Ethereum (ETH)

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...

Charity and cryptocurrency have developed quite a partnership over the years. The latest addition to that mix comes in the form of UNICEF, the United Nations’ organization that seeks to aid starving and impoverished children across the globe.UNICEF Is at the Heart of a Crypto BoostUNICEF has announced that it will begin accepting donations in both ether and bitcoin. It is the first UN-based organization to accept crypto, which could potentially mark a huge point in crypto’s development and...

Juno is a new banking solution organization that focuses on redistributed assets decentralized in nature and based on distributed ledger systems and blockchain technology. Recently, it has managed to raise $3 million in seed funding from investors. The firm is said to attract the attention of high profile firms including Polychain Capital and Sequoia Capitals’ Surge. Juno is expected to become available to a few markets this year but it will further expand next year with a fresh new approach...

In what can only be described as a virtual slap in the face, the Chinese mobile payment platform, Alipay, strongly rebuked bitcoin exchange giant Binance for attempting to implement Alipay as a fiat on-ramp. Did Alipay Reverse Its Bitcoin Ban? New payment options for peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading on Binance’s mobile app came to fruition yesterday, as exchange boss Changpeng “CZ” Zhao emphatically unveiled the news on Twitter. The new function allows for mobile users to engage in P2P...

Der Begriff SCAM taucht sehr oft im Zusammenhang mit Altcoins auf, doch bisher war zumindest der etablierte Altcoin Ethereum davon verschont. Mit der Umsetzung des 2.0 Netzwerks tauchen nun jedoch erste kritische Stimmen auf, die Ethereum genau dieses Label verpassen.Ethereum News: Kritiker bezeichnen ETH 2.0 Network als BetrugSo gibt es große Fragezeichen hinter der Skalierbarkeit, die große Dapps und deren Mass Adoption vor Probleme stellt. So gibt es bereits jetzt Anwendungen, deren...

In a not-too-surprising turn off events, the SEC has rejected the Bitcoin ETF application filed by Bitwise Asset Management and NYSE Arca and stated that there were still too many unresolved issues regarding improper activity such as market manipulation, that could easily take place in the sector.The SEC’s publication is a 112-page document, which goes into specific details of the ETF and why it had chosen not to approve at this time. According to the Commission, the Bitwise and NYSE Arca...

Kraken listet Siacoin: Kurs steigt um 20% 2017 galt die Listung einer neuen Kryptowährung als absolutes Highlight. Mittlerweile hat sich der Krypto-Hype etwas beruhigt und ein solches Event geht ruhiger vonstatten. Obwohl Listungen neuer Kryptowährungen stark abgenommen haben, nehmen Krypto-Börsen immer mal wieder neue Arten der virtuellen Währungen in ihr Angebot auf. So...

Seit dem 8. Oktober ist es offiziell: Ab sofort kann man mit Kryptowährungen an UNICEF spenden. Hatte UNICEF bereits 2018 mit neun Token experimentiert: Beispielsweise in der UNICEF eigenen Startup-Förderung und einzelne Sektionen wie UNICEF Frankreich setzten schon länger auf Bitcoin. Nachdem diese Testphasen erfolgreich abgeschlossen und ausgewertet wurden geht die UNICEF nun weltweit live und ab...

United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has become the first UN agency to receive, hold and disburse aid in crypto. While the phrase ‘accepting cryptocurrency’ has become code for merely allowing payments or donations to be made in crypto while receiving dollars or other fiat currencies, contributions made to UNICEF will be held as crypto and distributed to beneficiaries without any conversion. This has been made possible through the establishment of the UNICEF...

According to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, investors in China can now purchase cryptocurrencies like bitcoin using local payment processors like AliPay and WeChant through Binance. The confirmation of AliPay and WeChat integration by Zhao comes a month after the announcement of Yi He, the co-founder of Binance, of a fiat-to-crypto over-the-counter trading platform launch in China. The addition of AliPay and WeChat options comes in conjunction with the launch of Binance’s P2P trading...