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Rare Joint Statement From U.S. Regulators Proves Crypto Centralization Is Here
17.10.2019
The U.S. SEC, Fincen and CFTC issued a rare joint statement Friday addressing regulation of “activities involving digital assets.” Citing crypto’s perceived role in money laundering and terrorism, the regulatory power trio prescribed stricter adherence to anti-money laundering...
Europol Predicts Rise of ‘Criminal’ Crypto Exchanges in Digital Underground
15.10.2019
Is the current industry landscape, where centralized exchanges dominate cryptocurrency trading volumes, about to change in the coming years? Europol predicts that international regulatory demands for identity verification on established venues will push privacy concerned traders into so-called...
Binance Launches P2P Trading in China With Support for Alipay and Wechat
11.10.2019
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched peer-to-peer trading in China. The platform supports traders making transactions between themselves using the dominant Chinese payment apps Alipay and Wechat Pay. News of the matter forced Alipay to publicly claim it stops transactions if they...
Binance Makes Major Move into P2P Trading + 9 More Crypto News
9.10.2019
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Major exchange Binance has launched peer-to-peer (P2P) trading functionality with BTC, ETH and USDT...
Binance Launches Peer-to-peer Trading for Cryptos; BNB Now Available via P2P on Airtm
9.10.2019
Binance launched the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) trading of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether against the Chinese Yuan (CNY), China’s native currency. The announcement was made on the company’s website on Wednesday, where it stated that android users, with updated versions, will be able to use the service...
Binance Launches P2P Trading for Chinese Yuan
9.10.2019
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance launches peer-to-peer trading for Bitcoin, Ether and Tether against the Chinese Yuan
Japan’s Kanto Region to Track Surplus Solar Energy with Power Ledger
3.10.2019
Australian energy tech firm Power Ledger to run blockchain-enabled energy trading trial in Japan’s Kanto region by December 2019
Traders Bemoan New Localbitcoins Identity Requirements
28.9.2019
Recent data shows that countries with corrupt governments have a strong correlation with Localbitcoins trade volumes. However, even though the over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace Localbitcoins has grown massive over the years, traders are complaining about heightened know-your-customer/anti-money...
Bitcoin Smart Contract Platform RSK Acquires Latin America’s Fourth Largest Social Network
27.9.2019
IOV Labs, the parent company of Bitcoin smart contract platform RSK, has announced the acquisition of Taringa. As a result, the Hispanic social media network’s 30 million users and 1,000+ active communities will be exposed to dapps, tokenization and P2P trading. Crypto companies acquiring...
Hodl Hodl Wants You to Clone Its P2P Bitcoin Exchange
14.9.2019
Hodl Hodl plans to make its software freely available so anyone can launch their own version of the peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange.
Local.Bitcoin.com Gathers 56K Accounts and $200M Worth of Trades Initiated
14.9.2019
Three months ago, Bitcoin.com launched its over-the-counter BCH marketplace on June 4. Since then, Local.Bitcoin.com has aggregated more than 56,000 accounts, hundreds of bustling users every day and thousands of BCH trade offers. Also Read: Plans to Build $50M Bitcoin Cash Tech Park Revealed...
Power Ledger Goes to Rural Australia to Trade Surplus Energy via DLT
10.9.2019
Australian energy startup Power Ledger launches its first trial of P2P tech in the outback to trade surplus energy on the blockchain
‘We’re Going to Find You’ – How Undercover Agents Trade Prison Time for Bitcoins
2.9.2019
An Australian national living in Boulder, Colorado was slammed with a one year and a day prison sentence last month for trading bitcoins. An August 23 statement from the Colorado U.S. District Attorney’s Office states that Emilio Testa, 32, was charged with money laundering, and claims Testa...
Crypto Lending Platforms Prepare to Assail the Banking System
30.8.2019
The battle lines have been drawn and the troops assembled. On the one side stands the combined might of the banking cartels, centuries of deeply entrenched financial infrastructure supporting them. And on the other side stands a handful of crypto companies armed with little more than a passionate...
P2P Exchange Hodl Hodl Sneaks Around China’s Google Firewall
27.8.2019
Hodl Hodl said Google's reCAPTCHA service, blocked by Chinese firewalls, prevented Asian users from logging on
Blockchain Energy Startup Power Ledger Extends P2P Power Trading Trial
22.8.2019
Power Ledger announces the continuation of its P2P solar power trading trial in Australia
Israeli Financial Authority to Accelerate Blockchain, Fintech Licensure
20.8.2019
An Israeli Ministry of Finance branch is attempting to drive local fintech competition with licensing
Bank of America Files Patent for Multi-Tiered Digital Currency Wallet
19.8.2019
Bank of America has filed a patent for a digital asset wallet with multiple passwords and corresponding layers of access
Developers Reveal Sandbox Video Game Powered by Bitcoin Cash
8.8.2019
On August 7, developers from the team Block Hop announced a new sandbox game powered by the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) blockchain. The gaming software called Realmx is a “next-generation” game that uses blockchain technology, extensible crafted items, and online gaming to create unique...
US Freezes Maduro Gov’t Assets as P2P Bitcoin Volume Soars in Venezuela
6.8.2019
In a major escalation against socialist president Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump’s administration has frozen all Venezuelan government assets