Kowala’s kUSD becomes first stablecoin with ledger hardware wallet support LeapRate

August 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kowala’s kUSD becomes first stablecoin with ledger hardware wallet support

Kowala, a stablecoin protocol that maintains price-pegs to fiat currencies by robotically minting and burning coin supply in accordance to user demand, has announced that their flagship project, the dollar-tied “kUSD”, is the first stablecoin to win public platform support from Ledger — the crypto hardware wallets company. The importance of Ledger’s decision to publicly…

August 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Two new members join bitcoin nonprofit BitGive's team

BitGive, the first Bitcoin nonprofit, has announced the addition of two new members to its expanding team. Rumi Morales, a partner at Outlier Ventures and a former executive at both CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), has joined BitGive’s all-star Board of Directors, which also includes Matthew Roszak, Patrick Murck, Dawn Newton, Karsten…

August 09, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase with new trading limit and instant trading feature

Coinbase is currently upgrading its platform and services to better suit users' demands. Given the rising competition from "startups" such as Robinhood and CoinEx, Coinbase seems to be working on its business strategy and enhance features. The first improvement that Coinbase has already implemented is increasing the daily cryptocurrency trading limit to $25,000 from a…

August 08, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Japan with new, stricter cryptocurrency regulations

Japan has been probably the greatest supporter of cryptocurrencies and their regulations. The country is known for its lean regulatory frameworks, as well as great tolerance about the use of Bitcoin. Not long ago, it was reported that many Japanese workers can choose how they want their salary: in the form of Bitcoin or fiat…

PumaPay’s second version of its PullPayment Solution is on Mainnet

August 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

PumaPay lists its PMA token on HitBTC cryptocurrency exchange

Decentralized Vision, the blockchain company that developed PumaPay PullPayment Protocol, has announced that the PumaPay token (PMA) will be listed on HitBTC, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange. The trading of PMA/BTC and PMA/ETH pairs will be available on August 8, 2018. The listing price of the token will be 50,000 PMA/ETH, the same rate that PumaPay…

August 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Zerion launches Tokenary to ease Ethereum wallets

Zerion, the company building the technology for a tokenized financial system, has unveiled Tokenary to provide a memorable and seamless experience for Ethereum wallets everywhere. As cryptocurrency markets mature and digital assets become more of a daily routine, Ethereum and token owners need an easy-to-use wallet that supports frequent consumption, similar to how they would…

August 07, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Hold 6% of your portfolio in Bitcoin - the crypto Sharpe's ratio

Many prominent economists have come to comment that Bitcoin does not have intrinsic value, rather, it is driven by market perception and enthusiasm. This is the general opinion that Robert Shiller, a Nobel laureate in economics, and Warren Buffet, one of the most successful investors in the world have in mind when it comes to…

æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform

August 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Constellation debuts code and network visualization in testnet launch

Constellation Labs, the horizontally-scalable blockchain for consumer-grade applications, has announced the release of their testnet — the first version (V1) of Constellation’s base code. This launch begins a process of building out a small network of nodes, which communicate with each other in order to prevent “bad actors” on the system. The testnet’s primary goal…

August 06, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Food Quality and Blockchain in China

Food quality and blockchain are teaming up to provide a modern blockchain-based food quality control e-place, designed by the Chinese company, Wangjiahuan, an agricultural startup firm. The company has raised $58 million in a Series A round, which was managed by Global Logistic Properties. Global Logistic Properties is a leading logistics solution company based in…

August 06, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

The "Blood" Diamonds

After being applied in more than 20 different industries around the globe, it is no surprise that blockchain is now being used in the diamond industry. The diamond industry was and still is considered a monopoly, or lately, an oligopoly. And while diamonds are forever, so are the issues related to them, it seems. The…

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