Bitcoin (BTC)

Innovative and top tier German stock exchange Boerse Stuttgart is the second largest in terms of trading volume and number of deals and has introduced a digital asset exchange called BSDEX, which goes live today. Currently, the platform offers Bitcoin spot trading. The platform will be open to German residents this year and early next year the exchange will be open to the residents of the European Union. Immediately though only a few chosen traders are allowed to trade on the platform. Retail...

SDX Digital Exchange: Service mit allen Funktionalitäten wird erst im Herbst 2020 ausgerollt. Jetzt wo die Börse Stuttgart plötzlich als erste regulierte Börse in Deutschland Bitcoins und Digitale Assets verkauft, kommt die Schweizer Börse SIX in zugzwang. Vor allem darum, weil die SIX Group, die Betreiberin der Schweizer Börse einen eigene, auf digitale Assets spezialisierte...

Facebook Libra: Facebook plant die Einführung einer Weltwährung. Der Start erfolgt im Januar 2020. Was ist das Problem von Bitcoin? Er schwankt im Wert. Deshalb hat Facebook jetzt seinen Währungskorb vorgestellt, um seine Digitalwährung Libra abzusichern: Der ganze Korb soll aus Bargeld und Staatsanleihen bestehen, die jeweils in Prozent auf einzelne Währungen verteilt sind 50 % in US-Dollar aus den USA, 18 % aus dem Euro-Raum, 14 % aus...

Bakkt: Diese Handelsplattform wird Bitcoin grossen Investoren zugänglich machen. Gestartet wurde am 23. September 2019. In der Nacht von Sonntag zu Montag war es so weit: An der New Yorker Börse hat der Betreiber ICE den Startschuss gegeben für den Handel von Bitcoin-Futures. Doch was macht der Bitcoin-Kurs? Der macht gar nichts, jedenfalls steigt er nicht wie erhofft. Kurs...

On Monday, September, Bakkt announced the commencement of the trading facility for its physically-settled Bitcoin Futures contracts. Bakkt‘s Bitcoin Futures contracts offer both, daily contracts and monthly contract settlement options. Besides, that Bakkt platform also provides Warehouse facility for storing the physically-delivered Bitcoin tokens upon contracts expiry.But despite much hype surrounding the launch of Bakkt Bitcoin Futures, the first day of trading was not very impactful. On...

À l’occasion de la Paris Retail Week, le créateur de logiciels de gestion de point de vente Global P.O.S devrait annoncer que sa plateforme d’acceptation de paiement Easy2Play permettra aux enseignes clientes qui le souhaitent d’intégrer les paiements en bitcoins à compter de 2020. Parmi les clients de Global P.O.S on compte une trentaine d’enseignes dont Boulanger, Foot Locker, Décathlon, Conforama, Maison du Monde, Intersport,...

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), which owns the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), launched its own bitcoin futures contracts for the first time on Sunday.Futures Contracts Are All the RageThe idea regarding futures contracts and trading physical bitcoins has been intriguing to most, with other companies like Chicago’s CME recently saying it will also launch bitcoin futures starting in early 2020. What’s special about ICE’s bitcoin futures is that this potentially marks the first move of...

YouTube star Nicholas Merten is a fan of crypto, but like everyone else, he’s noticed the gradual downplay of bitcoin as of late. Once again, bitcoin has dropped below the $10,000 mark and is trading for just over $9,800. While this isn’t a major fall, the currency seems to have wavered between this mark and $10,200 over the past month.Merten: Altcoins Are Making a ComebackMerten isn’t concerned by this. In fact, he’s looking to use the situation to his advantage, and advises others to do the...

Last week, the promise of an emerging era of quantum computing seemingly became a reality as Google released a new scientific paper claiming "quantum supremacy." While this could have a tremendous impact future of mankind, fears arise that it may also pose a giant threat to bitcoin. The paper was recently uploaded to NASA.gov and promptly taken down. An insider from Google relayed that the document was likely erroneously uploaded before any peer review could take place. This meant that any...

Today, Binance.US (BAM Trading Services) launched its American digital asset marketplace in partnership with Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and global blockchain ecosystem. At launch, Binance.US lists seven digital assets: Bitcoin (BTC), BNB, Ethereum (ETH), XRP, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC) and Tether (USDT), with deposits opened for an additional five assets: Cardano (ADA), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Stellar (XLM) and...