Crypto Markets Trade Flat Following Christmas Eve Dump
Earlier this week, the crypto markets rose slightly and were able to regain much of their recent losses. This relatively small pump got many investors who viewed it as the “Christmas rally” excited for what was to come, although the bears pushed the markets back down on December 24th. Following this drop, the overall markets […]
Billionaire Mike Novogratz Says Crypto ICO Market is Pretty Much Dead Now
Today, the initial coin offering (ICO) market has pain written all over it. A once-popular mechanism, used by blockchain startups to raise funds using crypto to develop their products, lured speculators into investing billions of dollars for their native tokens. However, a majority of these startups either turned out to be scams or purely incompetent […]
Coinbase CEO: Crypto in VR is the Next Big Application of Blockchain
Either it will be the best thing the crypto world will ever experience or a farce in the name of the best thing the world will ever experience. That’s pretty much the discussion around virtual reality (VR), a technology which allows humans beings to experience an immersive illusion of being somewhere else. Many Hollywood blockbusters, […]
Bitmain and Huobi Plan Layoffs as Cryptocurrency Crunch Begins to Bite
Two of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency companies have confirmed lay-off plans amid an industry crunch that has seen US$170 billion wiped off bitcoin’s market value this year. Beijing-based Bitmain Technology, the world’s biggest maker of cryptocurrency mining rigs, said in a statement that the company is undergoing “some adjustment to our staff this year” as […]
Pros Are Ditching the Bitcoin Market, JPMorgan Says
The prolonged digital-asset slump is scaring off institutional players, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co., suggesting a fulcrum for cryptocurrency markets is giving way. “Participation by financial institutions in Bitcoin trading appears to be fading,” analysts including Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou wrote in a research note dated Dec. 14. “Key flow metrics have downshifted dramatically,” including in […]
Blockchain Transparency Institute: Crypto Exchange Volumes Report
Methodologies for our reports have evolved since our initial report focusing primarily on web traffic, followed by our November report, in which we added data collected from exchanges on mobile app usage and API trading. For our December report we’ve taken a deeper dive into specific trading pairs on exchanges which are showing clear evidence […]
Egypt’s Central Bank Studies Issuing Digital Currency
Egypt’s central bank is studying issuing a digital currency, its sub governor Ayman Hussein said at conference in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. The central bank is conducting the feasibility studies in cooperation with a number of international financial institutions, Hussein said, without disclosing names or specifying whether the anticipated currency would be traded for banks […]
Porsche arranges acquisition finance loan on BBVA blockchain
BBVA has negotiated and closed a EUR150 million term loan for Porsche Holdings using blockchain technology. The transaction is the latest in a number of notable DLT-based deals conducted by the Spanish bank with corporate customers, including the arrangement of a EUR150 million syndicated loan for Red Eléctrica Corporación, renewal of a EUR325 million credit […]
Unabashed Bitcoin Bull Thomas Lee Says the Market Is Wrong
Back in May, Thomas Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors was predicting a rally to $25,000 by the end of the year. And despite things not playing quite in his favor — the cryptocurrency is currently trading below $3,400 — he’s sticking to his guns. Bitcoin’s fair value, given the number of active […]
Mike Novogratz Explains Why He’s Still All-In on Crypto
No one on Wall Street embraced cryptocurrencies with as much gusto as legendary trader Mike Novogratz. After Jamie Dimon called Bitcoin a “fraud”in September 2017, Novo, as he’s known, predicted, correctly, it would hit $10,000 and keep climbing. The former hedge fund manager and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner became an unlikely hero of the […]
PayPal Launches Blockchain-Based Reward System for Employees
The company has launched an internal blockchain-based incentive platform for employees, Cheddar has learned. The initiative was built over a period of six months by about 25 people in PayPal’s ($PYPL) San Jose-based innovation lab and launched in mid-November, according to Michael Todasco, the director of innovation. Employees can access their tokens through the company’s […]
Bitmain Closing Israeli Development Center
The development center of Bitmain set up in Ra’anana two years ago under Gadi Glikberg will close this week and its 23 employees will be laid off, “Globes” learned this morning. Glikberg, who is a VP at Bitmain, will also leave. The Israeli activity of one of the largest companies in the global blockchain industry […]
Chinese Miners Become the Biggest Bitcoin Short-seller in the Bear Market
The current Bitcoin price chart entirely mirrors this market’s last dismal bear market in late 2014 and early 2015. At that time, veteran miners were keep mining and holding their coins during the dark days and got amazing returns in the subsequent bull market in 2017. “If I mine 30 tokens in the next month, […]
Bitcoin Falls as Technical Indicators Point to More Pain in 2019
Bitcoin is turning negative again. And the technicals aren’t looking too good either going into 2019. The largest cryptocurrency slumped as much as 5.9 percent to $3,668.09 on Wednesday, approaching the more than one-year low of $3,522.58 reached on Nov. 26. After a few days of relative stability, volatility has increased again in the wake […]
Nasdaq Will List Bitcoin Futures From Next Year
The cryptocurrency will hit the New York-based exchange’s boards in the early part of next year, subject to the nod of approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The move will mark a step change in how the decade-old crypto accelerates acceptance and mass adoption throughout the world. Joseph Christinat, Vice President of Nasdaq’s […]
Beldex Raises The Bar For Crypto Organisations
In the constant effort to stay on top of the crypto game, Beldex has yet again done what other cryptocurrency companies have failed to do. Beldex has gained the trust of the crypto community by exhibiting great potential in its ideas and coin. The company has garnered a huge fan following and has a monumental […]
Digital Currency Exchange HBUS to Launch a Billboard Campaign In The U.S.
HBUS, the exclusive U.S. partner of Huobi, the world’s leading digital asset solutions provider, today announced the unveiling of their “Evolved Crypto Trading” billboard campaign. The billboard is located on the busy San Francisco corridor of 3rd Street, between Mission Street and Market Street in downtown San Francisco. As part of the campaign, HBUS will […]
Coinbase Launches Trading Desk For Institutional Investors
OTC, or over-the-counter, trading occurs between two parties directly ー as opposed to over an exchange ー typically between an investment bank and its clients. “We launched our OTC business as a complement to our exchange business because we found a lot of institutions were using OTC as an on-ramp for crypto trading,” said Christine […]
