traders and speculators have been discussing the digital currency XRP (ripple) lately because the price has been stagnant compared to other digital assets. Some venture capitalists and analysts plan to short XRP, while other speculators believe the crypto is poised for a price jump in...
Facebook, China Light Flame Under Fed: Governor Cites Stablecoins Influencing Digital Dollar Research
9.2.2020
At the recent Symposium for Future Payments held in Stanford, California on February 5, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard stressed the importance of remaining “on the frontier of research and policy development regarding CBDC.” The position seems a contrast to the narrative in 2018...
Lawsuit Against Ripple May Decide the Fate of XRP but Regulators Have the Final Say
20.1.2020
A prolonged legal battle, which may hold the key to XRP’s future, has been extended again. The class action lawsuit alleges that Ripple issued and sold the coin, one of the largest by market cap, as an unregistered security. The decision on the defendant’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit...
Coinme Adds BTC Purchase Function to Over 100 Coinstar Kiosks in California
14.1.2020
With over 21,000 kiosks in the U.S., Coinstar is a popular automated service for those who want to turn their fiat coins into paper cash. 3,000 of these kiosks have been integrated with Coinme to include crypto purchase functionality, and more than 100 BTC-integrated Coinstar kiosks are now newly...
California to Get a New Privacy Law from the Starting of 2020
28.12.2019
It is rightly said that Data is the new Gold. As the whole of America does not have any strong data protection law as yet, California is likely to lead the show. From January 1, the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA is going to be effective that provides increased control of...
University of California at Santa Barbara Just Finished Its First Accredited Blockchain Course
25.12.2019
University of California at Santa Barbara concludes its first accredited blockchain course
Majority Leader of California State Assembly Pushes for Legal Certainty for Blockchain
11.12.2019
CA State Assembly Majority Leader wants California to lead blockchain legislation, shares plans at Elev8CON
SoFi Obtains BitLicense to Offer Crypto Trading Services in New York
3.12.2019
SoFi Digital Assets receives a BitLicense from New York regulators
Cred Merchant Solutions to Help Unbanked Business Sectors
3.11.2019
Cred Merchant Solutions has been unveiled in Emeryville during San Francisco Blockchain Week in an event hosting several California elected officials. The new point-of-sale system will help unbanked business sectors, such as California’s cannabis industry, accept crypto payments from...
California Man Sues AT&T Over Loss of $1.8M and Crypto Accounts
20.10.2019
California man sues AT&T claiming that its employees helped to steal over $1.8 million in total, including cryptocurrencies
Ripple Hosts Blockchain Research Event at University of California
7.10.2019
More than 200 academics and developers gathered to discuss Ripple's developer platform and global payment network
Shots Fired as Nancy Pelosi Challenger Bacelar Funds Campaign With Crypto
2.10.2019
27-year-old Agatha Bacelar is a Brazilian-American immigrant from a STEM background, and she’s targeting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s seat in the California Congress (CA-12) in the next election cycle. Her campaign is seeking to raise $1 million in crypto (BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC...
SoFi Launches Zero-Fee Crypto Trading for Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin
25.9.2019
SoFi launches zero-fee trading for Bitcoin, Ether and Litecoin via a partnership with Coinbase
Berkeley City Council Member Becomes First Elected Official to Buy Cannabis with Cryptocurrency
17.9.2019
The cryptocurrency and the cannabis industry undertook a significant step as they joined hands with each other, when California’s Berkeley city council member Ben Bartlett purchased cannabis with crypto assets, at a city dispensary 4 days back. This is significant for the crypto industry and...
California City Official Uses Bitcoin Cash to Purchase Cannabis
11.9.2019
In California, cryptocurrency payments are making headway in the cannabis industry as Berkeley City Councilmember Ben Bartlett became the first elected official to purchase cannabis using a digital asset. On Tuesday, Bartlett utilized bitcoin cash (BCH) and Cred’s LBA token to facilitate...
Insurance Service Rolled Out by Tesla in California
29.8.2019
Over the past half a decade or so, Tesla has emerged as one of the world’s most innovative companies, and its electric cars are now included among the most important advancements that have happened in the history of car manufacturing. However, the company is still trying to be consistently...
Gemini Joins Silvergate Exchange Network for 24/7 Fiat Money Transfers
27.8.2019
Gemini joins Silvergate’s exchange network to enable real-time USD transfers
Initiatives of Blockchain Education Unveiled at Three California Universities
22.8.2019
According to the latest reports, blockchain education programs are being introduced at three California Universities. These programs are curated by an eminent blockchain entity with a VC-backing which has previously crafted courses for universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard....
White House Advisory Reports Trading of Illicit Substances Through Cryptocurrencies
22.8.2019
The White House released two advisories on drug purchases in the U.S. Wednesday, via the communications that marked particular implications to the trading with cryptocurrencies in buying drugs. It was executed with other government agencies as a part of a broader cooperative effort “to end...