Avelacom and Gemini to provide enhanced connectivity for crypto markets LeapRate

July 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Avelacom and Gemini to provide enhanced connectivity for crypto markets

Global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry, Avelacom, announced that it has added Gemini Trust Company, LLC, a digital asset exchange and custodian, to its list of cryptocurrency exchange tech vendors in Equinix’s NY5 data center. Avelacom’s and Gemini's clients can now connect directly to the exchange’s infrastructure to access market…

July 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

U.S. Senators start blasting away at Libra, Facebook, and all things crypto

U.S. Congressional hearings are never fun events for those asked to attend. The opportunity for elected officials to preach whatever gospel they perceive that their political bases want to hear is just too great to ignore. They need to keep their voters back home cheering them on to greater stardom, or so it seems when…

July 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin succumbs again – Drops below $9,500, second major dip in 2019

Sooner or later, Bitcoin and gravity were going to be good friends again. After gradually recovering from a bout in the lowlands below $10,000 nearly two weeks back, buyers for the world’s favorite cryptocurrency began to run out of steam. After groping its way back above $13,000, the weight of the bears on its back…

July 17, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitpoint hacking details – 55,000 clients impacted and $28 million lost

The beleaguered Japanese crypto exchange, Bitpoint, is beginning to reveal details of its recent compromise that occurred on July 12th of this month. It was originally reported that $32 million had disappeared from “Hot Wallets” at the exchange, but this figure has been reduced to $28 milliion. $19 million related to customer accounts, and $9…

July 17, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

If Russia ends its ‘Love-Hate’ of cryptos, can it be the ‘King of Blockchain’?

As Russian government officials continue to debate the efficacy of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, industry observers are curious as to why there has not been a major push to lead in this arena. Observers have noted that Russia is definitely a “global powerhouse for development talent and business acumen in the blockchain space”, but, unlike…

Binance seeks to curb SEC’s hunt for “fraud”

July 16, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Is Binance launching a fiat-to-crypto exchange in South Korea?

Binance, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, is reportedly planning to launch a fiat-to-cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea. The information comes from a news report at CryptoGlobe. According to press, this is what the founder and CEO of Binance said regarding the project: We do not know the details related to the establishment of the Korean…

July 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bitcoin’s history of rollercoaster weekends is intact, as it dips to $9,850

If anyone was waiting for a bargain price for Bitcoin below $10,000, they had a brief chance to buy at $9,850 and above, as the world’s favorite digital asset plummeted over the weekend. During its momentous rise to stardom, the one characteristic that has stood out most over recent months is that, once again, volatility…

July 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

President Trump, exalted Tweeter-in-Chief, tweeted: “Not a fan” of Bitcoin

It seems that Bitcoin has one more skeptic, one who had yet to register his exalted opinion until this past Thursday. The “Tweeter-in-Chief”, President Donald Trump, let it be known via his infamous tweeting channel that he is not a fan of cryptocurrencies. His scorn also included Facebook’s Libra project: “If Facebook and other companies…

BoC: Bank of Canada January Rate Meeting: What to Expect?

July 15, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin tax payments in Canada

Some US states have already introduced the option of paying your taxes with bitcoin. Now, Canada is speeding up with the bitcoin tax "craze". Reportedly, the city of Richmond Hill is the first Canadian city to do trials with bitcoin tax payments. Citizens will be able to pay their municipal taxes in the "people's currency".…

Analyst predicts Facebook’s FaceCoin could earn up to $19 billion by 2021

July 15, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

This is the authority that will regulate Facebook's Libra

Right now, it is vital for cryptocurrencies to gain some regulatory "love", otherwise the future of digital coins is bleak. Just now, the US suggested that they will discourage tech companies from issuing digital currencies, and it seems by all means that Donald Trump, the US President, is not a fan of crypto. Probably the…

Category: Cryptocurrency

Avelacom and Gemini to provide enhanced connectivity for crypto markets

U.S. Senators start blasting away at Libra, Facebook, and all things crypto

Bitcoin succumbs again – Drops below $9,500, second major dip in 2019

Bitpoint hacking details – 55,000 clients impacted and $28 million lost

If Russia ends its ‘Love-Hate’ of cryptos, can it be the ‘King of Blockchain’?

Is Binance launching a fiat-to-crypto exchange in South Korea?

Bitcoin’s history of rollercoaster weekends is intact, as it dips to $9,850

President Trump, exalted Tweeter-in-Chief, tweeted: “Not a fan” of Bitcoin

Bitcoin tax payments in Canada

This is the authority that will regulate Facebook's Libra

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