Topics: cryptocurrency

Coinme expands executive leadership team with three new hires

Seattle based fintech startup, Coinme has announced the expansion of its executive leadership with three new hires. In a statement issued, Coinme said, "It has...

Tim Draper bets on India based bitcoin trading platform Unocoin

Bangalore based Bitcoin trading platform, Unocoin has raised $5 million in series A round funding from Tim Draper's firm Draper Associates. Led by Draper Associates,...

Paxful adds Tether to its platform

Global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, Paxful, announced today the addition of Tether (USDT) to its platform. The inclusion of USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin by...

Blockchain-focused social media platforms have made many promises, but haven’t delivered

The Tron Foundation, the main organization behind the development of Tron (TRX), one of the largest platforms for building decentralized applications (dApps), and Steemit...

In-depth analysis: Supreme Court lifts ban on trading cryptocurrency in India

The Supreme Court of India has lifted the ban from the cryptocurrency Industry on the trading of virtual currency, cryptocurrency, and bitcoin. Background of the...

Vodafone Group leaves Facebook's Libra currency group

Britain's Vodafone Group PLC has left the entity that manages the Facebook Inc led effort to launch Libra, a global digital currency, Libra Association...

Germany, France poses ‘RISK’ of Facebook’s Libra, backs other public cryptocurrencies

France and Germany has said that Facebook Inc's Libra currency posed risks to the financial sector that could block its authorisation in Europe, and...

Japan setups working group to discuss the impact of Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra

Japanese authorities have set up a working group to discuss the impact Facebook's proposed Libra digital coin could have on monetary policy and financial...

Donald Trump says, “I’m not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies”

The U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said, "He is not a fan of cryptocurrencies, and if Facebook wants to become the bank,...

Bitcoin drops 12% low after hitting 18 months high at $14,000 this week

Bitcoin's price skidded 12% lower on Thursday to around $11,383 after hitting an 18-month high of nearly $14,000 earlier this week. The world's biggest cryptocurrency...

Facebook discusses its crypto stablecoin idea with CFTC

San Francisco: Moving forward with its crypto stablecoin initiative, Facebook has ignited a discussion with the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to...

China to ban bitcoin mining

China's state planner wants to ban bitcoin mining, according to a draft list of industrial activities the agency is seeking to stop in a...

Facebook and Telegram are working on their own cryptocurrencies, say reports

New York: More than 50 engineers at Facebook are reportedly busy giving shape to the social media giant's own cryptocurrency and CEO Mark Zuckerberg...

Chinese crypto miner maker Canaan’s IPO application is likely to be delayed

Canaan Inc, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency mining equipment makers, has let its application for a Hong Kong IPO of at least $400...

Australian police arrested Sydney women over $450,000 crypto theft

Australian police on Thursday arrested a 23- year old woman on a charge of stealing cryptocurrency worth of $320,000 (nearly $450,000 AU). According to the...

New York DFS approves “Crypto Custody Trust” license to Coinbase

Finally, Coinbase has received the approval from the New York Regulators to from a custodial firm for cryptocurrencies. On Tuesday, The New York Department of...

Bengaluru Police seized India’s first Bitcoin ATM, Co-founder arrested

A Bengaluru police on Tuesday, sized an India's first Bitcoin ATM kiosk, a few weeks after it was et up by the Unocoin Technologies,...

Delta: The Derivative Crypto Exchange for Simpler Transaction

Despite regulatory curbs, cryptocurrency ecosystem and crypto exchanges continue to thrive. There already is a surfeit of spot exchanges, and now with the rising...

Acinq secures $1.5 Million from Serena Capital and others

Acinq, one of the leading companies working on Lightning networks to increase the number of bitcoin scalability, has today announced that it has secured...

Indian Cryptocurrency site Zebpay Shuts Exchange Business

India's largest crypto-currency exchange platform Zebpay, on Friday, has announced that "Zebpay is shutting down its exchanges businesses." The statement has come six months after...

British Lawmaker Demand Stringent Regulation on Cryptocurrencies

In order to bring the vast network of cryptocurrency under control, which resembles more like "Wild West", British lawmakers have called for stringent regulations....

Is the world ready for Blockchain?

Blockchain, the buzzword of the tech world, the messiah that is supposed to lift all our security worries is often confused with Bitcoin and...

World Bank is Employing Blockchain Technology

Contrary to the idea behind the genesis of blockchain–to make financial transactions without the need for a government or bank–the largest deployer of blockchain...

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