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Futures exchange operator CME group has announced that it plans to begin offering bitcoin futures contracts starting in early 2020. Futures were originally launched at the end of 2017. At press time, more than 3,000 people are trading futures and approximately 20 successful expiration dates have occurred since their integration. Bitcoin Futures Are All the Rage… Right?Tim McCourt, global head of equity index and alternative investment products at CME says: These new products are designed to...

Latin American countries such as Colombia are top havens for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Unfortunately, what these countries don’t always have are the right regulatory tactics, but some are looking to change that. Is Colombia Looking to Change Itself?In the past, companies like Paxful have done their best to increase the number of bitcoin ATMs present in the country, and for the most part, they’ve been successful. In addition, Colombia has increased its use of altcoins like Ethereum and...

North Korea is developing its own national digital currency. The trend follows a long list of other countries, predominantly in Asia and the Middle East such as Iran and China and is likely an attempt to thwart present U.S. sanctions. North Korea and Crypto: A Scary Mix?It’s hard to know how to feel about news like this. On the one hand, any national venture involving digital assets is likely to propel the industry forward, but at the same time, what does North Korea plan to do with this...

Payments giant Stripe announced they will be raising $250 million in funding at a pre-money valuation of $35 billion. This happened only a week after they launched some new services and now, the money they want to raise, they want to use for growing on the international level (that includes adding more new payment products and even start working with larger companies).More importantly, proud to now be working with Airbnb, Wayfair, GitHub, Twilio and The Real Real!Lots more in the works. The...

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It’s arguable whether we should take history as an indicator of future events. However, it’s also definitely worth considering it. A very prominent analyst has pulled off a lot of information on Bitcoin’s on-chain metrics, which shows that we might actually be in the early phase of an upcoming large bull market. Large Bull Market Ahead?Willy Woo is one of the well-known Bitcoin on-chain analysis with a massive following on Twitter. He is popular for his in-depth analytics and also for...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has mandated that the country’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro, must be used to fund the ‘Great Housing Mission Venezuela’ social housing program. Ildemaro Villarroel, the minister of popular power for habitat and housing - the department overseeing the housing project - confirmed that the program will be funded using the Petro. In an announcement posted on the department’s website, the minister described the financing mechanism as offering greater...

YouHodler: Bitcoin behalten und trotzdem Bargeld bekommen. Gutschein weiter unten im Artikel. Die FinTech-Plattform YouHodler, Anbieter von Crypto-Fiat-Lösungen, wie etwa Crypto-unterstützten Kreditvergaben, Umrechnungen und mehr, gibt heute die Gründung ihres Rechtsträgers, der YouHodler SA, in Lausanne, Schweiz, bekannt. Dieser Schritt spiegelt wider, wie sehr YouHodler die überlegene Blockchain-Community, die nationale Infrastruktur und...

MIT Media Lab: Cryptocurrency online short course Cryptocurrencies, first launched with Bitcoin, have brought us private sector, peer-to-peer, digital currencies. You’ve likely heard lively debates on the actual functionality of cryptocurrencies, their long-term viability, and potential impact. The MIT Media Lab Cryptocurrency online short course brings you critical reasoning skills and crypto literacy to demystify the real-world...

Bakkt: Diese Handelsplattform wird Bitcoin grossen Investoren zugänglich machen. Gestartet wird am 23. September 2019. Am 23. September soll der Bitcoin-Kurs durch die Decke gehen. Das behauptet der Krypto-Experte Tom Lee und zieht als Grund den Start der Handelsplattform Bakkt heran. Zum Start wird es die ersten Bitcoin-Futures mit physischer Erfüllung geben – laut Lee ein wichtiger Push für Investoren. I am very positive on @Bakkt and...