Twitch ramps up its crypto strategy with a digital currency promotion. Will more merchants follow suit? Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch appears to be ramping up its crypto strategy. The site, which focuses primarily on video game livestreaming, is now offering users a 10% subscription discount when paying with cryptocurrency through the platform’s payment processor, BitPay. […]
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Ukraine’s Ministry for Digital Transformation will be tracking illicit crypto transactions with a crypto analytics startup backed by Bitfury. The Ministry for Digital Transformation of Ukraine, a major government authority behind local crypto regulation, will be implementing Bitfury’s crypto analytics tool to track crypto transactions. As officially announced on July 23, the Ministry has signed […]
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Travala.com’s native token AVA will now be added to the Swipe wallet service and Visa card platform — making it spendable at 60 million merchants worldwide. At a time of unprecedented upheaval in the global tourism industry, blockchain-based travel booking service Travala and Swipe aim to boost crypto’s useability. Announced on July 24, Travala’s native […]
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A new survey shows that Turks may not be trading and using cryptocurrencies as much as previous reports have indicated. A new survey seems to debunk the common conception of Turkey as a cryptocurrency-savvy country. Major Turkish crypto exchange Paribu had a simple aim: to find 1,000 Turkish citizens who somehow heard about crypto. It […]
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Shapeshift have launched their new mobile trading app in over 120 countries, giving users full control of their private keys. Self-custody crypto platform Shapeshift has launched a mobile trading app for iOS and android users to buy and sell digital assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) without trusting their private keys to a […]
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Cryptocurrency businesses are facing increasing challenges as new regulations are introduced globally, which is changing the face of the industry and forcing companies to search for effective solutions. Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism regulations demand that financial companies follow strict guidelines in order to curb and track illicit activity. Staying in compliance […]
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Many altcoins could pick up momentum If Bitcoin and Ethereum break above key resistance levels in the coming days. Since March central banks have been printing money aggressively in order to combat the economic downturn brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Philip Lowe, the governor of the Australian Reserve Bank, has warned against the consequences […]
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Financial regulators in the US approved shares of Grayscale Investments’ Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin trusts for trading on OTC Markets. Crypto fund manager Grayscale Investments will make Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin available for public trading through shares of the firm’s cryptocurrency trusts. In the July 20 announcement, Grayscale said the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) […]
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Account holders at crypto exchange Huobi have the opportunity to vote this month on which of six new tokens they would like to see listed. Major Japanese exchange Huobi is asking its users to vote before August 16 on which new cryptocurrencies they would like to see listed. According to an update on the Huobi […]
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Roger Ver says Twitter seems to be blocking tweets about non-state issued money. Bitcoin.com founder Roger Ver says Twitter seems to be blocking him from sending tweets about non-state issued money. Ver said he was trying to send tweets about instant near-field communication, or NFC, payments for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) […]
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