Tag: cryptocurrencies

B2C2, a leading cryptocurrency over-the-counter (OTC) liquidity provider for digital assets exchanges and financial institutions, has announced its streaming pricing feature aimed at enabling OTC traders to carry out “point-and-click” trading execution, according to a Business Wire press release on January 21, 2019.   OTC Traders’ Orders Executed in Real Time In its bid to eliminate all forms of delays…

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On January 22, 2019, Livio Weng Xiaoqi, the chief executive of Huobi Global, insisted that the company is still profitable despite the bear run and event layoffs, as new projects are launched. Beating the Bear Run Within the last year, there have been significant changes in the global cryptocurrency market and not all of them good. Last year, crypto firms…

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Speaking with Bloomberg’s Daybreak Asia radio show January 21, 2019, professor Silvio Micali of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spoke positively on the future of blockchain, believing that global blockchain development can lead to the establishment a truly borderless economy. The Magic Number According to the well-accredited and renowned professor, “until now they could only satisfy two out of the three”…

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Autonomous Next published a report on January 21, 2019, which states that the blockchain industry saw $24 billion in funding in 2018, most of which came from unverified self-reported crowdfunding ventures. Unverified Figures Autonomous Next ’s report stated that in December 2018, there was an almost even split between the funds raised through traditional venture capital and those raised through…

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Crypto Garage, a subsidiary of the Japanese IT company Digital Garage, Inc, announced on January 21, 2019, that it would test issuance of JPY stablecoins on their SETTLENET platform. The Stablecoin Euphoria Expands to Japan The blockchain fintech company will pilot a delivery versus payment settlement service between JPY tokens and digital assets in a project fully authorized under the…

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On January 21, 2019, the Swiss blockchain wallet Tangem raised funding of $ 15 million from SBI Crypto Investment. This is intended to be used for the industrial adoption of blockchain-enabled smart cards.  Tangem, the “Smart Banknotes” Startup The blockchain smart card wallet provider Tangem is well-known for its smart banknotes that are inbuilt with a chip that holds bitcoin or…

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Authorities in the Netherlands want to force cryptocurrency exchanges and crypto service providers to obtain licenses that would ban anonymous cryptocurrency trading, local news outlet Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) reported on January 18, 2019. Licensing for Crypto Businesses Introduced in Holland Anonymous trading of crypto assets has long been a thorn in the eye for the authorities in the European…

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In a country that many believe proves how fiat currencies can destroy an entire country’s infrastructure and economy, the first Bitcoin ATM in Venezuela will finally be installed, about two weeks from January 20, 2019. A Never-Ending Economic Crisis Venezuela actually tops the misery index thanks to the ongoing economic crisis in the country since 2013. There are all sorts…

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Total crypto market cap lost $3 billion of its value since January 19, 2019, and fell to $119. Bitcoin declined to $3,590 while Ethereum dropped down to $116. The much-anticipated Ethereum hard fork has been postponed until late February of this year. This was confirmed by Ethereum developer lead Péter Szilágyi on his official Twitter account. The Constantinople fork is now…

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Cryptocurrency is still an emerging industry and regulation is still trying to keep up. While there are few assertive regulatory frameworks in the world, crypto-related companies are often requested to provide information to law enforcement agencies. On January 18, 2019, ShapeShift came forth to reveal how it handles this matter. Providing Information to Law Enforcement Agencies ShapeShift, one of the…

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