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New Prediction Market And Derivatives Trading Platform Veil Launches on Ethereum

January 16, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Business, News

On Januar 16, co-founder and CEO at Veil, Paul Fletcher-Hill, announced in a blog post that the new peer-to-peer prediction market Veil has gone live on the Ethereum Mainnet. Prediction Markets and Leveraged Crypto Trading Veil describes itself as “a peer-to-peer trading platform for prediction markets and derivatives on Augur.”...

India: RBI Stalls its Plans to Launch Central Bank Digital Currency

January 3, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin, Finance, News, Regulation

According to a report from Business Line, published on January 1, 2019, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stalled its plan to launch a national digital currency. Too Early for Central Bank Digital Currency The cryptocurrency ecosystem in India has been plagued with confusion and indecisiveness, and the latest...

Bitcoin Bulls Take Charge as BTC Moves Back towards $7,000 Mark: Week in Review Sep 24

September 24, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News, News Digest, Regulation

The price of bitcoin remained firm over the course of the past week, gaining three percent helping BTC move back up towards the $7,000 mark. Once again, cryptocurrency regulations were a big topic in several jurisdictions, including the U.S., the UK, and India, last week. There was also much talk...

Bitcoin Stabilizes above Important $6,000 Resistance as Bulls Manage to Fight Off Bears: Week in Review September 17

September 18, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

The price of bitcoin closed the week three percent higher, around the $6,500 mark, as bulls managed to regain the upper hand to allow bitcoin to remain above its most recent $6,000 resistance. In the past seven days, blockchain media was filled with stories of regulators cracking down on fraudulent...

XBT Provider Launches Another Crypto Basket

September 18, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

Stockholm-based XBT Provider AB, the company that created the first exchange-traded bitcoin trackers, now wants to offer a whole basket of digital currencies to bet on, Bloomberg reported on September 16, 2018. XTB Fills up Basket The company that created the first exchange-traded bitcoin trackers now wants to offer a...

Earth Dollar Partners With Blockchain Associations for Global Point-of-Sale Cryptocurrency Project

July 13, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, News

Earth Dollar™, an asset-backed cryptocurrency has announced a strategic partnership with the US Blockchain Association, the Nevada Blockchain Association, and other non-profit blockchain-related organizations worldwide to launch a global cryptocurrency point-of-sale payment system available to both online and offline retailers. Global Cryptocurrency Payment System Earth Dollar will be used as...

KuCoin’s Vote to List Competition

July 12, 2018 by Crypto Advocate at Adoption, Altcoins, Exchange, News

One of the most crucial aspects to the success of any cryptocurrency is exchange listings. What is the point of a cryptocurrency that is not being traded anywhere? Altcoins have only a few options for methods of being listed on the different exchanges. Some exchanges require an application and board...

Polish Citizens File Petition against Banks for Refusing Cryptocurrency-Based Businesses

July 4, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Finance, News, Regulation

Polish financial institutions have been doing everything within their power to shutter the operations of cryptocurrency exchanges as well as other Bitcoin-linked businesses in the region. While some firms such as BitBay have already migrated to countries with amenable crypto regulations, the Polish Bitcoin Association (PSB) has now filed a...

Jim Chanos is Not a Fan of Bitcoin: Here’s Why

June 8, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Commentary, Finance, News

Renowned stock market short selling guru Jim Chanos is of the opinion that bitcoin would fail in the event of crisis or instability because the digital infrastructure involved in its use would be impractical. Jim Chanos. Source: CNN Chanos, who achieved fame and notoriety at the turn of the millennium...

Exclusive: CoinGecko’s TM Lee Talks Evaluation, Malaysian Crypto Scene, and Interoperability between Blockchains

June 8, 2018 by Liam J Kelly at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Commentary, Interviews, News

CoinGecko has emerged as a solid alternative to the information hungry crypto sphere. Naturally, many are already familiar with first mover CoinMarketCap, but TM Lee’s project offers a broader suite of diagnostics. The traditional offering of market capitalization, liquidity, and price are all on display, but in the following interview,...

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