LOBSTR, the wallet in the Stellar ecosystem, has announced today the launch of XDB Labs LLC, and will soon launch XDB Wallet, to support custodial and wallet storage for digital assets on the DigitalBits blockchain. Recently launched, DigitalBits, a fork of the Stellar blockchain, is a protocol focused on becoming the transaction and trading layer…
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The SEC rejected nine Bitcoin ETFs in total just recently. Experts say that a Bitcoin ETF is inevitable at some point, but the SEC is not so sure on this, it seems. While the Commission seems adamant on not approving a Bitcoin ETF any time soon, it has provided some information on what constitutes their…
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Dubai is one of the most advanced countries in the world. The cryptocurrency sector is no exception. Dubai is one the countries that is cryptocurrency "friendly" and is embracing the technology of blockchain. However, the risks associated with altcoins are rising. The police in Dubai warned the community that users and investors can expect fraud,…
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Bitcoin “whales” are not a joke, as it seems. The price of Bitcoin is fluctuating constantly with huge ups and downs along the way. Just like year, in December 2017, Bitcoin was trading for anywhere from $13,000 to almost $20,000 per coin. Analysts and reports show that there are solid reasons behind the rise and…
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Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin has announced that it has just listed Arcona. Arcona can now be traded with BTC and ETH. Arcona Ecosystem is an information space that unites the real and virtual worlds. In 2014, Arcona launched the world’s first augmented reality park in Ludza. It has increased the flow of tourists in the region by…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has informed the public that a fraudulent website has been soliciting investments in Bitcoins using fabricated comments attributed to MAS Chairman and Deputy Prime Minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. The name of the website is positivebathhour.com / gulfweedcrab.com and the website’s article on Bitcoins is highly deceptive and misleading. The statements attributed to…
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Coinbase "stole" Linkedin's head of data science just recently. Michael Li, who was Linkedin's Head of Analytics and Data Science has now joined the cryptocurrency unicorn to be its Vice President of Data, according to his Linkedin profile. With a educational background in Engineering in China and the US, Mr. Li worked in Capital One,…
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IronX, the new Crypto Exchange joint venture between global online broker IronFX Group and EmurgoHK, creator of the Cardano Blockchain, has announced it has been awarded full regulatory license approval by the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). This license allows IronX to operate as a fully regulated exchange for the trading of cryptocurrencies, as part…
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The price of Bitcoin is everything but stable these days. And while there are many analyses and news as to why the "people's currency" is jumping up and down with huge price swings, there may be a simpler economic explanation. According to some press, the reason why the price has been recently moving are the…
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The London-based ONEm Communications has launched the so called mCoin, a "pseudo-mining" program on the oldest continent. The mCoin is distributed to people through the method of "pseudo-mining", meaning that users can receive the coin if they do something good for the society. For now, the company gives people the coin by making them text…
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