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SBI Holdings to Use Ripple’s Distributed Ledger Technology for Mobile App

September 18, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Finance, Investment, News

Japanese Fintech giant SBI Holdings will launch a Ripple-based mobile application called Money Tap by the end of 2018. Takashi Okita, the CEO of SBI Ripple Asia, announced the news via a tweet on September 12, 2018, and shared a website of the new mobile application. Money Tap: Easy Bank...

South Korean Telecoms Giants Set to Offer Blockchain-Based Mobile Payments Solution

September 18, 2018 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

South Korean mobile carrier and global electronics giant LG Uplus has joined forces with Far EasTone Telecommunications, SoftBank, and TBCASoft, to develop a cross-carrier blockchain payments solution to enable local mobile phone subscribers from different networks to make quick payments with their phones when they travel abroad, reported The Korea...

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...

Zero Commision Stock Trading Platform Robinhood to Debut Crypto Trading

Robinhood Is Making a Fortune from Its Millenial Mob of Crypto Traders

September 18, 2018 by Liam J Kelly at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Ethereum, Exchange, Finance, News, Platform

Robinhood has been making waves since it launched its zero-fee crypto trading platform in 2013. The adoption of different altcoins, regulatory approval in a handful of American states, and a fast-growing user base have all pointed to a potential unicorn in the space. Despite all these positive signals, however, a...

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...

How Bancor Plans to Fix the Cryptocurrency Trading Process

September 18, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Altcoins, Business, Cryptocyclopedia, Exchange, Finance

Leading blockchain project Bancor is attempting to introduce automated cryptocurrency trading through its innovative technological solutions. Using a combination of its proprietary algorithm called the Bancor Protocol and a new type of smart contract-powered token, Bancor believes it can usher in a new age where people can trade digital currencies...

High Return? CannabisCare CopyPortfolio Offered by eToro

September 17, 2018 by Guest Post at Business, Finance, Investment

Eagle-eyed investors are constantly seeking financial instruments that have the potential to generate high returns. Sometimes their investment hopes go up in smoke, alas. Experienced traders will have noticed how the medical marijuana market has exploded – in 2017 record growth for the legal cannabis industry saw total economic output...

U.S. Federal Court Accepts Cryptocurrency for Bail of Hacker

Cryptocurrency-Related Lawsuits Hits All-Time High in 2018

September 17, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Crime, Finance, News, Regulation

Cryptocurrency-related lawsuits have officially reached its peak, tripling in 2018 According to a 2018 Securities Litigation Report released on September 11 by Lex Machina. The number of cases mentioning Bitcoin or blockchain has increased significantly from the previous years, which coincide with the rise and fall of bitcoin and other...

A Guide to Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)

ICO Market Maturing in 2018, Says UK Consultancy

September 17, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Crime, Finance, Investment, News

The initial coin offering (ICO) market is snowballing, with 537 ICOs and $13.7 billion in funds closing successfully in the first five months of 2018. According to Consultancy UK’s article published on September 17, 2018, the ICO market’s boom is a result of more explicit regulation in some jurisdictions, which...

Irish Blockchain Organisation for Women Raises Awareness about Distributed Ledger Technology

September 15, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

An Irish blockchain group for women was recently formed to spread awareness and educate women about blockchain technology. According to The Irish Times, the Irish Blockchain Group has many strong founding members who are eager to share with other women how the emerging blockchain industry can be a great new...

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