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State Street Collaborates With Pure Digital to Launch Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
8.4.2021
State Street, one of the largest asset management firms, is collaborating with crypto startup Pure Digital to set up a cryptocurrency trading platform. “Pure Digital will be a fully automated, high throughput OTC market for digital assets and cryptocurrencies with physical delivery and bank...
NFTs Come to Live in Uquid Shop as NFTD
8.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Uquid Shop, the largest digital asset eCommerce platform is ready to buy and sell digital art, Social & Digital Content, Copyright Products, and Digitals Products involving non-fungible tokens(NFT). Uquid non-fungible tokens are known as NFTD. Scheduled to take place in 2021...
Economist Says Bitcoin Isn’t Too Big to Fail — Warns BTC Can Only Establish Itself if Governments Allow It
7.4.2021
Allianz’s chief economic advisor Mohamed El-Erian says that bitcoin is not too big to fail and that governments may intervene. While he believes that cryptocurrency will grow in popularity, the economist says “it takes away a lot from governments,” adding that this asset...
UAE minister of economy: Crypto & tokenization “key” to doubling GDP
7.4.2021
A government-run token exchange could be on the horizon for the United Arab Emirates
How banks can identify money laundering involving crypto, explained
7.4.2021
What are the tools that banks and financial institutions need to identify money laundering involving crypto? This explained guide reveals all
Oracle Token Chainlink Replaces XRP in Grayscale’s Strategic Large Cap Fund
6.4.2021
The digital currency manager Grayscale Investments announced that the firm has updated its Digital Large Cap Fund (GDLC) in order to add the crypto asset chainlink to the fund. Chainlink is the popular blockchain oracle network and the token will replace XRP after Grayscale removed the digital...
BTC Futures Open Interest Hits $23B, Binance Captures Lion’s Share, Signals Say 43% Chance of $64K Bitcoin by Month’s End
6.4.2021
Bitcoin futures open interest on Monday has crossed $23 billion according to data recorded on April 5. The crypto asset exchange Binance has taken the lead as far as open interest in bitcoin futures is concerned with a massive $10.5 billion in open interest. Binance Captures the Bitcoin Futures...
Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee Joins BTCS as New Independent Director
5.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Silver Spring, MD – (Globe Newswire – April 5, 2021) – BTCS Inc. (OTCQB: BTCS) (“BTCS” or the “Company”), a digital asset and blockchain technology focused company, today announced the appointment of Litecoin creator Charlie Lee to its Board...
Grayscale Reveals Intentions to Convert the Firm’s Bitcoin Trust Into an ETF
5.4.2021
On Monday, the digital currency asset manager Grayscale Investments announced intentions to file for a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) when permissible. The subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG) says in regard to its crypto trust products that it always been the company’s intention...
Xend Is Listing on AscendEX
4.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, formerly BitMax, an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of the Xend Token (XEND) under the pair USDT/XEND on Apr 2 at 1:00 p.m. UTC. Xend Finance is a DeFi platform for cooperatives...
Bitcoin Bounty Referenced on an Episode of Marvel’s ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’
3.4.2021
The leading digital asset bitcoin was mentioned on the action drama television show “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” The reference to bitcoin was caught by a Redditor while he was watching the most recent episode. It’s not the first time bitcoin has been mentioned...
Hip-Hop Star Snoop Dogg Says Bitcoin ‘Here to Stay’— Lauds NFTs for Creating Direct Connection Between Artists and Fans
3.4.2021
Pioneering hip-hop artist and businessman, Snoop Dogg has said he believes in bitcoin, the (blockchain) technology behind the crypto asset and the global connection it creates. The celebrity adds that while he’s not “too caught up in the value of the coin,” he has been around long...
SEC Filing Shows Blackrock Held Bitcoin Futures Contracts Worth $6.15 Million
3.4.2021
After signaling its intention to get exposed to bitcoin, Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has now revealed its initial investments toward the crypto asset. According to the asset manager’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 31, Blackrock...
Ethereum Sets a New All-Time High Above the $2K Handle, Bitcoin Cash Markets Jump 8%
2.4.2021
The price of ethereum tapped a new all-time high (ATH) on Friday afternoon reaching an ATH of around $2,072 around 12 p.m. (EST). Today, ethereum’s market capitalization captures 12.3% of the crypto economy’s overall $1.9 trillion market valuation. Meanwhile, as ether prices jumped over...
Binance Abruptly Delists South African Rand Trading Pairs After Currency Fails to Meet ‘High Level Standard’
2.4.2021
In an abrupt move, Binance South Africa announced on March 31 that all South African rand (ZAR) trading pairs will be delisted on April 2. The crypto exchange adds in a statement that “all trade orders will be automatically removed after 10.00 UTC on April 1” in each respective trading...
New Data Shows Bitcoin Captured Net Gains For Six Consecutive Months
2.4.2021
According to Bloqport’s latest data, bitcoin, which ended the month of March with an overall gain of 29%, has now been in the green for six consecutive months. The data also shows that the crypto asset’s value has nearly doubled from its December 2020 closing price of $29,383 to...
Digital asset manager behind Canada's first BTC fund hopes to launch Bitcoin ETF
2.4.2021
CoinShares CEO Jean-Marie Mognetti said its proposed Bitcoin ETF aims to make "digital assets more accessible to investors of all types."
BNY Mellon Report Compares Bitcoin and Gold, Study Says ‘Gold Is the Only Globally Accepted Currency’
1.4.2021
The popular safe-haven asset gold recently posted the lowest settlement in three weeks, as a firm dollar and bond market yields have weakened support for the precious metal. The financial goliath BNY Mellon also published a report about the differences between gold and bitcoin and the study said...
Hermez Lists on AscendEX
30.3.2021
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, formerly BitMax, an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of the Hermez Network Token (HEZ) under the pair USDT/HEZ on Mar 29 at 1:00 p.m. UTC. Hermez is a zk-rollup that allows for scaling...
South African Companies Convert Cash Holdings Into BTC— Crypto Asset Is Hedge Against Devaluation
30.3.2021
New reports emerging from South Africa suggest privately held firms are converting a portion of their cash holdings into bitcoin as they seek to hedge against currency devaluation. According to one report, an open-source software specialist firm, LSD Open, could well be the first South African...