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For those with influence, social media is not only a tool for online interaction but for also generating income. Through blockchain technology, Tron aims to democratize social media monetization with the launch of its new decentralized application TronChat. Earn TRX from Your Interactions on TronChat Decentralized application (dApp) TronChat is a next-generation social media platform […]

Pumping the cryptocurrency market is proving to be a difficult task for “whales” and digital asset exchanges, researchers at Bloomberg believe. $500 Million USDT in August Alone As observed by the Bloomberg, over $500 million in controversial stablecoin Tether (USDT) has been “printed” throughout August, without a significant increase in Bitcoin’s (BTC) price. Last year, […]

Known for its fast transaction speeds and low friction payments, the Stellar network offers users tools for value exchange across borders. On Aug. 23, The White Company and Fintech’s Interstellar joined forces to bring users seamless foreign currency withdrawals and deposits via a new stablecoin. The White Standard Stablecoin Launches on Interstellar Under the terms […]

Seattle’s Bittrex and registered broker-dealer Rialto Trading are saddling up to build a new digital exchange for securities, joining an industry-wide effort to push the multi-trillion-dollar market onto the blockchain. New York-based Rialto currently runs an institutional-grade Alternative Trading System (ATS) for the fixed income market but, pending regulatory approval, will be teaming up with […]

The Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare will debut its services in the European market in Q4 2018, marking its first international expansion under the Coinsquare brand. Coinsquare’s First International Expansion Coinsquare, a Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange, has revealed that it will expand into the European market later this year, providing European citizens with access to its entire […]

William Mougayar, a former Ethereum Foundation adviser, has joined the board of directors at the Kin Ecosystem Foundation. Kin Welcomes Mougayar Mougayar is an investor, author of “The Business Blockchain” and founder of The Token Summit. He is also the manager of WMX, a cryptocurrency index fund, and is planning to become the managing partner […]

In the developing digital economy, institutional solutions to cryptocurrency investment continue to rise. On Aug. 22, Blocktrade Technology and Valens Bank confirmed a partnership that will give banking clients access to crypto fund trading. The Growing Prevalence of Crypto Funds Artificial intelligence-based trading software company Blocktrade Technology Ltd. has partnered with Valens Bank to enable crypto fund […]

Alipay, the biggest payment application in China valued at $150 billion,  officially banned over-the-counter (OTC) Bitcoin trading, prohibiting traders from utilizing Alipay accounts to initiate digital asset trades. The announcement of Alipay shared by Red Li, a cryptocurrency researcher and the co-founder of Chinese cryptocurrency community 8BTC, explicitly stated that users of Alipay are not […]

While the broader cryptocurrency community awaited the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision on Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), the watchdog rejected all nine applications made by three different players in one sweeping move on Aug. 22. SEC’s Clean Sweep While two separate disapprovals came earlier than expected–they were due in September–the ProShares decision […]

Diar, a group of researchers that publish weekly reports on the cryptocurrency sector, earlier this week revealed that the volatility of Bitcoin has declined to a 14-month low. Since early August–after experiencing a steep drop from the higher end of the $8,000 region to $5,850–the price of Bitcoin has been relatively stable in mid-$6,000 range. […]