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Blockchain.com, a London-based firm, is raising $50 million to invest in a range of startups and cryptocurrencies, according to a report by Yahoo Finance. The crypto wallet and data provider is aiming to raise $50 million. The efforts will be directed by a founding partner of Blockchain.com Ventures Sam Harrison. According to Harrison’s LinkedIn profile, […]

Bitcoin is 255 days away from its block rewards halving, which will decrease the BTC miners receive per block. Based on historical data, the coin experienced high levels of price volatility before and after the event, making it a good time for traders. But how will long term investors fare? The Bitcoin halving The halving […]

Binance’s newly launched testnet futures platform contained a word-for-word copy of BitMEX’s terms and conditions. BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes ‘jokingly’ pointed out the similarities between the documents and Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao owned the mistake, saying the plagiarism would be promptly fixed. BitMEX takes a sarcastic jab at Binance for plagiarizing documentation One of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges […]

Coming in the lead-up to the September 23rd launch of Bakkt’s BTC futures contract, Bitcoin’s explosive Labor Day rally seems to have revived sentiment amongst the bulls. A number of factors suggest the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization could make lower lows before making its much-awaited parabolic advance, however. Monday’s rally, delineated below in red […]

With Bitcoin’s volatility being heavily discussed in the media, a crypto analyst pointed out that the chance of losing money on a Bitcoin investment was so slim, it could almost be considered an anomaly. He calculated that if you’ve bought Bitcoin on any random day in its history, there was a 97.5 percent chance that […]

In 2018, the Dutch Bank ING conducted a survey on which about 15,000 respondents across Europe, North America, and Australia provided insights into their thoughts on cryptocurrencies. In Europe, 66% of respondents have heard about cryptocurrency, 9% of respondents owned some crypto, and 25% of respondents planned to own some crypto on the future. In […]

Tether Ltd. is planning to issue two new stablecoins, one pegged to a basket of commodities and another to the Chinese renminbi, according to Zhao Dong, an over-the-counter (OTC) trader in China and a shareholder of Bitfinex. New stablecoins In 2018, iFinex Inc.—a privately held financial technology company based in the British Virgin Islands that […]

Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital company focused on crypto innovation, brought several Washington regulators together to promote crypto adoption and discuss regulation. The May event includes representatives from the U.S. Treasury, SEC, and CFTC alongside some of the most influential blockchain companies, reported the Wall Street Journal. Behind the scenes, a16z is quietly fighting for […]

Two investment companies whose Bitcoin ETF proposals have been delayed by the SEC have found a way around the tight regulations. In a joint statement, VanEck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management said they planned on launching a “limited version” of the BTC ETFs, only available to accredited investors. Securities Act exemption allows VanEck and SolidX […]

Despite the pessimism seen across the crypto community in regards to altcoins, the following technical analysis will evaluate whether Ethereum, XRP and Litecoin are bound for an upswing. At the moment, altcoins continue limping without any significant price movement. Meanwhile, Bitcoin is back above $10,000 and recently reached a 70 percent market dominance. Against the […]