Crypto news

Regulation has been a hard topic in the crypto space as of late. Despite the push for it, however, it has arrived at a rather slow pace, and many major companies and exchanges within the crypto arena are looking to themselves to potentially enhance the safety of their operations. Some of these companies include Coinbase in the U.S., along with DRW Cumberland, Kraken and Grayscale.Coinbase and Others Take Security Into Their Own HandsOne of the primary things these ventures are looking at is...

Bittrex Global lanciert neue Handelsplattform, neue Features und ein neues Führungsteam Bittrex Global officially announces today the opening of its headquarters in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. Bittrex Global is a new platform that will operate in Liechtenstein. Bittrex Global plans to launch its platform at the end of October. As part of this launch, Bittrex Global is naming Kiran Raj as the first Chief Executive Officer of Bittrex Global and...

Die ZHAW hat eine Studie zur Entwicklung der Kriminalität in der Schweiz veröffentlicht. Demnach ist die Anzahl Straftaten deutlich gesunken. Mit einer Ausnahme: Die Cyberkriminalität nimmt deutlich zu. Die Cyberkriminalität in der Schweiz ist auf einem neuen Höchststand. Wie eine Studie der ZHAW aufzeigt, haben Betrugsdelikte über das Netz deutlich zugenommen. Insgesamt ist...

Reverse Convertibles: Leonteq bietet Wetten auf den Bitcoin-Preis Leonteq hat Reverse Convertible auf Bitcoin eingeführt. Der Ideengeber im Bereich vieler Bitcoin-Innovationen will Anlegern damit eine Art Wettoption auf den Bitcoin-Preis bieten. Leonteq ist einer der Vorreiter im Bereich der strukturierten Bitcoin-Investition. Weitere Neuerungen hat das FinTech unter anderem...

Schaffhauser können künftig im Rahmen eines Pilotprojekts den Betreibungsregisterauszug via Smartphone bestellen. Sie erhalten ihn innert kürzester Zeit, ohne Zusatzkosten und für Drittparteien verifizierbar online als PDF zugestellt. Möglich macht dies die eID+ App von Procivis auf Basis der Blockchain Infrastruktur von Swisscom und der Schweizerischen Post. Swisscom und Procivis gehen zudem eine strategische Partnerschaft ein, um E-Government Dienstleistungen für die Schweiz...

Digitec: Einer der grössten Schweizer Online Shops akzeptiert Bitcoin. Vom Bankgeschäft bis zum Politischen Wahlgang, Blockchain-Technologie wird immer populärer. Besonders beliebt sind Blockchain basierende Kryptowährungen wie Bitcoin für Transaktionen und Geldtransfers – insbesondere für grenzüberschreitende Transaktionen. Im Gegensatz zu langsamen und teuren internationalen Banküberweisungen ist ein Bitcoin Transfer extrem einfach. Wie...

Over the past 24 hours, XRP saw a notable increase of 7.35% which allowed it to climb back above $0.25 to reach the current trading price of $0.2556. This price increase is perhaps largely attributed to XRP making some gains against BTC as it creates a fresh high for September above 3100 SAT. Despite the recent price increase, it still has a long way to recovery after losing 34% over the past 3 months.XRP remains the third-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $11.05 billion.Looking at...

Chinese social media and gaming company Tencent Holding Ltd. took a 29% stake in computer games maker Funcom.With this step, Tencent became Funcom’s largest shareholder and the shares it bought were from KGJ Capital AS.Funcom went through its most profitable year in history and had signed an exclusive partnership with Legendary Entertainment to create a minimum of three Dune games for PC and consoles.Funcom CEO, Rui Casais said:“We are very pleased to see Tencent come in as the largest...

While today the crypto markets are starting to look a little alive and is seeing a somewhat green pattern, Tom Lee from Fundstrat tweeted a sort of reminder about the rule of 10 best days. He says that the majority of Bitcoin gains come in the ten best trading days. According to Lee, this only happens once a year. Moreover, he claims that when these ten best trading days are excluded, Bitcoin sees a -25% per year. More specifically, in the last bull run of 2017 Bitcoin saw an unbelievable...

Peter Schiff, the chief executive of Euro Pacific Capital and Chairman of Schiff Gold, is an outspoken bitcoin hater. His animosity against the top cryptocurrency can be traced as far back as June 21, 2011. In his very own radio show, Schiff fervently expressed how bitcoin had no intrinsic value. He said, Intrinsically, the bitcoin itself has no value. It only has value as a medium of exchange so long as people are willing to accept it. The talk show host then proceeded to emphasize the...