The guys at Binance have decided to make things work this time. Their partnership with Paxos Trust is finally going to pay off due to the launch of the token BUSD which is now expected to be listed on the Binance platform next week, as the official press release reads.This was announced today by the Chief Financial Officer of Binance Wei Zhou and the Co-founder and CEO Asia of Paxos Trust Company Richard Teo at the Invest Asia event in Singapore. Wei Zhou excited at the news said:“Launching a...
Read More »Google Express to Close Down and Merge with Google Shopping
As part of an email sent to customers recently, Google has now announced that it will be closing down its online shopping platform, Google Express, sometime in the next few weeks. The functions available on the platform will now be on-boarded with a new version dubbed Google Shopping.Back in May, the company announced a new and redesigned Google Shopping platform which will include a universal shopping cart of sorts, embedded with the company’s other offerings including Images, Search and...
Read More »Web Performance Platform Cloudflare Increases Their IPO Range
Californian digital content delivery and Internet security company Cloudflare announced they have raised their IPO price range from a previous $10 to $12 interlude to $12 to $14 per share.This company seems to believe in themselves because it’s quite unusual for a unicorn like this to adjust the number of shares it expects to sell in its public debut. However, it seems that at the new prices they have set up, Cloudflare could be valued between $3.5 billion and $4.1 billion.Let’s just remind...
Read More »Santander Makes History Solely Settling a $20M Bond Trade on Ethereum Blockchain
Santander, one of the largest banks in the world based in Spain, has issued a blockchain bond and started using a public blockchain to manage all aspects of debt issuance.According to the Spanish banking giant, they used a token on Ethereum to represent the $20 million debt issuance and what is more, settled it with another set of ERC-20 tokens representing cash held in a custody account. As Coindesk has reported, the transaction conducted was a plain-vanilla bond with a one-year maturity,...
Read More »Binance Lists its Compliant USD-backed Stablecoin BUSD
Binance, the global cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain ecosystem, today announced the launch date of BUSD, a fully compliant USD-denominated stablecoin, as the week of September 16, 2019; and will add BUSD trading pairs on the same day. The launch date and new listing was jointly announced by Binance CFO Wei Zhou and Richmond Teo, Co-Founder and CEO Asia of Paxos Trust Company at Invest: Asia in Singapore, providing more stablecoin trading options for Binance users.Wei Zhou, Chief...
Read More »Tesla Announces New Supercharged Model S With ‘Plaid Powertrain’
Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that the new Tesla pickup truck will be available most likely by November. Now, Musk has made another promise about the Model S, Model X and Roadster Tesla Productions in the future. Musk tweeted that “the only thing beyond Ludicrous is Plaid”, suggesting that the new models will have a much stronger and impressive performance range than the current Ludicrous.In a separate tweet, Musk gave further details, however vaguely, about the “Plaid powertrain”...
Read More »Binance US Set to Open Its Doors Next Week
Photo: BinanceCryptocurrency exchange Binance has already finished the total setup for operations in the United States. In a post on their official medium handle, Binance US using the domain name: binance.us gave the required steps that will ensure users based in the United States get to operate the platform.Binance pulled out of the United States due to uncertainty in the regulatory environment and the US government’s recent anti-crypto stance.The United States Operates by a Different Set...
Read More »Litecoin (LTC) Price Analysis: Fresh Gains Likely Above $70
Litecoin price is correcting lower after trading towards the $75.00 level against the US Dollar.LTC price is likely to remain supported near the $68.00 and $66.00 levels.There is a crucial bullish trend line forming with support near $66.50 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could start a fresh increase if it breaks the $70.00 and $72.00 resistance levels.Litecoin price is showing positive signs against the US Dollar, while bitcoin is correcting lower....
Read More »Seed CX’s Subsidiary Zero Hash Will Now Support Crypto Derivatives Transactions
Seed CX is a cryptocurrency derivatives platform. Now with the help of its subsidiary Zero Hash, the company plans to offer bilateral crypto derivatives transactions. That way, Seed CX aims to attract financial institutions to settle derivatives on their platform.The company announced that initially, it will support back-office settlement functions for Bitcoin forwards. Later, the firm plans to add support for options as well, but the approximate time frame wasn’t specified.As the company...
Read More »Coinbase Quietly Settles $1.1 Million Bitcoin Theft Case
The U.K. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reached a settlement with a digital asset fund manager whose stolen bitcoin worth over a million dollars was transferred to the exchange.According to Law360, Coinbase U.K. struck a deal with the CEO of Alphabit Liam Robertson to discontinue the legal dispute that had been raging for about two months.Liam Robertson, CEO of AlphabitThe legal dispute started after Robertson lost bitcoin worth over $1 million in an email phishing attack. This...
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