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$250 Million Inaccessible in QuadrigaCX CEO’s Cold Wallet

February 4, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at News

Canadian Exchange QuadrigaCX is seeking legal protection after they revealed that $250 million of customers’ funds are in a cold wallet only accessible by their late CEO, a February 1, 2019 report says. No Way Out Cryptocurrencies exchanges often go to great lengths to protect the funds in the custody,...

CBOE and VanEck Re-apply for Crypto ETF

February 2, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Bitcoin, Business, Commentary, Development, Finance, News, Regulation

After previously withdrawing their application due to the government shutdown, CBOE and VanEck have re-applied for a crypto ETF from the SEC on January 31, 2019. One More Try There has been a long and drawn out battle to secure a cryptocurrency ETF from the SEC. Firm after firm has...

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Germany’s Second-Largest Exchange, Boerse Stuttgart, Launches Crypto Trading App BISON

February 2, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Adoption, Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Exchange, Finance, News

Germany's second-largest stock exchange, Boerse Stuttgart, announced the launch of its new crypto trading app, called BISON, which aims to offer "simple, fast and secure trading in cryptocurrencies." Germans Can now Trade Crypto Using BISON The newly launched BISON app enables investors to trade and securely store digital assets for free using their...

India: ICICI Bank Is Focusing on Blockchain for KYC, Trade, and Remittances

India: Accel India Invests $1 Million in Blockchain-Based Loan Facilitating Startup

February 1, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Finance, Investment, News

According to a report by VCCircle published on January 31, 2019, venture capital firm Accel India has invested $1 million in startup StreamSource, a blockchain-based marketplace for unsecured personal loans. Blockchain Finds Use Case in Anonymous Loan Market An increasing number of blockchain-based companies are trying to find their footing...

Cryptocurrency Winter Forces the NEM Foundation to Restructure Mode of Operation

February 1, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Business, Commentary, Finance, News

NEM Foundation, the team in charge of the NEM (XEM) blockchain project, has announced a significant change to its mode of operation due to the recent downturn in the cryptocurrency markets, according to an official announcement by the team on January 31, 2019. NEM Foundation Restructured to Cut down Cost...

Genesis Capital Records $870 Million in Q3 Loans as Centralized Crypto Lending Market Widens

Genesis Global Trading Reveals Crypto Lending Is Alive and Kicking in the Bear Market

February 1, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at News

Digital Currency Group-owned cryptocurrency trading and lending company, Genesis Global Trading, has published its "Digital Asset Lending Snapshot" for Q4/2018 in which it reveals that its loan originations have ballooned to over $1 billion in 2018 despite the downturn in the market. Genesis Loan Book Doubles in Q4/2018 On January...

Bitcoin and Ether Market Update: January 9, 2020

Bitcoin and Ether Market Update: February 1, 2019

February 1, 2019 by Georgi Hristov at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Cryptocurrency Market Outlook, Ethereum, Finance, News, Price Analysis

The total crypto market cap is down with $1 billion since January 30, 2019, and now sits at $112.5 billion. Bitcoin is still hovering around $3,400, while the price of ether remains unchanged. BTC/USD On January 30, bitcoin saw its first day of gains since January 26 when it last...

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JPMorgan: Blockchain Technology Will Improve the Trade and Finance Sector

January 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Commentary, Finance, News

While the revolutionary distributed ledger technology (DLT) is slowly but steadily gaining traction in various sectors of the world economy including supply chain, healthcare, and others, American multinational investment bank, JPMorgan says it may take another "three to five years" before blockchain technology starts making meaningful impact on trade-finance, reported...

Nvidia Blames China and Drying Crypto Mining Business for Disappointing Q4 2018 Results

January 30, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Finance, Mining, News, Regulation

According to a report by VentureBeat published on January 28, 2019, U.S. GPU manufacturing company Nvidia’s stock fell by more than 15 percent on Monday over fears of the company’s poor performance in the crypto mining industry. The company has revised its Q4 2018 revenue estimate, which now sits at...

Market Update and Ripple XRP Price Analysis: January 28, 2019

January 28, 2019 by Georgi Hristov at News

The total crypto market cap lost $7 billion of its value since January 25 and now stands at $113 in the early hours of January 28. Bitcoin is down three percent for the same time period, ether fell eight percent. XRP/USD The Ripple company token closed January 25 at $0.319,...

Predictions.Global Partners with Veil to Allow Augur Traders Predict Events

January 27, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, Exchange, News, Platform

On January 24, 2019, Paul Fletcher-Hill, co-founder and CEO of Veil, announced on Medium that Predictions.Global, a platform for accessing Augur markets, will be integrated into Veil, a peer-to-peer trading platform. Predictions.Global Blended into Veil As reported by BTCManager on January 16, 2019, Veil, a prediction markets and derivatives trading...

Chinese Blockchain News Platform Mars Finance Raises $51 Million in Funding Round

Interoperability Platform Polkadot Looks to Raise $60 Million in Bear Market

January 26, 2019 by Neil at News

Even if there are more Fortune 500 corporations and governments interested in using blockchain technology; it doesn’t change the fact that we are still in a prolonged cryptocurrency bear market that is continuing from last year. For cryptocurrency startups, it’s not exactly a prime time to raise money. Despite market...

New Hampshire & Pennsylvania: Crypto-Payable Taxes, Cryptocurrency Not “Money”

January 25, 2019 by Eddie Mitchell at News

Lawmakers in New Hampshire put forward a new bill on January 3, 2019, which would see cryptocurrencies legitimized as an acceptable payment method for “taxes and fees” in July 2020. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania excludes crypto from the definition of money but eases operations for cryptocurrency businesses. Crypto Bill House Bill 470...

Despite Pessimistic Market, VC Giants Continue to Fund Blockchain Startups

January 25, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain, Business, Development, Finance, Investment, News

A Bloomberg report published on January 23, 2019, states the VC arms of Nasdaq Inc. and Citigroup Inc. are among a group of firms that has invested $20 million in Symbiont.io Inc. The company is a blockchain-powered startup which aims to leverage the technology for the benefit of capital markets....

VanEck and SolidX File for Physically Traded Bitcoin ETF

Cboe Exchange Withdraws VanEck-SolidX Bitcoin ETF Proposal with the SEC

January 24, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at News

According to an official document published by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 23, 2019, the Cboe BZX Exchange has withdrawn its proposed rule change which could have resulted in the listing of the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust on the exchange. Bitcoin ETF Continues to Remain a...

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