# Bitcoin News
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June 18,2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin
According to data released by crypto monitoring website Coin Dance for the week ending June 15, 2019, economically troubled country Venezuela witnessed all-time high bitcoin (BTC) trading activity on P2P exchange platform Localbitcoins. Venezuelans Turn to Bitcoin to Battle Hyperinflation Venezuela is one of the few countries in the world...
Financial markets have a plethora of derivative contracts that each serve their own distinct purpose. Futures and options are widely known contract standards that run on exchanges, but most forex traders are more familiar with CFD's - an easier way to leverage yourself in the market without the strict funding...
June 16,2019 by Liam J Kelly at Bitcoin
In an interview with BTCManager, the CEO of the New York-based investment firm Wilshire Phoenix Funds LLC. said that their United States Bitcoin and Treasury Investment Trust product is one of the most promising yet. Alongside the rise and fall of the BitWise and VanEck Bitcoin derivative offerings, William Herrmann...
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# Ethereum News
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June 17,2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Ethereum
Ethereum's developers are working to deploy another hard fork called Istanbul. At the moment, there are 28 proposals (EIPs), which include changes to the mining algorithm, code execution, pricing mechanism, and data storage process. Improvements on Mining and Network Fees The launch of the new Ethereum hard fork Istanbul took...
June 16, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at
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In a press release issued on June 13, 2019, crypto payments firm CLIC Technology Inc. announced a partnership with B2B blockchain infrastructure company Opporty to jointly develop an in-browser extension that would enable customers to make purchases from Amazon with the ether (ETH) cryptocurrency. Make Purchases from Amazon with ETH...
June 13,2019 by Eddie Mitchell at Ethereum
Bitwage, a firm working to normalize crypto by allowing workers, freelancers, and contractors to receive their salaries in cryptocurrencies, has announced that interested parties can now receive payment in Ether, as per a blog post June 10, 2019. Ether Payroll Bitwage has been working to “close the loop” in the...
# Blockchain News
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June 18,2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain
The Council of European Union, the institution representing the member states' government, has implemented new rules that will promote the use of publicly held data. These will include real-time datasets pertaining to weather and transportation and will be in blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) projects to foster digital innovation across...
June 18, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at
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In a bid to bolster performance and improve efficiency, 100 Japanese manufacturers, including industry lead Mitsubishi Electric, have agreed to use distributed ledger technology (DLT) in sharing production data, according to a Nikkei report on June 17, 2019. Strategic Blockchain Collaboration Per sources close to the matter, Japanese...
June 17,2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain
Nevada has passed several distributed ledger technology (DLT) related bills to boost blockchain investment in the state. This according to a report by Coindesk, published June 14, 2019. Establishing a Fintech-Focused Regulatory Sandbox In a bid to create a conducive environment for blockchain businesses, the state of Nevada has passed...
# Altcoins News
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June 18,2019 by Anthonia Isichei at Altcoins
According to a blog post on the Binance website on June 17, 2019, the cryptocurrency exchange giant announced plans to launch BTCB, their Bitcoin-pegged token. The pairing is the beginning of a string of similar crypto-pegged BEP2 token pairs for trading on the Binance DEX platform, per the announcement. First...
June 17, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at
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Iceland’s financial watchdog, the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) on June 14, 2019, approved Reykjavik-based fintech startup Monerium as the country’s first e-money institution. Iceland Backs Digitization of Money Iceland’s national currency, the Icelandic krona (ISK), is set to become Europe’s first blockchain-powered digitally traded currency after the nation’s sole financial...
In the lead up to Facebook’s official cryptocurrency reveal, the social media titan has signed up gigantic backers for its “Project Libra” as well hiring senior UK bank lobbyist, Ed Bowels. This, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on June 13, 2019, and the Financial Times. In addition,...
# ICO News
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June 12,2019 by Anthonia Isichei at ICO
The French government is looking to introduce clear-cut regulations for ICOs in the country. As reported by Crowdfund Insider on June 10, 2019, regulators in the country want to issue rules governing the issuance of utility ICO tokens, which would serve as a new “ICO regime.” France Moving ahead of the...
June 5, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at
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After failing to meet the $1.13 million soft cap for their Security Token Offering (STO), Blockport has declared bankruptcy and will scale down their plans as they cannot achieve their desired growth trajectory. Blockport raised $15 million in an ICO in January 2018 and has since struggled to pick up...
June 5,2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at ICO
In a press release issued June 4, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated that it was suing Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting a $100 million illegal initial coin offering (ICO) of digital tokens. SEC Goes Hard on Kik Kik, a social media turned crypto firm has been...
