Japanese Insurer Sompo Partners With African BTC-Enabled Remittance Service BitPesa

Japanese insurance company Sompo has partnered with pan-African crypto-enabled remittance platform BitPesa. Japanese insurance company Sompo has partnered with pan-African digital payment platform BTC Africa, also known as BitPesa, according to a press release published Nov. 11 by Asia-focused English-language publication Nikkei Asian Review. Sompo Holdings Inc. reportedly invested 570 million yen ($5 million) Nov. […]

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Bitstamp Is Looking Towards ‘Global Expansion’ After Being Acquired by South Korean Investors

Bitstamp has been acquired by Brussels-based investment firm. On October 29, the cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, was acquired by Belgium-based investment firm NXMH, which in turn, is owned by South Korean media conglomerate NXC Corp. The Luxembourg-registered exchange is now controlled by the same company that bought the majority stake in the South Korean crypto exchange, […]

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Crypto Exchange Bitstamp Acquired by Belgian Investment Firm in ‘All Cash Deal’

An 80 percent stake in crypto exchange Bitstamp has been acquired by Belgium-based investment firm NXMH in an “all cash deal.” Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has been acquired by Belgium-based investment firm NXMH in an “all cash deal,” Reuters reports today, Oct. 29. Nejc Kodrič, CEO of the Luxembourg-registered exchange, reportedly revealed the deal had been […]

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Hodler’s Digest: the Great Tether ‘Unpegging’ and Wozniak Gets Into Blockchain

Investment giant Fidelity is turning to digital assets services, and Steve Wozniak gets into blockchain. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more — a week on Cointelegraph […]

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Pantera Capital Exec: Cryptocurrency Market Prices Could Increase Tenfold by 2020

Cryptocurrency market scaling improvements could see prices ten times higher than now, says co-CIO of Pantera Capital. Cryptocurrency markets could increase ten times over from 2020, blockchain investment firm and hedge fund Pantera Capital’s co-CIO told Bloomberg Tuesday, Oct. 16. Speaking in an interview, co-CIO Joey Krug said that scalability improvements for Bitcoin (BTC) were […]

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Hodler’s Digest, October 8-14: Ran Neuner Thinks BTC’s Price Will ‘Explode,’ While Research Predicts Market Will ‘Implode’

Roger Ver wants Bitcoin.com to have its own crypto exchange, while CNBC’s Ran Neuner thinks Bitcoin’s price could soon “explode.” Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more […]

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Report: Harvard, Stanford, MIT Endowments All Invest in Crypto Funds

Harvard, MIT and Stanford are reportedly among several prestigious U.S. universities that have made investments into “at least” one cryptocurrency fund. Multiple Ivy League and other prestigious U.S. universities are said to have made investments into “at least” one cryptocurrency fund. The report was published by the technology news site Information Wednesday, Oct. 10. Citing […]

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Hodler’s Digest, October 1-8: WSJ Gets In and Out of Crypto, While BofA Sees a $7 Billion Future for Blockchain

The Wall Street Journal creates, then gets rid of, its own cryptocurrency and the Petro may be ready for public sale in November. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, […]

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