Tag Archives: Blockchain News

Photo: CoingamingCoingaming, a software provider for white-label Bitcoin casino solutions, is glad to announce a Last Man Standing contest that the company has recently run on its crypto sports bookmaker Sportsbet.io. The event is being held to celebrate the addition of TRX crypto on all Coingaming’s brands. While predicting sports outcomes, all participants have a chance to win 1 Million TRX, that the company aims to grant one lucky punter with most correct forecasts.Based in Tallin,...

It’s a big win for Chinese tech giant Tencent as Hong Kong’s top-most regulator – Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) – has recently granted them a new license to open a virtual bank.On Friday, November 8, speaking at the World Blockchain Summit in Wuzhen, China, Tencent’s chief of blockchain division – Yige Cai – said that his company has received a go-ahead from the SFC to open blockchain-based virtual banking system in the country.Although not many details of the bank’s launch are...

One of the biggest crypto exchanges Coinbase has arrived with a surprise decision for its customers. For the first time, Coinbase customers in the U.S. can earn rewards just for holding the Tezos cryptocurrency.Dubbed as the staking reward, Coinbase said that it would be staking the Tezon (XTZ) tokens on behalf of its customers thereby distributing the rewards directly to their Coinbase account.Cryptocurrency staking is the process that allows a crypto holder to earn income by participating...

Silvergate Bank, a crypto-forward bank, has officially gone public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The initial public offering (IPO) has been a long time coming as plans to launch officially began last year.On Nov. 7, the NYSE’s official Twitter account posted a tweet confirming the IPO celebration as well as Silvergate’s ticker – NYSE: $SI.NYSE Opening Bell ?: Silvergate (NYSE: $SI) celebrates their IPO day https://t.co/FX3OQcP0dU— NYSE ? We Are Living Tech (@NYSE) November 7, 2019A...

Many people within the crypto space had expected the new kid on the block when it comes to cryptocurrency securities, exchanges, and other related instruments to drive the cryptocurrency sentiments to new highs, however, the reverse has been the case. As investors haven’t warmed to the Intercontinental exchange’s (ICE) Bakkt Futures platform.But that is expected to change as indications have emerged that Bakkt is set to break records this month. On November 5th, trading on the platform...

Photo: ShutterstockBy Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.BTC/USD tech analysisBrexit helps the BTC – Easy CryptoChina does not consider mining unwanted activity anymoreOn W1, the Bitcoin is trying to secure above the resistance line it has overcome. This might mean that the market players are waiting for yet another impulse of growth to the local resistance at $11321.00. However, growth to the main peak at $13857,20 in neither excluded.On the MACD, the histogram is still in the...

Micree Zhan, the co-founder of popular crypto mining company Bitmain, has said that he will definitely return to the company, even if it means considering a legal course of action. This is the first time Zhan has publicly spoken on the matter after news of his abrupt and shocking sack from the company made the rounds last week.In an email that shocked not just Bitmain staff but eventually the entire crypto world at large, co-founder Jihan Wu informed employees that Zhan was no longer a part...

Volvo Cars is the newest car manufacturer that decided to join the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network (RSBN) – a cross-industry collaboration for responsible sourcing of minerals, with the focus on strengthening human rights and environmental protection in mineral supply chains.As per the report sent to CoinSpeaker the consortium is pioneering the use of IBM’s blockchain technology for accountability and compliance in the mining and production of minerals from the mine to the...

Ripple Labs Inc, and its CEO Brad Garlinghouse are enmeshed in a lawsuit with Bradley Sostack who is the court-appointed plaintiff in a lawsuit that argues that Ripples monthly Escrow sales of its token constitute illegal sales of securities.The filing which was made public on Monday indicates that the new claim was made as a result of Ripples’ motion to dismiss the suit in September. Ripple is basing its argument on the statute of repose where the plaintiff didn’t file any charges within the...

Controversial internet entrepreneur and founder of former content distribution site Megaupload Kim Schmitz, who is also known as Kim Dotcom has decided to postpone his token sale which was to occur on the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex. The token sale was for a new incentivized content sharing network which has been referred to as K.im.The K.im project was supposed to raise funding for the project on Bitfenex’s cryptocurrency exchange platform using an Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) and...