The cryptocurrency (BTC and ETH) can be used as a payment vehicle and is automatically converted into the base currency of the account (USD) and credited to the client’s account. In the same way, withdrawn funds from a crypto-fundable account are debited in USD and automatically converted into crypto-currency and sent to the client’s registered…
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The OMG team conducted an airdrop in 2017. If anyone held ETH balance more than 0.1 on Coinbase on July 7, 2017 at 4:36 PM UTC, they will receive an amount OMG from Coinbase, depending on how much ETH they had in their account at the mentioned time. The launch of OmiseGo (OMG) on Coinbase…
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Coinfloor is UK's oldest-running crypto exchange and it now plans to drop both Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash. The delisting of Ethereum is expected to happen next month. The primary reason cited is that the future of hard forks is quite unclear and there is a current need for burdensome technical support for the coin. Coinfloor…
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has confirmed that Ether is now classified as "commodity". The statement came from CFTC Chairman, Mr. Heath Tarbert. After months of studying the second largest alt coin by market cap, CFTC has decided that Ether falls under this specific jurisdiction. This is what Mr. Tarbert commented on decision that Ether…
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Global investment app Abra announced today that it has added native integration of Ethereum’s currency, ether (ETH). Abra clients can now deposit, invest, and withdraw ether directly from the Abra app and to directly deposit and withdraw ETH via any other ethereum wallet. Until now, ETH was available on Abra only as a synthetic asset and…
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After a recent delay this past January, Ethereum’s Constantinople and Petersburg hard forks are expected to take place later this week on February 28th at block number 7,280,000. The practice of forks sparks much debate in the industry and many are monitoring these imminent hard forks with great anticipation, trepidation, and uncertainty. But what are…
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Ethereum, along with other major alt coins, has taken a major price decrease since its glory days in 2017, when the coin was trading for as high as $1,500. While the price may be going down, the interest in Ethereum Classic is not subsiding at all. As with many major alt coins, the price of…
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The following article is courtesy of Piers Courtney, Analyst at GlobalBlock, and shows insights into Ethereum’s up and coming hard fork The Ethereum blockchain is about to see a major upgrade. The name of this upgrade is Constantinople and it is scheduled for on or around January 16th. Constantinople will be implemented as a hard…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just announced that it has expanded its cryptocurrency offering by adding its second crypto CFD, Ethereum (ETH/USD). The broker released Bitcoin CFD trading back in October 2018 and has added three new CFD products for trading last month. FXCM Group has also launched new products on the DGCX…
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Never say never. Ethereum Classic, a spin-off from the original Ethereum network, is still recoiling from the impact of its “51-Percent Attack”, an assault upon its blockchain infrastructure that blockchain supporters have claimed could never happen. Known for its apparent hack-proof nature, blockchain updates are supposed to be immune from compromise, since so many independent…
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