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The governor of the Bank of Japan has said that international cooperation is of paramount importance when it comes to Libra regulation – digital currencies such as Facebook’s planned Libra token. Reuters reports that in a speech before business leaders in Osaka on Sept. 23, Haruhiko Kuroda urged policymakers to ensure that the highest level […]

The launch of the Bakkt platform might not have been accompanied by the fireworks in the Bitcoin market that some were expecting but the firm’s CEO is still confident in the positive impact it will have on the industry. Kelly Loeffler believes that Bakkt represents an “important step” for the industry. Many Bitcoin fans had […]

We interview leading crypto figureheads on whether Bakkt will be a huge boom for Bitcoin Price or a damp squib. Bakkt, a bitcoin futures exchange and digital asset platform, launched its Bitcoin futures contracts today. Bakkt users can now enter into daily and monthly futures contracts: Agreements wherein the buyer of a contract bets that […]

The power of Crypto payment service providers is under the spotlight after a $100,000 donation to an Amazon rainforest charity was blocked last month. American cryptocurrency payment service provider BitPay reportedly blocked a Bitcoin payment from charity organization Amazon Watch because it had failed the internal processes of the payment platform. It is understood that […]

Peter Wuffli — the former CEO of major Swiss multinational investment bank UBS — says the advent of new, regulated actors in crypto is drawing the attention of big-name bitcoin bank. Wuffli made his remarks during an interview with Finews, published on Sept 23. In 2008, he had left his role as CEO of UBS […]

United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed a ban crypto ETNs. The agency believes that these Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) harm consumers and hence need to be removed from the markets. Crypto ETNs vs. FCA The agency believes that the assets are very complicated and have little transparency regarding their values. Therefore retail investors […]

Bit Farms BTC Mining Farm, a cryptocurrency mining company stationed in Canada, has bought more than 2,000 new A10 Avalon mining machines to improve its mining capabilities. Bit Farms Is Moving Up the BTC Mining Ranks Canada has proven to be very attractive to foreign crypto miners, who see the company as a prime haven […]

Do you want to how to buy Bitcoin anonymously? Don’t have an ID and still want to buy Bitcoin? There sure are ways that allow you to purchase Bitcoin without leaving a trail thereby remaining completely anonymous. Methods to Buy Bitcoin Anonymously – Quick Overview Bitcoin ATMs Paxful Prepaid Cards with P2P Exchange Bisq Coin […]

18 Bitcoin (BTC) in volume has been traded since the launch of Bitcoin futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)’s Bakkt platform yesterday, Sept. 22. – Bitcoin Price Falls The much-anticipated contracts — the first of their kind to be physically settled in Bitcoin — went live at 8 PM EST on Sept. 22 (00:00 UTC […]

Bakkt, the crypto custodian and crypto derivatives exchange subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), launched trading in its highly-anticipated physically-delivered Bitcoin futures at 00:00 UTC on Monday (23 September 2019). The first Bakkt BTC futures trade was executed just two minutes after the launch, which Bakkt announced […]

Fintech startup Zap Solutions is reportedly positioning its new crypto app to rival industry giants Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, and BitPay, the largest payments processor for crypto. Its new tool, dubbed “Olympus”, is designed to allow users to link up a bank account and make Instant Bitcoin Purchase via the Lightning […]

The CEO of Intercontinental Bakkt Cryptocurrency Exchange, says he and his team are nervous about Monday’s launch. In a new interview with Fortune, Jeff Sprecher says Bakkt Cryptocurrency Exchange has experienced a flood of curiosity on the company’s imminent launch of BTC futures that will be settled in actual Bitcoin instead of cash. He believes […]

Welcome to cryptocurrency price analysis for the week. Bitcoin (BTC) The Bitcoin seems to have found a new home as it hovers close to USD 10000 squeezing the range of top and bottom. These levels seems to be the new home for Bitcoin. The prices hit a high point of USD 10,386.87 and the lowest […]

According to a recent company statement, Facebook Libra has acquired Servicefriend, an artificial intelligence (AI) specialist, to boost the user experience and make Libra user-friendly. Servicefriend is an Israel-based AI bot developer, and the company has gained some traction with clients with its Hybrid Bot Architecture. What this architecture brings to the table is an […]

On Sep. 23, Bakkt will launch physically delivered Bitcoin BTC ) futures. Does that mean the firm is about to become the first end-to-end regulated cryptocurrency exchange with this kind of offer? Let’s investigate. To encourage the participation of institutions in Bitcoin, in 2018, Bakkt announced their plans to address such well-known issues as AML/KYC, […]

‘BTC’ Is More Popular Than ‘Bitcoin’ On Google. Baidu search trends in 2019 show China bitcoin interest being driven largely by price action news. Meanwhile, ‘BTC’ has become a more popular search term than ‘bitcoin’ according to data from Google Trends. China Bitcoin Interest is News Driven Tweeting on Friday trader and analyst Alex Krüger […]

DigiByte founder and CTO, Jared Tate tweeted that Binance team asked him to pay $300,000 and 3% of all DGB in circulation in order to get the Binance Cryptocurrency Listing. Binance CEO responded to the tweet saying that he will not waste any more time on these guys. Founder and CTO of DigiByte coin Jared […]

It’s official. Despite Bitcoin’s ups and downs, demand continues to surge. There are now 5,457 Bitcoin ATM globally according to Statistics. Actually, that number is at odds with Coin ATM Radar who places Bitcoin ATMs at 5,590 worldwide. This just goes to show how quickly new installations are appearing on a daily basis. As bitrawr […]