Santander InnoVentures, MUFG, and Nomura Holdings back Securitize in US$14M fundraise
Securitize, the trusted global solution for issuing and managing compliant digital securities on the blockchain, has secured a US$14M strategic fundraise with backers that include three of the world’s largest banks – Banco Santander through its venture capital arm (Santander InnoVentures), MUFG via its wholly-owned corporate venture capital subsidiary (MUFG Innovation Partners), and Nomura Holdings […]
Germany’s Scholz: We cannot accept parallel currencies such as Facebook’s Libra
Facebook’s planned Libra is the most well-known of the stablecoins, a certain form of cryptocurrency backed by assets such as traditional money deposits, short-term government securities or gold. “We cannot accept a parallel currency,” Scholz said during a panel discussion in Berlin. “You have to reject that clearly.” The German cabinet is expected to adopt […]
Pixsy acquires blockchain-based copyright platform Binded.com
Pixsy, Inc. announced that it will acquire blockchain-based copyright registration platform Binded.com, strengthening its image protection offerings for a wider community of users (terms of the transactions were not disclosed). The acquisition bolsters Pixsy’s market-leading position in image protection and gives the Binded community access to Pixsy’s full suite of copyright management tools, including Register, […]
Cryptocurrency Wizard Arrested in B500m Fraud Case
A 48-year-old man wanted for his role in an alleged 500 million baht cryptocurrency exchange fraud was arrested in Bangkok on Wednesday evening. Mana Jumuang was arrested while playing football at a field on Rama IX Road in Huai Khwang district, Pol Maj Gen Jiraphop Phuridet, commander of the Crime Suppression Division, said on Thurday. […]
Retail Investors Increase Gold & Bitcoin Positions as US/China Trade War Escalates
Data from global multi-asset investment platform eToro shows retail investors are opening more gold and bitcoin positions on news announcements of an escalating US/China trade war. Investors typically pile into gold as a natural hedge against macro economic unrest and data shows a correlation between the number of gold and bitcoin positions on its platform. […]
Kadena Launches Blockchain-as-a-Service on Azure Marketplace
Kadena announce that launched an upgraded version of our enterprise blockchain solution to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace! The “Kadena Scalable Permissioned Blockchain” is now available on Azure Marketplace for free. This past January, we made headlines in Fortune when we released our permissioned blockchain on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. Our Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) model enables organizations to start […]
Telegram’s 300 Million Users Could Soon Be Trading Bitcoin And Crypto
Bitcoin’s bull run so far this year, which has seen the bitcoin price climb some 200% since January, has been largely put down to some of the world’s biggest technology companies taking an interest in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. The bitcoin price has plateaued at around $10,000 as bitcoin traders and investors fret global regulators might […]
SEC Charges ICO Research and Rating Provider With Failing to Disclose It Was Paid to Tout Digital Assets
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Russian entity ICO Rating has agreed to pay $268,998 to settle charges that it failed to disclose payments received from issuers for publicizing their digital asset securities offerings. The SEC’s order found that between December 2017 and July 2018, ICO Rating produced research reports and ratings of […]
Judge rejects plea to set aside order to preserve luxury assets in alleged $30-million cryptocurrency fraud
Luxury townhouse in Coal Harbour owned by alleged fraudsters was listed for sale earlier this year at $7.88 million A B.C. Supreme Court judge has rejected an application to set aside an order to freeze assets in a civil forfeiture suit that alleges the defendants perpetrated a $30-million cryptocurrency fraud. In a suit filed this […]
Rakuten Wallet Launches Spot Trading Services for Crypto Assets
Rakuten Wallet, Inc., a consolidated subsidiary of Rakuten Group and operator of a crypto asset (virtual currency) exchange business, announced that today it has launched a spot trading service for crypto assets in which users can conduct spot trading of crypto assets through a dedicated smartphone app*1. The app will initially be released on Android, […]
NULS Takes Tokens from Conception to College with New Staking Model
NULS, the adaptive blockchain solution for enterprise, has successfully tested a new staking service, staked coin output (SCO), with project Aleph, a cross-blockchain layer-2 network. This staking service applies a new type of reward model in which community members of NULS can stake tokens to receive tokens from other projects building on the NULS platform. […]
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Throws Support Behind Cryptocurrencies
Dubai: Amid what it described as “challenging market conditions,” Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Capital has just thrown its support behind an unlikely candidate: cryptocurrencies. The company earlier this month announced it has invested through its ventures arm in MidChains, a crypto asset exchange that will launch operations in late 2019 in Abu […]
Bitcoin Expert Scams a Scammer, Donates the Money to Charity
Financial fraudsters often try to target the elderly or otherwise vulnerable — but one recently picked the worst possible target.Calgarian Ben Perrin runs an educational YouTube channel focused on teaching people about bitcoin and cryptocurrency, and is the marketing director for a bitcoin exchange. Working in the cryptocurrency industry means he’s been targeted by hopeful […]
Facebook hires Zook to lobby on Libra
Facebook has added Susan Zook of Mason Street Consulting to its team of lobbyists working to sell lawmakers on its new Libra cryptocurrency. Zook is a former aide to Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, which held a hearing on Libra last month. She’ll focus on lobbying Senate Republicans, she […]
BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, BCH, BNB, EOS, BSV, XLM, ADA
BTC/USD The bulls are attempting to stabilize Bitcoin (BTC) after yesterday’s sharp fall. If the price reverses direction and quickly rallies above the moving averages, it will confirm a strong demand below $10,000. It will also invalidate the bearish crossover, which is a positive sign. Traders can buy on a close (UTC time frame) above […]
