Tag Archives: Blockchain News

There are rumors that the bank and stock brokerage company The Charles Schwab Corp. is negotiating a purchase of online broker TD Ameritrade. The two companies are the largest publicly-traded discount brokers in the United States but it is interesting to see what would this merger mean for the cryptocurrency trading.But, let’s start from the beginning. Nebraskan TD Ameritrade has been crypto-friendly for a longer time now – meaning, its clients had the possibility to trade Bitcoin futures...

Fidelity Digital Assets (FDAS), the cryptocurrency division of the Boston-based mutual fund giant, is set to onboard its very fist exchange, before the end of 2019. The FDAS which recently launched a few months ago is currently waxing strong and pushing Fidelity’s position in the broader financial market with both cryptocurrency and traditional sections.Speaking to CoinDesk, Fidelity’s President Tom Jessop has said that the company’s main targets are over-the-counter (OTC) platforms as...

Kraken, one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges based in San Francisco, has introduced a mobile version of its Kraken Futures trading app.Futures Trading in the palm of your hand. Hot on the heels of our Kraken Pro app, The new Kraken Futures mobile app is now live! https://t.co/MpG0ToYlgO— Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) November 21, 2019Kraken Futures is a professional platform for trading derivatives on digital assets. Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, Kraken Futures allows...

Market analytics site DappRadar made a big disclosure earlier this week on Tuesday, November 19. DappRadar, which ranks and tracks decentralized apps recently discover $3.8 billion worth “hidden activity” on the Ethereum blockchain network.Besides this, DappRadar also uncovered $73 million trading volumes in the last seven days, within Ethereum Dapps. Thus, after this finding, the Ethereum Dapps volume has reportedly surged from $27 million to above $100 million. Surprisingly, this finding...

The rumor in the air has been that Binance has shutdown its Shanghai following a police raid. On Thursday, November 23, several online publications including CoinSpeaker reported that Binance has relocated its 100-member Shanghai team to other offices in Singapore.The report also states that Binance has planned to shut down its Shanghai office completely. Furthermore, it added that Binance CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao and the company’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Yi He, have already moved...

Ubisoft, the French video game giant behind popular games like Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia has just entered into a partnership with Ultra, a blockchain game distribution platform. The partnership is set to put the two firms together to collaborate on future offerings, with Ubisoft serving as a corporate block producer on Ultra’s UOS testnet. The mainnet is scheduled to go live next year.Ultra has its eyes fully fixed on expanding the reach and utility of the current gaming industry...

Recent reports currently suggest that one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, has had its Shanghai office shutdown causing its many staff members to either work remotely or even completely abandon China and move to Singapore. According to sources familiar with the matter as cited by The Block, there is currently no fully functioning Binance Shanghai anymore.The cited sources have also added that the office was recently raided by police in the area, for unknown reasons....

The value of cryptocurrencies is constantly fluctuating, but that doesn’t stop people and businesses from using them to conduct money transactions.Nowadays, you can use Bitcoin – the cryptocurrency that started everything – on Amazon, gambling venues such as the Sloto Cash online casino, and as of late – Airbnb as well.On November 11th, it was announced that Fold now supports payments to Airbnb, allowing people to book stays while enjoying some extra benefits.According to ads, Fold users will...

LG CNS, the global IT service company owned by LG Corporation that enables digital innovation for customers through emerging IT technology, has established a strategic partnership with Ground X, the blockchain subsidiary of Korea’s largest mobile platform Kakao. Within the collaboration, the companies will work on developing various blockchain solutions and finding new ways for using the distributed ledger technology.The agreement has been signed at LG CNS headquarters located at LG Science...

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.BTC/USD tech analysisThe Bitcoin miners become fewerThe BTC cannot replace the dollar — LaneOn W1, the Bitcoin is developing another impulse of decline inside the renewed channel. It seems that the market participants are playing the last quick growth, balancing the price. It might be that we will not see any new impulse of growth until the minimum is renewed. The bearish behavior of the price is aimed at 61.8% ($7230.00) and 76.0% (5700.00)...