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Rakuten Expands Cryptocurrency Operations, Launches Crypto Exchange

August 19, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Finance

Rakuten Group, the largest e-commerce company in Japan, launched a crypto wallet in 2017 via Rakuten Wallet Inc, a subsidiary of the online giant. The company has announced the launch of an exchange, allowing users to trade in BTC, ETH, and BCH using a mobile wallet for Android. The iOS...

Blockstream Reveals Secret Mining Project Geared at Improving Bitcoin Decentralization

August 9, 2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Bitcoin

On August 8, Canadian company Blockstream unveiled Blockstream Mining, a new solution to host and manage Bitcoin mining equipment at facilities located in Quebec and the United States. The project also includes a mining pool based on the BetterHash protocol. Blockstream Emerges in Mining Blockstream, a leading Bitcoin development company...

Bakkt Confirms Launch of Futures on September 23

Bakkt Confirms Bitcoin Futures Testing has Begun

July 23, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin

After long delays due to regulatory scrutiny, the Bakkt futures platform from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has confirmed that product testing has started. As per a tweet from the company, daily and monthly futures will begin testing with participants from all over the world, July 22, 2019. Long-Awaited Announcement When...

Coinbase Exchange Set to Acquire Xapo for $50 Million

May 17, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Business, News

Coinbase, a leading United States-based cryptocurrency exchange is rumoured to be interested in acquiring Xapo, a Hong Kong-based firm providing highly secure bitcoin custodial services to institutional investors via its cold storage vaults, for about $50 million, reports The Block on May 16, 2019. Coinbase Interested in Xapo Per sources...

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PayPal May Be Opening Up to Digital Currency

May 13, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Adoption, Bitcoin, Blockchain, News

PayPal’s ambivalent stance over the digital currency might be changing as CFO John Rainey has stated that the payment processor has created teams to study both blockchain and cryptocurrency, as reported by Forbes on May 10, 2019. PayPal previously allowed merchants to receive payments in Bitcoin but removed functionality after...

Bitcoin Moves Towards $6,000 Mark as Momentum Remains Positive Despite “Untethered” Tether

May 6, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at News, News Digest

The price of bitcoin rallied by over nine percent week-on-week despite the revelations that market-leading stablecoin USDT is not fully backed by US dollars as we were made to believe. On Sunday evening, BTC/USD traded at $5,785. The Big Stories At the start of last week, Tether finally admitted to...

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Fidelity to Cater to Institutional Appetite for Bitcoin “Within a Few Weeks”

May 6, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Bitcoin, Finance, News

Multi-trillion asset management firm Fidelity Investments could launch its cryptocurrency trading service very soon. Citing sources in the know, Bloomberg reported on May 6, 2019, that the Wall Street juggernaut could launch its bitcoin trading service “within a few weeks.” Aiming for the Big Shots Fidelity’s cryptocurrency trading service will...

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Report: American Trading Platform E*Trade to Offer Crypto Trading Services

April 29, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Commentary, Finance, News, Regulation

New York-based financial assets trading platform E*Trade is poised to offer cryptocurrency trading services, sources told Bloomberg, April 27, 2019. E*Trade to Make Entry into Volatile Crypto Industry Per sources in the know of the matter, E*Trade will begin its operations by offering bitcoin (BTC) and ether-based crypto (ETH) products....

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Fidelity Investments to Start Offering Bitcoin Custodial Services in March 2019

January 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin, Business, Finance, News

Fidelity Investments, a Boston-based multinational financial services corporation, has revealed it would launch own bitcoin custodial service for institutional investors and cryptocurrency big whales in March this year, according to a Bloomberg report on January 29, 2019. Fidelity Still Betting on Bitcoin As reported by BTCManager earlier in October...

Bitcoin Drops Further as Much-Awaited Bitcoin ETF Is Pushed Down the Road: BTCManager’s Week in Review Dec 10

December 10, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, News, Platform, Tech

The price of bitcoin dropped by over 15 percent versus last week’s close after it became clear that the crypto markets will have to wait longer for a potential Bitcoin ETF to be approved in the U.S. "Crypto Mom" Provides Insights Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the SEC often referred...

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