Smartphone-Bankinglösung neon erhält 5 Mio CHF in Round A-Finanzierung für weiteren Produktausbau Neon, die Zürcher Antwort auf Revolut und Transferweise hat erfolgreich die nächste Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 5 Mio. CHF abgeschlossen. Nach dem aufmerksamkeitsstarken Markteintritt finanziert das Start-Up den weiteren Produktausbau. Neben Lead-Investor Tamedia haben auch die Zürcher Backbone Ventures und verschiedene Altinvestoren in...
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Reports indicate that the U.S. dollar will have the largest representation in the basket of currencies that will underpin Facebook's forthcoming Libra cryptocurrency, sparking renewed fears that the greenback's reserve-currency status will be upended by the social media network. Dollar Will Dominate Libra’s Basket of Currencies According to Spiegel Online, the U.S. dollar will make up half of the basket. The other currencies that will make up the rest of the basket are the euro (18%), yen...
Read More »London Outpaces New York in Fintech Sector, San Francisco Still Ahead of Both of Them
It seems that London has overtaken New York in the raising of finance for the global fintech sector or so it seems. According to CNBC, in terms of fundraising deals, the capital of the United Kingdom so far has raised about 114 deals worth about $2.1 Billion while the money City of the United States raised about $1.9 Billion figures show. The startup and venture capital hub San Francisco outpaced both cities with $3 Billion while Brussel in Belgium came a distant fourth with $881 Million and...
Read More »Bitcoin Creator Satoshi is ‘Already Dead’, Claims BitMEX CEO
Arthur Hayes, the CEO of BitMEX, the most widely utilized BTC margin trading platform, has opined Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, is likely dead. “I think they’re already dead,” said Hayes about Satoshi, adding that he does not believe the identity behind the creator of bitcoin will ever be revealed. Satoshi is said to have 980,000 BTC, worth $9.716 billion based on the current value of bitcoin at $9,913. BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes. | Source: Source: YouTube/BitMEXEarlier this year,...
Read More »Bitcoin wird in China wieder attraktiver
Seit Anfang 2019 ist ein Anstieg des Suchbegriffs Bitcoin in den großen chinesischen Suchmaschinen zu verzeichnen. So stieg auch der Kurs der Bitcoin seit Januar 2019 von 3’736 auf 10’000 US-Dollar. Chinese interest in bitcoin has been on the rise in 2019 (as measured by Baidu searches) pic.twitter.com/qWQDXjAWZT — Alex Krüger (@krugermacro) September 20, 2019 Bei eskalierenden Spannungen zwischen China und den USA und gefährdeten Handesabkommen, erhöht sich die Abfrage...
Read More »50% Of Total Bitcoins Is Subjected to Wash Trading, Report Suggests
Wash trading has always been a serious pressure point for the cryptocurrency markets. It might be slightly expected in such an unregulated market, however, the situation appears to get better according to a recent report. Since the beginning of the year, the percentage of wash trading among the top exchanges has dropped drastically with almost 36%, while Bitcoin’s wash trading volume is around 50%.What is Wash Trading?A single coin can be bought and sold with the sole purpose of providing...
Read More »‘The Business Blockchain’ Author Predicts $25k for Bitcoin, $1k for Ethereum by the End of 2019
Popular cryptocurrency evangelist and author of “The Business Blockchain: Promise, Practice, and Application of the Next Internet Technology,” William Mougayar took to Twitter last week to make big and bold predictions for several cryptocurrency tokens; among them Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB) and others.In his extremely bullish prediction, he put Bitcoin’s price as at the end of the year to be $25,0000, Ethereum at $1,000, BNB at $50, EOS at $7 and even STEEM at $.50....
Read More »Facebook Acquires ServiceFriend, Possibly Building a Chatbot for Calibra Wallet
While Facebook is prepping for its Libra launch in 2020, it also has acquired ServiceFriend which is a start-up that builds bots. Experts already have speculated that this is possibly meant for the Calibra wallet support service. First, this news was published in an Israel where ServiceFriend is situated. One of its largest investors, Roberto Singler, alerted one of the local publications about this matter. While Facebook hasn’t yet approved the relevance to Calibra on this deal,...
Read More »Börse Stuttgart startet Bitcoin-Börse
Börse Stuttgart eröffnet Token-Handelsplatz BSDEX Börse Stuttgart startet ersten regulierten Handelsplatz für digitale Vermögenswerte in Deutschland: Der neue Digital Exchange ermöglicht erfahrenen Anlegern direkte, flexible und effiziente Investments auf Basis der Blockchain-Technologie. Die Digital Exchange der Börse Stuttgart (BSDEX) nimmt den Handel auf. Die BSDEX ist der erste regulierte Handelsplatz für digitale Vermögenswerte in...
Read More »Facebooks neue Kryptowährung Libra kommt 2020
Facebook Libra: Facebook plant die Einführung einer Weltwährung. Der Start erfolgt im Januar 2020. Die von Facebook geplante digitale Währung Libra hat weltweit kontroverse Reaktionen hervorgerufen. Trotz des Aufruhrs, den Libra in den USA und Europa erzeugt hat, behält Facebook den Launch der Kryptowährung jedoch fest im Blick. Während Frankreich noch schwor, Libra in Europa zu blockieren, wurde von anderer Seite bestätigt, dass Libra in...
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