Afghanistan and Tunisia’s central banks are reportedly looking to issue a bitcoin bond. Afghanistan and Tunisia’s central banks are looking to issue a bitcoin (BTC) bond, Hong Kong-based news outlet Asia Times reports on April 17. Per the report, the governors of the two country’s central banks spoke at the annual Spring Meetings of the Boards […]
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The top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day as bitcoin hovers over the $5,250 mark. Friday, April 19 — The top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) hovers over the $5,250 mark. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin is down a fraction of […]
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ZenGo uses new forms of transaction signing to simplify the crypto experience for non-technical new crypto users Israeli cryptocurrency developer KZen has raised $4 million from backers including South Korean electronics giant Samsung, industry news outlet The Block reported on April 17. The company’s product, smartphone wallet app ZenGo — currently in beta phase testing […]
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Major crypto exchange Binance has reworded their quarterly manipulations section between February and March 2019. Binance has recently updated its white paper’s section devoted to quarterly manipulations with its native token binance coin (BNB), based on a version of the white paper backed up on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine on Feb. 8. According to […]
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NChain chief scientist and Bitcoin SV proponent Craig Wright has filed a libel claim in the U.K. against cryptocurrency podcaster Peter McCormack. NChain chief scientist and Bitcoin SV (BSV) proponent Craig Wright has filed a libel claim in the United Kingdom against cryptocurrency podcaster Peter McCormack. The podcaster tweeted a photo of the legal notice […]
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FinCEN has assessed a civil money penalty for a California resident accused of violating money transmission laws. The United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a civil money penalty for a California resident accused of wilfully violating money transmission laws in his work as a peer-to-peer exchanger of virtual currencies. The news was […]
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The CEO of Bithumb’s operator has revealed plans to expand to the U.S. and Japan. The CEO of Singapore-based Blockchain Exchange Alliance (BXA) — which has a controlling stake in major South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb — has revealed plans to expand to the American and Japanese markets. The news was reported by Cointelegraph Japan […]
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Donald Tapscott, executive chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute, has said that Chinese renminbi will become a crypto. Donald Tapscott, executive chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute, stated that the official Chinese currency, the renminbi (RMB), will become a cryptocurrency, in an interview with Bloomberg on April 17. In the interview, Tapscott revealed that he […]
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sponsored A global crypto platform has launched a leveraged bitcoin CFD, enabling traders to speculate on the asset’s price movements against the Japanese yen and U.S. dollar. A platform has launched a leveraged bitcoin contract-for-difference (CFD) product, enabling traders to speculate on the cryptocurrency’s price movements against the Japanese yen and United States dollar. Liquid […]
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Fintech firms can put blockchain technology to the test, but cryptocurrency projects are excluded, India’s central bank has announced. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the terms of its regulatory sandbox in report on April 18. Per the terms of the sandbox, various applications of blockchain technology can be tested, while cryptocurrency-related projects […]
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