Today marks 10 years of Bitcoin; its original white paper was released onto the internet on Halloween day, 2008. What began as an idea to challenge the financial establishment, has since grown to become a $110 billion market. 10 Years of Bitcoin: The Whitepaper The purpose of Bitcoin was straightforward; the digital asset, as…
25 October 2018 . On the 25th of October 2018, Spacebit Capital announced the world’s first ever tokenized venture capital fund for the space industry. The announcement was made simultaneously at the World Investment Forum in Geneva and the World Blockchain Summit in Dubai. Making a Greater Leap for Crypto The private space…
Welcome to the World Crypto Con Spotlight series. Today’s guests: Joel Comm and Travis Wright. World Crypto Con World Crypto Con (WCC) is a platform for industry leaders to share their knowledge of the cryptocurrency and blockchain space, as well as introduce their projects to the world. WCC welcomes both experts and novices to…
Crypto exchange Coinbase is now valued at over $8 billion after it closed a new $300 million funding round. The US exchange held a Series E investment last week. Coinbase Funding will Enhance Growth Coinbase is one of the world’s largest exchanges by trading volume, and it has been at the fore of the…
A US citizen from California has just pled guilty in federal court for operating an “unlicensed money business” selling Bitcoin (BTC), called LocalBitcoins.com. The Department of Justice (DoJ) released a press release about the case yesterday, October 29th. Unlicensed Bitcoin (BTC) Sales Jacob Burrell Campos has admitted to selling “hundreds of thousands” of dollars in…
SC Johnson has just announced that it has teamed up with Plastic Bank to reduce the global ocean plastic crisis happening around the world. The companies are currently trying to increase recycling rates in impoverished communities within Indonesia, while also trying to address the challenges of poverty. SC Johnson Blockchain SC Johnson and the…
SC Johnson has just announced that it has teamed up with Plastic Bank to reduce the global ocean plastic crisis happening around the world. The companies are currently trying to increase recycling rates in impoverished communities within Indonesia, while also trying to address the challenges of poverty. SC Johnson Blockchain SC Johnson and the…
The crypto market is suffering huge losses across the board today. And leading the drop-off is the largest coin by market cap; Bitcoin dropped from over $6,500 to a new two-week low of $6,243 in early trade today. The coin has lost over $200 in a 24-hour period, and as happens more commonly than…
Current car consumers may have an insatiable appetite for SUVs, but sedans are still one of the most preferred ways to get you, your children, and everyone’s luggage (both figurative and literal) from one place to another. Sedans are cars equivalent of the refrigerator: They’re appliances, and you require yours to work reliably and…
Wirex – the payments pioneer that aims to bridge the gap between cryptocurrencies and everyday spending – announced that they have teamed up with payments processing technology provider i2c to launch the United States’ first multiple cryptocurrency-backed prepaid card. It means that Wirex will be extending its European Wirex Visa Card programme, that allows cardholders to use…
Major US cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase had just been granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit over alleged insider trading. The alleged Coinbase BCH insider trading occurred last year during the company’s launch of Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Coinbase BCH Insider Trading The United States District Court North District of California published a court…
Blockchain is releasing its first hardware wallet, called the Lockbox. The company that is synonymous with having one of the oldest software wallets will begin shipping its new device in November. Blockchain’s Lockbox Blockchain’s online software wallet boasts over 30 million accounts, so will its new hardware device do the same? The company partnered…
Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges have been given full license to create their own regulations. So what’s going on? Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchanges Earlier today, the country’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), granted the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) a self-regulatory status. The JVCEA is made up of 16 licensed and domestic crypto exchanges. Its members are Bitflyer,…
The worldwide Xsolla billing platform provides millions of its users with a new payment system — visionary MGO tokens. These coins belong to the MobileGO project that recently raised over $53 m during the last stage of its ICO campaign. Xsolla is recognized all over the world as a global provider of billing solutions…
Two of the largest companies in the cryptocurrency space, Circle and Coinbase, have joined forces to establish their own stablecoin, the USDC, or USD Coin. The tech startup companies are calling their joint venture the ‘CENTRE Consortium,’ which has its own website already. Circle and Coinbase: CENTRE Both Circle and Coinbase released their own…
The launch date for Bitcoin futures on the Bakkt platform has been announced. Bakkt is a platform for trading, storing, and spending digital assets, and was created earlier in 2018 by Intercontinental Exchange—the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Bitcoin Futures Launch Date According to a document released today, the launch date for…
Data shows that the international remittance market is huge. In 2016, migrants living in different parts of the world transferred more than $570 billion USD to their home countries. Even though several FinTech overseas money transfer companies have made their presence felt in recent times, the field is still dominated by three of the original…
It all started with a tweet by Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk. i🖤anime — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2018 I know, you’re probably wondering, “what does this have to do with Bitcoin?” Let me get to that. Elon Musk and Bitcoin After the anime tweet, a user asked the tech entrepreneur when two-factor authentication…
Perth, Australia – October 2018. Responding to the wishes of their traders and following the latest trends, FXOpen AU Forex broker launches cryptocurrency accounts that allow users to trade 15 cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash, Monero, NEO, EOS and other cryptocurrencies) as CFDs direct from FXOpen accounts. To start trading in the Cryptocurrency market…
Coinmarketcap.com has a new listing in its top 100. As of Sunday, Ravencoin has been occupying the 58th spot thanks to a Binance listing and has sustained a growth of 118% since that announcement. Within ten days, the coin has grown its market cap from $212,000 to $49 million! This is a rather unbelievable rise…
