A capital markets platform in Singapore will be ready to fully launch regulated trading of digitized securities in early 2020. Capital markets platform iSTOX has joined Singapore’s regulatory sandbox to launch digitized securities trading in late 2019, the firm announced in a tweet on May 24. Following its addition to the Monetary Authority of Singapore […]
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Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day as bitcoin approaches the $8,000 mark again. Friday, May 24 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) approaches the $8,000 mark again. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin is […]
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Addressing critics who claim crypto salaries aren’t viable, Kraken added: “By the way, the employee who took 100% bitcoin in 2012 retired in 2013.” Kraken paid 250 salaries to staff in bitcoin (BTC) last month, the crypto exchange revealed in a tweet on May 23. The firm was responding to Peter Schiff, the CEO of Euro Pacific […]
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Privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero will reportedly switch to a new proof-of-work algorithm in October. Privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero (XMR) plans to switch to a new proof-of-work (PoW) algorithm in October. The new algorithm follows an agreement with permanent storage network Arweave, which will fund an audit of the new algorithm, an Arweave spokesperson told Cointelegraph via email […]
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A teaser of the platform’s new look notably includes a view of margin trading, which CEO Changpeng Zhao previously said was in testing. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance delivered what appeared to be the first confirmation it had added margin trading for traders in a social media update on May 24. As part of its ongoing transition […]
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Social media giant Facebook plans to launch its own payments-focused cryptocurrency “Globalcoin” in 2020. Social media giant Facebook plans to launch its own payments-focused cryptocurrency “Globalcoin” in 2020, according to a BBC news report published on May 24. The BBC reports that tests for the forthcoming digital currency are planned to take place by the […]
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Telegram will reportedly launch its TON Network in the third quarter of 2019. Encrypted messaging service Telegram will purportedly launch its Telegram Open Network (TON) in the third quarter of 2019, according to crypto news site The Block. An internal memo sent to investors reportedly said that the network would launch later this year. Telegram […]
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Cryptocurrency markets are turning green, having overcome the drop in the beginning of the day. Thursday, May 23 — Cryptocurrency markets are starting to move upward, having overcome the drop in the beginning of the day, according to Cointelegraph’s Coin360. Market visualization from Coin360 The leading cryptocurrency bitcoin (BTC) started the day at $7,638 gradually […]
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CEO of Morgan Creek Capital Mark Yusko says every investor should list bitcoin among their portfolio assets. CEO of Morgan Creek Capital Mark Yusko says bitcoin (BTC) should be in every investor’s portfolio in an interview with CNBC on May 22. Yusko remarked that he thinks BTC investments will far outperform the S&P 500 investment […]
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A closer look at EOS Block Producers: What they are, their function and how to become one. How does the EOS governance model fit in with the blockchain ethos of decentralization? In the past, the EOS network has been forced to answer to allegations regarding this very question. In October 2018, when the EOS mainnet […]
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