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In recent months, digital assets and cryptos have attracted heated debates. Some governments and watchdogs are making laws that may allow them to go mainstream while others are still hesitant. In what appears as a major development in the nascent crypto industry in the UK, a landmark legal statement was published.The statement was given by the Chancellor of the High Court, Sir Geoffrey Vos. It confirmed that crypto-assets will be recognized as tradeable property while smart contracts are...

XRP falls by 5.31% to hit $0.25 indicating weakness and trading apathy, even when Ripple Labs Inc has added another feather to its cap by adding a new remittance service on RippleNet. SBI Ripple Asia and SBI Remit, which is a financial services company in Japan, are set to introduce a new remittance that will enable customers to transfer money between Japan and Vietnam. The new service is set to operate using RippleNet, and the Vietnamese baking giant TP Bank (Tien Phong Commercial Joint...

Developed as an alternative means for monetary value transfer, Bitcoin was designed by its founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, to have blockchain technology as its backbone. Extremely efficient and economical, blockchain’s basic characteristics have allowed it to penetrate nearly every industrial and economic sector in the world.It is with these aspects of blockchain technology that Apollo brings its holistic cryptocurrency project and mission to the world.Apollo: All EncompassingLike the Greek deity,...

Universal Protocol Alliance, a blockchain collective including Cred, Bittrex Global, Uphold, Blockchain at Berkeley, CertiK and OmiseGO, has announced the launch of the industry’s first “mega-utility” token, a digital asset that can be used throughout the cryptosphere.The token will launch on Bitcoin.com Exchange before being deployed by stakeholders across multiple verticals, from trading to lending. The news has been hailed as evidence of a concerted effort to unseat the crypto monopolies...

Over the years, the iGaming industry has gained quite the reputation; and with its rapidly evolving ecosystem being latently influenced by the emergence of technologies such as the blockchain, the growth potential looks almost limitless. However, the industry is still being plagued by entities that limit gaming experience – a subject the DAOBet platform is wholly devoted to redefining with its newly-launched blockchain.DAOBet, an iGaming 3.0 blockchain layer, aims to maximize the...

In what seems like a story out of spy movies, the Russian service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has allegedly linked about $450 million of missing crypto assets from the long moribund cryptocurrency exchange Wex with to Russia Federal Security Bureau (FSB).The BBC has for six years been investigating the collapse of BTC-e which many have believed was a front for the alleged laundering of over $4 billion worth of Bitcoins and why Alexander Vinnik is being accused of the same....

Famous cryptocurrency website Cointelegraph announced on Friday it is launching its own consulting allotment in order to enable the biggest companies to adopt blockchain as such. With that in mind, Cointelegraph plans to focus on thoroughly chosen blockchain participants that will be able to fulfill any promises they might eventually give to selected enterprise players.However, the whole selection process will not be that simple. There is already a huge criteria combo that they will have to...

In what has been seen by many in the crypto space as a massive disappointment, Ripple Labs’ XRP token has fallen 16% to new lows since the swell event which held earlier this month in the Island Nation of Singapore. The token which has been seen by many to be one of the most innovative in the cryptocurrency basket has filed to meet the expectations for many factors some of which can be directly traced to actions by the parent company.Firstly, the burning of 55 billion Stellar Lumens (XLM) by...

A global leader in securing crypto assets and one of the most popular hardware wallets Ledger has decided to lure investors to custody their digital assets using its wallet. To achieve this goal, Ledger has partnered with a famous insurance broker Marsh that will help in securing insurance.Marsh has already arranged a $150 million insurance policy from Lloyd’s through Arch, its London-based syndicate. This sum will be used to custody various types of cryptocurrencies for users of the Ledger...

It is no secret that cryptocurrency is been used more and more around the world as both an investment tool but also for everyday use and this is being facilitated by many merchants around the globe who are starting to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment for their goods and services and also the many platforms that are facilitating the easy spending of cryptocurrency. One of these is the Visa debit card by Coinbase that allows customers to spend the cryptocurrency out of their Coinbase...