The CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, has recently won a patent from the US Patents and Trademark Office for a unique technology that allows the owner of the patent to send bitcoin to email addresses. The patent was granted on December 17th, after being filed two four years ago - on March 17th, 2015. What…
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One of the largest financial service providers in the world, Fidelity Investments, has announced the extension of its new digital assets division to Europe based on “significant interest” expressed for the product by its institutional clients. Despite Brexit uncertainty, the $7 trillion assets under management behemoth also announced that it intends to set up shop…
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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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The Hong Kong protests have pushed investors from around the globe to pull out nearly $5 billion in funds since April 2019, as reported by the Financial Times and the Bank of England. What is staggering is that this amount represents 1.3% of the GDP of Hong Kong. The data comes from Refinitiv, the Bank…
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Authorities in Russia have prosecuted two Russians for illegally mining cryptocurrencies using government computers. The news comes from local press coverage TASS. According to TASS, the two Russian men were targeting the hardware of Russian state organizations to mine digital coins using web browsers. The published report on the news does not reveal the identities…
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The "people's currency" is yet again experiencing lows and this time the reason may be a very serious one. It's usually market sentiment and recent price decreases have been less than volatile, as Bitcoin was trading around $8,000. What is even more concerning is that Bitcoin was noting new highs recently, "assuring" investors of brighter…
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The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has decided to drop its leveraged trading services. The information comes straight from a blog post of the company. The leveraged crypto trading feature is expected to end on March 13, 2020 (Friday) at 12:00. By this time, all positions should be settled. After March 13, all customers will have…
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Jack Dorsey is an open supporter of the blockchain technology without a doubt. He recently travelled to Africa and commented on the fact that, according to him, Africa is the next big place for blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Apart from that, the CEO of Twitter is thinking of moving the platform to blockchain. On December 11th,…
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Microsoft is expanding its Azure Cloud service offering by adding new features to its blockchain support platform, specifically new tokenization and blockchain data management services. The new token tool is designed to “simplify the definition, creation and management of compliant tokens built to industry standards”. The new blockchain data management features will simplify “the cumbersome…
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Amun AG is a Swiss fintech company that announced this Tuesday that it has gained approval from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) to offer crypto ETPs in the European Union. Amun offers ETP products (exchange-traded products) backed by either basket of cryptocurrencies or single cryptocurrency. The company currently has 10 of its products listed on…
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