Tag Archives: News

Photo: Bitwise / TwitterBitwise has tapped into the experience of the Bank of New York Mellon. It has appointed the BNY Mellon to serve as the administrator and transfer agent for its forthcoming Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Bitwise filed an amendment to its Bitwise Bitcoin ETF S-1 form on September 11. It then submitted the amendment to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the same day.The amendment lists Foreside Fund Services as the marketing agent, BNY...

Litecoin price is correcting lower after trading towards the $75.00 level against the US Dollar.LTC price is likely to remain supported near the $68.00 and $66.00 levels.There is a crucial bullish trend line forming with support near $66.50 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could start a fresh increase if it breaks the $70.00 and $72.00 resistance levels.Litecoin price is showing positive signs against the US Dollar, while bitcoin is correcting lower....

Seed CX is a cryptocurrency derivatives platform. Now with the help of its subsidiary Zero Hash, the company plans to offer bilateral crypto derivatives transactions. That way, Seed CX aims to attract financial institutions to settle derivatives on their platform.The company announced that initially, it will support back-office settlement functions for Bitcoin forwards. Later, the firm plans to add support for options as well, but the approximate time frame wasn’t specified.As the company...

A new survey conducted by analytics firm Gate Trade suggests that Telegram users in Iran are earning an average of $500 to $3,000 in cryptocurrency funds. Iran Is Boosting Its Crypto UsageIran has been heavily into cryptocurrency following new economic sanctions from the United States and President Donald Trump pulling his country out of the 2015 nuclear deal. Iran has sought ways to alleviate some of the issues stemming from these sanctions including potentially introducing a national...

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss of the Gemini Exchange claim to have built a better vault system to protect their customers’ bitcoin and cryptocurrency assets. Gemini Brings On a Bigger, Better VaultOne of the big questions meandering through the crypto space as of late is, “How can we ‘insure’ people’s money? What can we do to protect money and ensure it remains safe from hackers?” After so many instances involving lost funds and personal data over the years, the question makes complete...

Well, it seems analysts are now saying that bitcoin has failed to live up to our expectations. The currency, despite the harsh trade war conditions that should have put it in a top spot on the financial map, has really failed to rally the way many industry experts thought it would, and at press time, many are hoping the currency can turn itself around before 2020 shows itself.Bitcoin Ain’t Doing So HotIn August, trade war conditions were at their worst. The U.S. and China were at each other’s...

Mastercard and fintech firm R3 have entered a partnership to develop a solution that will enable cross-border payments which include localized payments and interbank settlements and clearing of payment obligations. The solution will have a primary focus on connecting financial payment systems.Mastercard earlier this year has expanded its payment system with its acquisition of Transfast. This greatly improved its ability to clear transactions on a global scale as Transfast has operations and...

One of the core elements to business strategies is name branding, as businesses always want to leave an impression that speaks of their products or services and to stand out among the competition. Gaming infrastructure platform DAO.Casino is one such firm to use this strategy to bring its users the best of blockchain to the gambling industry. The new name, DAObet, is one it believes will help provide more visibility for the platform with regards to their core operation.The responsibility of...

McDonald’s (MCD) is one of the oldest and most popular fast food restaurant chains in the world and as with any other establishments that have been around as long, the company is constantly seeking ways to improve its service and the experience it gives customers. The 79-year-old restaurant has now announced the acquisition of Apprente, in a bid to improve its service using automated voice commands.Founded in 2017, Apprente is a Silicon Valley startup which focuses on the use of artificial...

Over the last few months, big organizations and government institutions have shown interest in the crypto space. China’s central bank – People’s Bank of China (PBoC) – has fast-tracked its work on introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to the market. However, China’s attempts to launching a CBDC come as a measure to counter the potential competition by Facebook‘s Libra.Commenting on this, Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire said that China has the most progressive approach towards CBDC....