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Coinbase Announces Biggest-Ever Expansion of Crypto Asset Listings

September 26, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Exchange, Finance, News, Regulation

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans on implementing critical changes in its listing policy that will enable it to significantly increase its asset offerings, the company announced in a September 25, 2018, press release. Coinbase’s new Asset Listing Process Digital currency exchange Coinbase has announced several fundamental changes that will revamp its...

33 Percent of ICO’s Found Nowhere on Cryptocurrency Exchanges

September 26, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Altcoins, Finance, Investment, News

ICO’s have quickly become the de facto standard of raising funds within the cryptocurrency industry, with over $12 billion raised through ICO’s in the first half of 2018 alone. Despite the large amount of money that came into cryptocurrency in the past two years, September 25, 2018 reports allege that...

J.P. Morgan Boosts Trials of Ethereum-Based Enterprise Blockchain with 75 new Partners

September 26, 2018 by contributor at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

Over 75 international banks joined as participants on a significant blockchain payments trial piloted by the likes of J.P. Morgan, ANZ and the Royal Bank of Canada, reported Financial Times on September 25, 2018. J.P. Morgan Propels Blockchain Adoption Although the development has grown to include some of the world’s...

United Nations to Use Distributed Ledger Technology in Tackling Global Social Crisis

September 25, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Finance, News, Regulation

The United Nations has reportedly hinted it would integrate blockchain technology into its operations in a bid to create solutions aimed at improving the standard of living of citizens in the developing nations, reported The Next Web on September 24, 2018. United Nations Set to Explore DLT in Solving World...

A Boost to Crypto Companies as Switzerland Introduces Guidelines to Deepen Access to Banking System

September 25, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, Regulation

Switzerland is home to over 500 blockchain and cryptocurrency startups. However, due to the restricted access to the banking sector, many projects have been moved to other countries. This is the problem that Switzerland, through the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA), is trying to solve by issuing guidelines to banks dealing...

Next-Gen Blockchain Red Belly Blockchain Breaks new Ground for Speed

September 25, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Blockchain, Business, Finance, Investment, News

The University of Sydney and CSIRO's Data61 have successfully created a blockchain that can process a mass amount of transactions significantly faster than public blockchains, such as the one behind bitcoin, The Financial Review reported on September 25, 2018. Red Belly Blockchain Validated in a Global Test The Commonwealth Scientific...

NBA’s Houston Rockets Land Sponsorship Deal with Bitcoin Mining Subsidiary AntPool

September 24, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Business, Finance, Investment, Mining, News

Bitcoin mining company AntPool, owned by Bitmain, one of the largest manufacturers of mining rigs in the world, landed a sponsorship deal with professional U.S. basketball team the Houston Rockets, The South China Morning Post reported on September 24, 2018. Bitmain Sponsors NBA’s Houston Rockets Bitmain Technologies, the world’s biggest...

Crypto Fund a16z Buys Up $15 Million Worth of MakerDAO’s MKR Stablecoins

September 24, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Business, Ethereum, Finance, Investment, News

Andreessen Horowitz’s specialized cryptocurrency and blockchain fund a16z crypto has purchased six percent of MakerDAO's total MKR token supply for $15 million, the company announced in a September 24 press release. First Stablecoin Investment Investment fund a16z crypto has purchased six percent of the total MKR token supply for $15...

Morgan Creek Capital Management: Cryptocurrencies Will Replace Fiat Currency

September 24, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Bitcoin, Commentary, Finance, Investment, News

Morgan Creek Capital Management is one of the brave American asset managers that have taken the leap towards cryptocurrency investing. In a partnership with Bitwise Asset Management, the asset manager provides access to blockchain assets for institutional investors through its Digital Asset Index Fund, which tracks the top ten largest...

dYdX Protocol’s “expo” Enables a new Way to Margin Trade on Ethereum’s Blockchain

September 23, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Business, Ethereum, Finance, Investment, News

Ethereum-based blockchain project, dYdX, is developing open-source protocols for decentralized margin and derivatives trading for cryptocurrencies. The project’s first platform, expo, will enable trustless margin trading for Ethereum tokens. Expo - a Trustless Margin Trading Platform on the Ethereum network On September 18, 2018, dYdX’s Head of Operations, Zhuoxun Yin,...

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