The Russian Central Bank has never been a fan of cryptocurrencies. Central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina has adopted a hardline stance against cryptocurrencies in Russia, so her latest statement regarding the fate of a national cryptocurrency in the country doesn’t come across as a surprise. Russian central bank head disses cryptocurrencies, again Russian news outlet Tass reports that Nabiullina doesn’t think that Russia needs a national cryptocurrency. The agency quoted the central...
Read More »Bakkt Set to Beat CME in Bitcoin Options Race as BTC Futures Volume Explodes 800%
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in conjunction with their Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt is reportedly seeking to jump ahead of the CME group to release a Bitcoin options contract. This suggests that it wants to beat its CME rival that is considering a Q1 2020 launch for its Bitcoin option contract.Amsterdam-based Deribit already sells Bitcoin options but they have no standing compared to ICE or CME. Reportedly, BTC options will attract more institutional investors and enhance the...
Read More »Want To Buy Bitcoin? Sweden’s Debt Collection Agency Is Selling In An Auction
The Swedish Enforcement Agency, called Kronofogden, is about to auction 4.59 BTC. This would be the second auction coming from the same agency as the first one took place back in 2017. The transaction is set to take place today and it will be entirely online.Bitcoin Online Auction in SwedenKronofodgen, Sweden’s Enforcement Authority, has obtained 4.59 BTC and is ready to auction it off to the highest bidder. The market price is now around 370,000 kronor or $37,600 or about $8,191 per Bitcoin....
Read More »Cryptohopper Introduces Market Making And Exchange Arbitrage
[Press Release Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands – 11th of October, 2019] Cryptohopper works against the clock to bring its users closer to complex trading methods in a very user-friendly way, like algorithmic and arbitrage trading. That makes it very easy for everyone to design automated trading strategies that run tirelessly 24/7.The Cryptohopper arsenal of trading features hasn’t stopped growing during the last years, and today they are rolling out two of their biggest weapons: the...
Read More »Samsung Joins Forces with Ripple’s Partner Finablr to Introduce International Payments
Samsung Electronics America has officially announced that it will collaborate with the fintech firm, Finablr. The partnership aims to launch an international money transfer service that will operate through the Samsung Pay app. The service currently targets US users and Finablr’s subsidiary Travelex powers it.Official information shows that Finablr is a listed partner of Ripple in London. Nonetheless, this deal with Samsung has no involvement from Ripple or XRP. An official announcement...
Read More »Bitcoin Payments in Alipay Banned as the Payments Giant Takes an Anti-Crypto Stance
Alipay has indicated that it will ban Bitcoin transactions and all others related to cryptocurrency payments. In what seems like an extension on the cryptocurrency war that the Chinese government is waging, the electronic payments giant said in a tweet thread that it would terminate all cryptocurrency-related transactions.If any transactions are identified as being related to bitcoin or other virtual currencies, @Alipay immediately stops the relevant payment services.— Alipay (@Alipay)...
Read More »Apple (AAPL) Stock Sets New All-Time High with a Market Cap of $1.04 Trillion
Apple Inc. (AAPL) has had a great year in the stock market and all sentiments point to the possibility of even further improvement in the coming weeks. Already, AAPL has been crowned the best performing stock on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIJA) so far, as it has recorded YTD growth of over 43%. On Oct. 10, prices slightly crossed $230, setting a new dividend-adjusted all-time high and cemented a new market cap of $1.04 trillion.One of the biggest drivers for AAPL’s impressive drive is...
Read More »Coinbase Custody Announces Support for Telegram’s Gram (GRM) Tokens
In its latest announcement, the custodial wing of crypto exchange Coinbase – Conibase Custody – announced support for the Gram tokens. The Gram tokens (GRM) as we all know are the native cryptocurrencies of the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain.In addition to the Gram tokens, Coinbase Custody will also support two other cryptocurrencies – Solana (SOL) and Orchid (OXT). Furthermore, in their official blog post, Coinbase said that this decision to support new digital currencies comes from...
Read More »A Huge $16M Inflow In BitMEX: Possible Cause Of Bitcoin’s Price Crash?
One of the most popular Bitcoin margin trading exchanges, BitMEX, has seen a daily positive inflow of around $16 million. This took place right before Bitcoin’s price went through a notable crash of more than $450 in less than an hour.BitMEX Sees $16M Positive InflowAccording to a well-known cryptocurrency monitoring resource TokenAnalyst, one of the most popular Bitcoin margin trading exchanges, BitMEX, has seen a positive inflow upwards of $16 million right before Bitcoin’s price went south...
Read More »Bank Frick vor Übernahme: Zahlungsdienstleister aus Südafrika will Aktienmerheit übernehmen
Bank Frick Hauptsitz, Balzers Die Bank Frick gilt in Sachen Blockchain-Technologie und Innovation als Pionier. Dies macht die Bank begehrt. Nun möchte der südafrikanische Zahlungsdienstleister Net 1 UEPS Technologies, welcher bereits an der Bank Frick beteiligt ist, die Aktienmehrheit übernehmen. So die Bank Frick auf ihrer Webseite: Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc (Net1) erhöht ihre Beteiligung an Bank Frick auf 70 Prozent und wird zur...
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