Difficulty bomb delay, mining reward decrease, ETH price change — What else is to be expected by the community ahead of the Constantinople fork? The next attempt to implement the Ethereum (ETH) hard fork is expected to come in the interval from Jan. 14 to Jan. 18 — or according to Afri Schoedon, the release […]
Continue Reading
Mongolia’s capital city administration is set to replace utility bills and government subsidies with blockchain-based payment methods. Mongolia’s capital city of Ulaanbaatar has partnered with a stablecoin company to release instant money transfer and lending services, Asia’s largest tech media platform e27 reported on Jan. 11. Ulaanbaatar City’s administration has agreed to partner with a […]
Continue Reading
HBUS has announced the rebranding of its retail trading service from HBUS.com to Huobi.com. HBUS, the United States-based strategic partner of China-born crypto exchange Huobi, has announced the rebranding of its retail trading service from HBUS.com to Huobi.com. THe rebranding was shared in a press release with Cointelegraph on Jan. 11. As reported, HBUS launched […]
Continue ReadingCrypto exchanges OKEx and Huobi will support the upcoming Ethereum Constantinople hard fork which will fundamentally change the Ethereum blockchain. Leading cryptocurrency exchanges OKEx and Huobi Global will support the Ethereum (ETH) Constantinople hard fork which is estimated to happen between Jan. 14 and 18, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph. The Constantinople […]
Continue ReadingMorgan Stanley isn’t the only bank to have been fined recently for Anti-Money Laundering non-compliance. In 2018, barely a month passed without an official at a financial institution or government department calling on crypto to clean up its act. In the last quarter of the year alone, the United States Department of the Treasury, the […]
Continue ReadingA former senior employee at U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has left the industry giant to join stablecoin issuer TrustToken as head of compliance. A former senior employee at United States crypto exchange Coinbase has left the industry giant to join stablecoin issuer TrustToken as head of compliance, according to the company’s official website Jan. 4. […]
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange OKEx has added perpetual swap contracts for 7 additional crypto assets, in addition to BTC/USD. Major cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has added multiple new crypto derivative pairs to its platform, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Jan. 3. As Cointelegraph reported in late December, the exchange first launched a derivative product called […]
Continue Reading
Daily traded volume of cryptocurrency contracts on the Huobi Derivatives Market has broken past $1 billion. Daily traded volume of cryptocurrency contracts on the Huobi Derivatives Market (DM) has broken past $1 billion, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Dec. 27. Huobi Global — which operates the world’s third-largest largest crypto spot […]
Continue Reading
The Huobi Derivative Market has added EOS contracts, which allows traders to take both long and short positions on the cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi’s derivative market now supports altcoin EOS, according to an official press release shared with Cointelegraph on Dec. 28. Huobi is currently the third-ranked cryptocurrency exchange by adjusted volume on CoinMarketCap, with […]
Continue Reading
Goldman Sachs-backed Circle has published a third-party audit of its USD-pegged stablecoin USD Coin for the second time. Goldman Sachs-backed Circle has published a third-party audit of its USD-pegged stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) for the second time, according to a company blog post Dec. 18. USD Coin — an ECR20 token first announced this May […]
Continue Reading