On Saturday, Oct. 13, the University of Washington (UW) will host its first-ever UW Blockchain Expo, hosted by the college’s Blockchain Society. The conference offers a variety of incentives for people, and students, in... 2 min read →
U.S. index fund company Bitwise Asset Management added Ric Edelman, a financial advisor, and best-selling author, to its advisory team on Oct. 3, as per a press release. San Francisco-based Bitwise was among the... 2 min read →
Decentralized market intelligence platform Numerai announced the launch of Erasure, a crypto-based data gathering, and stock price prediction marketplace. With Erasure referred to as the “tinder for markets” by Bloomberg, it has begun attracting more... 2 min read →
Forever the cause of feverous speculation, the institutional opinion of Bitcoin seems to stand as the yardstick for price projection. For all of Wall Street’s supposed secrecy, however, a survey finds the prospective market-makers... 2 min read →
The growth of freelancing and the gig economy is changing the workforce. According to Upwork, more workers are opting to work as contractors and freelancers as opposed to full-time employees. It is estimated that 36... 3 min read →
Crypto investing app Circle Invest announced the addition of three additional collections of cryptocurrency assets to its investment platform on Oct. 4. Adding More ‘Collections’ Following the success of Circle’s ‘buy the market’ feature,... 2 min read →
Argentina’s first Bitcoin ATM machine was installed last month and, according to a Reuters report, more could be coming. Athena Bitcoin, a company based in the United States, was the one to install the... 2 min read →
The makers of mobile-based cryptocurrency Electroneum (ETN) announced today that theirs will be the first fully Know Your Customer (KYC) compliant cryptocurrency in the world. Electronuem’s business strategy has served them well in the... 2 min read →
Pointing out the government’s delay in regulating initial coin offerings (ICOs) since a year, South Korean lawmakers called for swift regulatory action in a parliamentary forum on Oct. 2, reported Business Korea. After China... 2 min read →
According to a press release on the Poloniex website, the Circle-owned cryptoasset exchange will be removing margin and lending products for US-based customers. These modifications are part of Poloniex’s commitment to comply with regulatory... 1 read →
When it comes to Wall Street, most would envisage the crypto securities market as a distant, but a multi-trillion-dollar blip on the horizon. And yet, for all the ruminations of regulators, the Big Apple’s... 2 min read →
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Vice President Jim Cunha discussed his views on cryptocurrency adoption and limitations at Forbes’ Annual 30 under 30 Summit on Oct. 2, highlighting asset security remains a significant concern... 3 min read →
Ric Edelman, a top Wall Street advisor and the chairman of Edelman Financial Services, LLC, said in an interview with CNBC’s Fast Money that every financial advisor and investment firm should consider allocating capital... 3 min read →
At Ripple’s annual Swell event on Oct. 1, Spanish financial services firm Banco Santander executives shared their experience of using blockchain-powered payment systems powered by the former’s RippleNet product. In April 2018, Santander launched... 2 min read →
Ten months ago, Ken Takahashi started a petition on Change.org to make XRP the official crypto of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games. Today, it has over 5,200 signatures out of a needed 7,500. Hitting... 2 min read →
On Tuesday, Oct. 2, the Wall Street Journal released a report claiming that trading bots, a popular tool for both cryptocurrency and fiat investors, could be at the heart of the crypto market’s infamous... 2 min read →
In an interview with CNBC’s Fast Money on Monday, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo discussed cryptocurrencies, saying he thought they were here for the long haul. Could help in countries... 4 min read →
San Franciso-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Coinbase revealed an innovative method for handling millions of “stuck” Bitcoin transactions on its platform, addressing one of the most voiced problems with the rising asset class on... 3 min read →
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has invested $2.5 million in TravelbyBit, a startup supported by the government of Australia to operate crypto point-of-sale (PoS) systems at the country’s airports.... 2 min read →
Those waiting for institutional elephants to jump into the market’s $200 billion paddle-pool may be in for a surprise; as market capitalization simmers barely above its October 2017 levels, it would appear that corporate... 2 min read →
