Blockchain

With more companies entering the card services niche, Gemini will be developing new value-added services that will distinguish its cards from the pack.Unites States-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has unveiled it will be rolling out a cryptocurrency debit card for which users can earn Bitcoin (BTC) based on their purchases. According to a report from The Block, the crypto debit card service which appears to be the growing attraction amongst cryptocurrency firms today will be spawned...

Built on the Ethereum Blockchain, the Benchmark Protocol aims to change the weak points of the DeFi space and connect traditional finance with the cryptocurrency market.The Inventor of the Benchmark DeFi project, a top Citibank executive, defines it as a “Supply Elastic Collateral and Hedging Device”. Accordingly, the protocol is designed to run on the VIX Volatility Index, with its token called MARK, pegged to the Special Drawing Rights (SDR).Introduced as a Fair Launch, the Benchmark...

In the last two years, Riot has already made several additions to its board of directors.According to a statement released by Riot Blockchain Inc (NASDAQ: RIOT), the Chief Executive Officer of Blockware Solutions Mason Jappa would be joining the advisory board of Riot Blockchain which consists of Pierre Rochard, Yan Pritzker, and Cory Klippsten. Meanwhile, RIOT stock is moving higher. Today in the pre-market the stock is 6.99% up, trading at $25.55.Jappa, who is an industry leader in the...

OCC acting Chief Brian Brooks asserts that blockchain is the future of banking and that financial institutions will eventually be blockchain-based. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced on Wednesday that it had bestowed a federal bank charter on crypto custodian Anchorage. The bank, which had previously been running as a registered trust company in South Dakota is now the first national cryptocurrency bank.The OCC is a division of the Treasury Department with the...

Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey has issued a statement in which he defended the social media’s decision to ban the account of US President Donald Trump.Interestingly, the executive also took a moment to praise bitcoin’s decentralized nature, saying that the Internet should strive to be more like it.The History Of Trump’s Social Media BansNews broke last week when multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter, permanently suspended the account of the still active US...

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Legal Guide to Buying US Real Estate With Bitcoin Real estate sellers, developers, and their brokers should consider an alternative approach for marketing and selling properties in the US to local and international buyers. This approach involves closing real estate transactions using Bitcoin and other main types of cryptocurrency. Some of the real estate brokerage firms in New...

On 31 December, VanEck filed a new application for the Bitcoin ETF. According to SolidX, VanEck portrayed to the world that they were still cooperating while working on the new application. Blockchain firm SolidX Partners Inc has sued its former partner, VanEck Associates Corp, a global investment management firm for suspiciously terminating their contract and filing for a Bitcoin ETF proposal which is a plagiarized version of their work. It is suspected that VanEck probably worked against...

Regulators around the globe are reconsidering the blockchain & cryptocurrency regulations as this technology faces growth in multiple industries. Over the last couple of years, an obscure technology, blockchain, formerly related to virtual money has gained global acclaim. No longer recognized Bitcoin, it is now extended to practically every business. Regulators around the globe are reconsidering the scope of KYC and AML regulations due to the large adoption of this technology in multiple...

The CUDOS exclusive token listing event has just commenced on BitMax, with the project seeing a stellar investor response. CUDOS announced the public listing event after the recently-concluded private sale, where 655,555,555 tokens were made available. As part of the BitMax token listing, 166,666,667 tokens are being offered to the public. The figure represents 1.67% of the total CUDOS tokens available.CUDOS token allocationPrivate sale – The CUDOS private sale was conducted from October to...