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Saga Monetary Technologies announced on Tuesday it decided to launch its SGA stablecoin that is pegged to a basket of currencies. The Saga Foundation said it was planning it since the last year to become a long term playing asset. However, it is meant to tailor to pretty much different goals of the crypto space.One is acting as a stablecoin as it is and another, to act as a free-float asset. Ido Sadeh Man, founder and chairman at the organization said the main idea behind the whole project...

Steemit was launched in July 2016 and can become a good additional network for Tron‘s business model.According to the Mars Finance Weibo channel, Justin Sun said that his company had received two new companies during a series of acquisitions. Later, the secret source in TRON told Mars Finance that the plans to unite with Steemit are true. More than that, a Chinese news website Huoxing24 reported the same information, however, the article is gone from their website at the time of...

Switzerland-based fintech startup Amun AG is all set to offer cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) to retail investors in the EU after it receives a regulatory nod from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA).Amun made the announcement on Tuesday, December 10, after SFSA cleared a base prospectus filed by the startup. The announcement says that retail investors who have access to Germany’s Boerse Stuttgart and Swiss SIX exchanges will be eligible to trade Amun’s ETP...

Chinese crypto mining giant Bitmain has announced a few changes to its current sales methods that are geared at improving profits for the company but also making things a lot easier for its many customers. Bitmain recently lost some part of its market share as well and has decided to make these moves as a way to rectify its market recession.The announcement was made by Jihan Wu who is now Bitmain’s only chairman and CEO after the unceremonious exit of Micree Zhan recently. Speaking at an...

In what seems like a plus for the cryptocurrency community, Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange BTSE has decided to raise $50 million of its token come March 2020. Sources also further indicated that the exchange plans to issue a total supply of 200 million tokens in the due course of time at $1 each and then to buy them back and burn 100 million. The pitch deck for the offering reads:“Funds raised will be allocated toward user acquisition to increase overall platform revenue, platform...

It has turned out to be a horrible day for Matic (MATIC) token investors as the token price has crashed over 70% in a single hour. Today, December 10, the MATIC price has hit a low of $0.012 before partially recovering, as per the chart on CoinMarketCap.Popular crypto traders and analysts took it to Twitter talking about this carnage.Crypto. The stuff of dreams and nightmares. $MATIC was up 180% in two weeks before crashing 70% in an hour. pic.twitter.com/zo9LzP80L8— Alex Krüger...

According to the press release, the Bank of Lithuania wants the youth to buy collectible coins that remind them of history, money and virtual tech. That’s why the newly prepared coins will live both on a blockchain and in real life. The physical copies will contain signatures of people standing behind the local Act of Independence from 16 February 1918.Per Marius Jurgilas, the Board member of the BoL:“This innovative coin will feature the signatories due to their significant role in the...

Top electronic payments gateway provider Simplex has added the Japanese Yen (JPY) and the Canadian Dollar (CAD) to its platform for fiat conversions. Sources indicate that the top payment gateway for many of the top cryptocurrency exchanges indicated this today.  Simplex is a fiat payments partner for many of the top cryptocurrency exchanges which include Binance, Huobi, Poloniex, OKCoin, KuCoin, Xapo, Ledger and Abra.“We’re not handling crypto directly ourselves but rather enable our...

As Bakkt has announced in its blog post, Bitcoin monthly options and cash-settled futures are now available.The recent post provides more details on these new offerings.Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) monthly options are based on the benchmark Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Monthly Futures contract. It is the first CFTC regulated product of this kind. These options will offer new opportunities for trading and earning for traders from all over the world.Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) cash-settled futures are now available, as...

Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced it decided to launch Bitcoin options trading by the end of this year.According to the announcement, the Malta-based exchange currently offers spot trading meaning purchase or sale of foreign currency, financial instrument or commodity for instant delivery on a specified spot date. It also offers futures trading and both of it in cryptocurrencies, A per the company, starting cash-settled options trading in BTC/USD pair begins on December 27 due to...