SEC Depositions Shed Light on Telegram’s $1.7B Token Sale Jan 22, 2020 at 19:40 UTCTALE OF THE TAPE: “If I see that Telegram needs more resources, I would happily invest more because I’m a person that prefers not to own any real estate,” CEO Pavel Durov said during his deposition.(Image via Shutterstock) SEC Depositions Shed Light on Telegram’s $1.7B Token SaleTelegram CEO Pavel… IBM Debuts Stellar-Powered ‘Blockchain World Wire’ Payments System IBM is taking its long-in-the-works blockchain-based payment system out of beta, with the launch of a new product called Blockchain World Wire.Aimed at institutions and harnessing the stellar blockchain network, Big Blue says its new financial rail “can simultaneously clear and settle cross-border payments in near real-time.” Similar to other blockchain-based payment networks such as Ripple,… First Mover: Bitcoin Low Exchange Balance Looks Bullish but Chart Looks Bearish as $11K Nears Sep 28, 2020 at 12:44 UTCUpdated Sep 28, 2020 at 13:08 UTCBlockchain provides uncanny transparency into crypto-market data, lately indicating that investors have taken their bitcoin off of cryptocurrency exchanges.First Mover: Bitcoin Low Exchange Balance Looks Bullish but Chart Looks Bearish as $11K NearsThere’s a degree of transparency in cryptocurrencies that doesn’t exist in… Down 36%: Bitcoin Price Faces Worst Weekly Loss Since April 2013 MARKETS With bitcoin prices dropping further early on Sunday, the cryptocurrency now looks to be heading for its worst weekly loss in over 5 years.At press time, the leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization is trading at $3,520 on Bitstamp, representing a 36 percent drop from Monday’s opening price of $5,553.
Unless the bulls can… Palestinians Are Using Bitcoin to Transact Across Borders Amid Conflict For a small but growing community of users in the occupied Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, bitcoin has become a lifeline.Ahmed Ismail, a financial analyst in Gaza, estimated there are at least 20 unofficial “exchange” offices there dealing cryptocurrency to local users.Ismail himself helps 30 clients use bitcoin… Ether Price Hits 2-Year High Ether prices since mid-June (CoinDesk)Ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, jumped to two-year highs on Tuesday, taking its year-to-date gains to 260%.
The native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, ETH was trading at $470 at press time – a level last seen in July 2018.Prices are up more than 100% this quarter… Crypto Analytics Firm Elliptic to Tell US Congress Privacy Coins Need Stricter AML Rules Jan 15, 2020 at 18:00 UTCUpdated Jan 15, 2020 at 18:25 UTCA crypto analytics startup will recommend the U.S.Congress call for more stringent anti-money laundering (AML) enforcement around exchanges facilitating the trade of privacy coins during a hearing on how cryptocurrency is being used in human trafficking.At a Wednesday hearing revisiting landmark legislation passed… Facebook’s Libra Could Meet ‘Highest Standards’ in Regulation: BoE Governor news Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency payments initiative could be subject to the “highest standards” in global regulation, said Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank of England.According to a Financial Times report on Tuesday, Carney noted during a central bank meeting in Portugal that he remains an “open mind” on the utility of Facebook’s Libra… 3 Straight Record Days Drive CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest to All-Time High Credit: Shutterstock/Joseph SohmOpen interest for CME bitcoin futures made a new all-time high of just under $500 million on Friday, the third consecutive day of open interest records this week.Significant growth in CME futures demonstrates the intensifying contest between the stalwart institutional trading platform and crypto-native derivatives exchanges like BitMEX.Over the past month, CME’s… Leave a Reply You must be logged in to post a comment.Search.