DeFi
Adoption
Report: “Full Quarter” of Affluent Millenials Hold Cryptocurrency, 75 Percent Believe Another Financial Crisis Due Soon
American public relations giant Edelman believes a “full quarter” of millennials hold and transact using cryptocurrencies, as per recent research concluded in October 2018.…
Adoption
As Bitcoin (BTC) Turns Ten, Here’s a Brief Throwback
Ten years ago on Oct. 31, pioneer cryptocurrency Bitcoin was introduced to the world after pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto sent its whitepaper to a…
Crypto
J.P. Morgan to Use Ethereum-Based Quorum for Tokenizing Gold Bars in Pilot Experiment
J.P. Morgan’s Quorum blockchain, an enterprise-grade DLT solution built on Ethereum, is being deployed for tokenizing traditional assets to test the robustness of blockchain…
Adoption
Malta Sets Sight on “Crypto Capital” as Blockchain Summit Nears
Malta’s relevance as a “blockchain island” is set to increase in the coming weeks, as the small geography plays host to some of the…
Adoption
Mastercard Files Patent to Centralize Cryptocurrency Transactions, Calls out Bitcoin’s Wait Times
The “bankization” of cryptocurrencies seems inevitable, as a slew of traditional players enters the crypto-finance market. In the latest development, U.S. payments processor Mastercard filed…
Price Watch
IOTA’s Trinity Wallet Launches Public Bug Bounty Campaign
On Oct. 25, the IOTA foundation revealed a bug bounty program for their Trinity wallet is now extended to project enthusiasts and the broader…
Regulation
Chinese Court States Bitcoin is “Property of Economic Value”
A Chinese arbitration court declared crypto-assets such as Bitcoin must be treated as legal property, despite an infamous blanket ban on cryptocurrencies in the…
Stablecoins
Is Crypto-Finance the New Banking? Coinbase and Circle to Blacklist Suspicious IP Addresses for USDC
The rapid launch of several stablecoins offerings in 2018 seems comparable to the ICO boom in 2017, with most price-stable tokens built by premier…
People
Prominent Financial Advisor: Crypto Market Cap Will Hit $20 Trillion in Ten Years, Bitcoin to Face “Competition”
Ten years after the launch of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency market remains in its nascent stages. While a lack of real-world applications and widespread crypto-usage…
Investments
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary Invests $100,000 in Bitcoin Investment App
Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary led a $100,000 investment in a cryptocurrency application that converts spare change on credit card purchases to a user-selected…
Adoption
India’s First Bitcoin ATM Seized by Authorities, Unocoin Co-Founder Arrested
Only a week after India’s first Bitcoin ATM was launched to much fanfare, regional authorities have confiscated the two-way crypto machine and arrested the…
Adoption
Cryptocurrency Jobs Increase by 300 Percent, Ethereum Incubator ConsenSys Labs Lists Most Vacancies
Despite the cryptocurrency market slowdown and regulatory uncertainty in 2018, cryptocurrency- and blockchain-related jobs and roles have increased significantly, indicating clear interest and considerable…