FXCM, a provider of online foreign exchange, is providing customers with a new form of “basket trading” comprised of some of the top 20 cryptocurrencies.FXCM Brings Its Crypto Offerings to New HeightsThe cryptocurrency baskets, which are available for the firm’s retail customers, are comprised of bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), bitcoin cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC) and Ripple (XRP). It’s intriguing to see companies still working towards retail participation in the crypto space given how many have...
Read More »Lazarus Is Back: Researchers Uncover New Hacking Case
Is it possible that North Korea is back in the cryptocurrency hacking space? According to one source, that’s exactly the case. Researchers say they’ve uncovered a new attack from Lazarus, based in the nuclear-powered country.Lazarus Is Back in Our MidstNorth Korea has been involved in several crypto hacking cases over the past few years and is allegedly using stolen digital funds to power its nuclear program. The nation has allegedly performed attacks on its neighbor to the south, the United...
Read More »Alipay: Customers Cannot Use Us for Crypto Payments
As China continues its long fight against bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, a new step has been taken. Alipay, owned by Alibaba, has announced on Twitter that it will be discontinuing all BTC and crypto payments from here on out.Alipay: No Crypto Use, PleaseThere has been serious confusion as of late given that Binance, the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange by market cap, has allegedly joined hands with Alipay. When a Twitter user asked if Binance was allowing fiat-to-crypto...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Increases by 838,000,000% in Ten Years
Even though Bitcoin has been in a bit of a struggle recently it is still not just the biggest asset in the cryptocurrency market, but the best performing asset in the world, across all markets. The first fully decentralized digital asset began its journey in 2009 and is now slowly but surely disrupting the current traditional financial status quo.In its early days, Bitcoin did not catch much attention and even people who heard about it quickly wrote it off either as a scam or as something...
Read More »Leading London Brokerage Provides Cryptocurrency Basket Including Bitcoin to Retail Investors
One of the leading providers of online foreign exchange trading, as well as other related services, has announced the introduction of a new cryptocurrency basket for its retail investors. The product will include five different cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin.Bitcoin Included in a Retail Trading BasketFXCM Group, commonly referred to as FXCM, is a well-known international provider of CFD trading, exchange trading, cryptocurrencies, and other related services. Today, the company announced...
Read More »Ripple CEO Believes XRP is Better for Payments than Bitcoin
Many people have always wondered what Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s position on Bitcoin has been and what his motivations were for developing XRP. He revealed all this and more in crypto evangelist Anthony Pompliano’s Off the chain podcast. The podcast revealed quite a bit of detail about XRP and also showed the mindset of the cryptocurrency innovator. In a rare moment of truth where he bared his soul during the podcast, Brad revealed his first encounter with Bitcoin occurred in 2012 at...
Read More »Crypto Leaders To Boycott Conference Presenting Craig Wright As Satoshi
The CC Forum on Blockchain, AI, and Digital Innovation starts today in London and one of its panels is causing quite the furor in the cryptocurrency community. Seeing that Craig Wright is one of the speakers, a few prominent members have already announced that they won’t attend the conference, refusing to give merit to his claims that he’s the inventor of Bitcoin.Boycotting London’s Blockchain ConferenceThe CC Forum on Blockchain, AI, and Digital Innovation is already taking place today in...
Read More »OpenLibra – die freie Alternative zu der Blockchain von Facebook
OpenLibra: Konkurrenz für die Facebook-Währung? Vom Mitbegründer des Start-ups Wireline Lucas Geiger kam die Nachricht, dass mit OpenLibra eine offene Alternative zur angekündigten Facebook Blockchain Währung in den Startlöchern steht. Das passierte auf der Konferenz für Ethereum „Devcon 5“. Auf diesen freien Zugang zur Libra-Technik kann man gespannt sein. Plattform frei für...
Read More »E-Franken: Schweizer Nationalbank will digitales Zentralbankgeld einführen
Nationalbankgebäude am Bundesplatz in Bern Foto CC 3.0 by Baikonur, Wikimedia Die Schweizer Nationalbank SNB hat angekündigt, in Zusammenarbeit mit der Schweizer Börse SIX eine digitale Zentralbankwährung einführen zu wollen. Wie der Präsident der SNB, Thomas Jordan, mitteilte, soll die digitale Währung vor allem eine einfachere Methode für den Transfer von Vermögenswerten...
Read More »Ripple: Wird XRP die Lucky Coin im Herbst 2019?
Am 10. Oktober sorgte der Anstieg des Bitcoin-Kurses für Aufwind des Ripple-Kurses. Der Anstieg um ganze sieben Prozent an nur einen Tag lässt die Frage nach einem lohnenswerten Investment offen: XRP – Ein breites Anwendungsfeld Das Ripple-Netzwerk besteht aus mehr als der bloßen Kryptowährung. So unterstützen die Systeme xRapid, XRP Token, xCurrent, Xpring und xVia ein umfassendes Anwendungsgebiet der virtuellen Währung. xRapid dient der Ermöglichung eines internationalen...
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