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Photo: CoinGecko / InstagramCoinGecko, a coin market ranking chart aggregator that provides a fundamental analysis of the crypto market, has announced it is preparing to roll out its own section for monitoring cryptocurrency derivatives. According to the company, its offering will be the first of its kind.Announcing: CoinGecko Derivatives! ??At a glance, you'll see aggregated data for the derivatives market including pricing, funding, open interest, volume and more!Currently covering over...

The blockchain startup Ripple is currently facing some major regulatory hurdles as investors have raised questions over the state of XRP being securities. To tackle this matter at hand, Ripple has brought some financial industry heavyweights to its board.In one such move, Ripple has recently appointed ex Bank of America executive – Benjamin Melnicki – as its head of Regulatory Affairs. Melnicki’s job at Ripple will be communicating and maintaining absolute transparency regarding Ripple’s...

In a follow up to what is seen as a follow up to the Chinese blockchain technology buildup, the People’s Bank of China has introduced a regulatory unit under the auspices of the central bank to regulate digital payments, blockchain products and fintech services that center around decentralized finance within the country.Sources indicate that under the new agency, a new system has been put in place to certify about 11 different categories of financial products which are both hard and soft....

Russia has always had great ambitions, and now this vast country is planning to embrace a significant part of the Bitcoin (BTC) mining industry. To deeper penetrate into this activity, Russian Mining Company (RMC) owned by Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Marinichev is planning to build a new facility in the northern province of Karelia.According to the local news outlet RBC, the equipment for mining will be stationed on the Nadvoitsy Aluminium Smelter, a metalworking plant that is not used since...

FXT derivatives exchange announced that it has launched Futures platform tracking an Index of 8 China cryptocurrencies. This announcement came on October 29 in the midst of the blockchain endorsement by China’s President Xi Jinping. The new index will track eight popular Chinese crypto projects.The new development was announced in a tweet by the firm’s CEO Sam Bankman-Fried on October 29.https://t.co/xZ5cjcRb11 is live!— SBF (@SBF_Alameda) October 29, 2019Dubbed Dragon Perpetual Futures Index...

ADA price rallied recently above the $0.0400 and $0.0420 resistance levels against the US Dollar.The price is currently consolidating above the key $0.0420 support areas.There is a short term rising channel forming with support near $0.0425 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken).The price is likely to find a strong support near the $0.0420 and $0.0415 levels.Cardano price is trading in an uptrend against the US Dollar and bitcoin. ADA price correct lower in the near term, but it remains...

Bitcoin price rallied recently and even climbed above the $10,000 resistance against the US Dollar.The price is currently correcting lower and is trading below the $9,820 pivot level.There is a major contracting triangle forming with resistance near $9,400 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could correct further, but it is likely to remain well supported above $8,900 and $8,500.Bitcoin price is correcting gains below $9,800 against the US Dollar. BTC...

To refresh our memory, Bakkt, which is backed by New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), recently in late September launched its long-awaited Bitcoin Futures platform, where investors and traders can physically exchange Bitcoin. Now, after the exchange has hit new record volumes, Bakkt announced that they will be offering Bitcoin options by December 9, 2019. “Options allow investors and traders to do different things, and will facilitate new and important...

Recently, Live Bitcoin News reported that the president of Crypto Capital had been arrested for allegedly taking part in drug running and money laundering schemes. We also reported that further arrests were expected in the coming weeks. One of those arrests has now taken place.More Bad News for Crypto CapitalOz Yosef, a principal executive of the company, is charged with being the man responsible for the loss of roughly $850 million in crypto funds transferred to the company by Bitfinex, one...

It sounds like China is really warming up to bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as of late.China: Mixing Things Up Even MoreThe latest price hike for BTC has ultimately come about largely because Chinese president Xi Jinping commented that blockchain technology could bring his country’s infrastructure to new heights. Thus, he’s planning to push blockchain innovation very hard in the future.But prior to these words, it’s known that China hasn’t always been friendly to crypto. For one thing, the...