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CFTC Taps Coinbase’s VP to Lead Division Responsible for Bitcoin Futures Oversight

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has welcomed a new member to its team. They have appointed Dorothy D. DeWitt, General Counsel of Coinbase‘s Business Lines and Markets and the vice president, as the director of the Division of Market Oversight (DMO).According to the CFTC’s announcement, at CFTC, Dorothy D. DeWitt will be responsible for supervision of derivatives platforms and swap data repositories, as well as evaluating new platform-traded products. Ms. DeWitt...

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Approaching Next Crucial Break

Bitcoin price is trading in a minor downtrend below the $10,500 resistance against the US Dollar.The price is holding a couple of important supports near the $10,150 and $9,880 levels.There is a crucial breakout pattern forming with resistance near $10,320 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could either rally sharply above $10,350 or it could extend its decline to $9,880 and $9,750.Bitcoin price is trading in a contracting range above $10,000 against...

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#709 Bitcoin-Volatilität und Google Trends auf Vier-Monats-Tief & Binance Monero, Zcash, Dash

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 709. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: Bitcoin-Volatilität erreicht Vier-Monats-Tief, Bitcoin Suchvolumen gering & Binance setzt auf Monero, Zcash und Dash. 1.) Bitcoin-Volatilität erreicht Vier-Monats-Tiefhttps://blockchain-hero.com/bitcoin-volatilitaet-erreicht-vier-monats-tief/ 2.) Suchbegriff  Bitcoin erreicht auf Google viermonatiges...

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‘Master’ of Alternative Investments Doesn’t Have a Clue About Bitcoin

Blackstone head honcho Stephen Schwarzman is rich. Really rich. Almost twice the market cap of bitcoin-level rich, in fact. The man who was, once upon a time, lauded as the “Master of the Alternative Universe” built his empire by taking risks. Over the years, the billionaire CEO has traded in a wide variety of businesses including a casino, a marine theme park, and even a German camping outfit. Schwarzman is the world’s 100th richest man, according to Forbes, with a “real-time net worth” of...

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SegWit utilisé dans plus de 50% des transactions

« Comme on peut le voir sur le site de statistiques transactionfee.info, le pourcentage de transactions SegWit sur le réseau Bitcoin a atteint les 50,05% précisément, ce 14 septembre. Depuis, le taux se maintient au-dessus des 50%. Si toutes les transactions sur la blockchain BTC passaient par SegWit, le nombre de transactions par seconde verrait théoriquement sa capacité passée de 4 à 16 tx/s....

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Volatility for Bitcoin Hits Four-Month Low

At press time, you may not think bitcoin is doing much… And you’d be right. In fact, the currency has barely swung at all over the past 1-2 weeks and has largely remained between $10,100 and $10,300. Volatility Has Dropped for BitcoinThis is because the currency has reached its lowest level of volatility since May of this year. This is a bit of a downer given that the currency isn’t spiking the way it was last April through July, but it’s also somewhat of a blessing. Those of us truly...

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Roobee (ROOBEE): IEO Review and Rating Ahead of The Token Sale

Roobee is an investment platform which aims to allow retail investors to spend as little as $10 in a broad variety of investment products which usually come with a high threshold. These include, but are not limited to IPOs, stocks, investment funds, cryptocurrencies, real estate, and others of the kind. The presumption behind the team’s concept and the main drive for the project is that the asset management industry is currently on the brink of monumental changes. Hence, they hold that in the...

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$15,000 Bitcoin Ransom Rescues Nigerian Chieftain’s Kidnapped Daughter

The daughter of a Nigerian politician has been released after her father paid the kidnappers a $15,000 bitcoin ransom. On Saturday, Ai’sha Ardo, the daughter of Umar Ardo, a chieftain of the major Nigerian political party the People’s Democratic Party, endured a harrowing kidnapping in the country’s capital city of Abuja. The chieftain was contacted by one of the kidnappers the next day. The assailant told the politician that his daughter would be returned safely, but only if he paid the...

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Steve Schwarzman: I Don’t Have Much Interest in Crypto

As the CEO of investing firm Blackstone, CEO Steve Schwarzman says that he’s used to a world where currencies are controlled by a central body, and thus he’s not a huge fan of how crypto is structured. Schwarzman: I Don’t Understand CryptoThis is to be expected from someone who’s been involved in traditional finance for most of his professional life. Having started the company in the mid-1980s, Blackstone has become one of the most successful trading platforms in the western hemisphere,...

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Wells Fargo Set to Debut U.S. Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin on Its Blockchain Platform

American multinational megabank, Wells Fargo, has revealed its plans to launch a digitized platform which will be used for internal settlements. The service, Wells Fargo Digital Cash, as well as the company’s own U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, are slated for debut in 2020 and targeted at making USD transfers with a broader plan to accommodate transfers in other currencies within the whole Wells Fargo network.Wells Fargo is an American community-based financial services firm that offers...

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