Bitcoin Scaramucci says Bitcoin is ‘still very young,’ predicts $200k long-term price after halving 2 hours ago 2 min read
Ethereum Top 4 accounting firm turns to Ethereum for blockchain-based business contracts 1 day ago 2 min read
Stablecoins US lawmakers’ proposed ban on algorithmic stablecoins draws industry backlash 3 hours ago 2 min read
ETF JP Morgan CEO calls Bitcoin ‘Ponzi Scheme’ despite serving as Authorized Participant for BlackRock ETF 6 hours ago 2 min read
Regulation Senator Warren wants to extend anti-money laundering rules to crypto miners and validators 10 hours ago 2 min read
Politics US senators propose bipartisan stablecoin bill opening door to FDIC insurance in US 1 day ago 2 min read
DeFi EigenLayer removes caps, sees record $157 million inflow as Lido dominance dips 2 days ago 2 min read
Web3 “Smart Bouncers” and selective transparency: A preventative compromise to brash FinCEN proposal 4 days ago 3 min read
Bitcoin Scaramucci says Bitcoin is ‘still very young,’ predicts $200k long-term price after halving 2 hours ago 2 min read
Tether Tether champions decentralized systems expanding tech, AI, education and financial reach 9 hours ago 2 min read
Solana Solana rallies 9% as developers launches update to tackle network congestion 4 days ago 1 min read
Dogecoin Vitalik believes memecoins should be used for philanthropy and social impact 3 weeks ago 2 min read
Polkadot Polkadot introduces JAM upgrade and 10 million DOT prize to enhance network capabilities 8 hours ago 2 min read
Circle of Games secures $1 million of strategic funding from Nazara Technologies and The Hashgraph Association 7 hours ago
ceτi AI Acquires Big Energy Investments Inc. to Boost Its High-Performance Computing Capabilities in North America 9 hours ago
German bank that went nearly bankrupt in 2019 says Bitcoin is ‘wishful thinking’ Banking 3 years agoBitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are on the verge of going from "trendy" to "tacky," argued Deutsche Bank's analysts.
A ‘physical’ Litecoin ETF is coming to Germany’s Xetra exchange Investments 3 years agoA Litecoin ETF is launching tomorrow in Europe as demand for the ‘digital silver’ picks up.
Deutsche Bank report: “Bitcoin is too big to ignore” Adoption 3 years agoThe German multinational investment bank stated that crypto-assets are now too valuable to ignore.
$60 million in Bitcoin seized by German police…but no one gave them the private key Legal 3 years agoGerman authorities have learned about crypto recovery the hard way. A recent case saw them seize over $60 million worth of Bitcoin from a fraudster….who never gave them the private key to the stash. Not your keys, on your coins A private key is a sophisticated form of cryptography that allows a user to access […]
German legacy bank turns to Stellar (XLM) to issue Euro stablecoin Adoption 3 years agoOne of Germany’s oldest banks said it was choosing the Stellar network to issue a Euro-backed stablecoin, in one of the first such instances. As per an official announcement on Wednesday, Bankhaus von der Heydt (BDNH) said it would launch the EURB stablecoin on the Stellar network this week. The development is a result of […]
Crypto.com temporarily suspends European debit card program after Wirecard bankruptcy Legal 4 years agoCrypto.com is temporarily suspending its Europe and U.K. issuances of MCO debit cards after its former card operator — Germany’s Wirecard AG — slipped into bankruptcy and filed insolvency this week. The Hong Kong-based company will now find a new card operator to commence its card business again — one of the largest in the […]
Germany’s stock exchange will list first “centrally cleared” Bitcoin ETF, BitGo to serve as BTC custodian Trading 4 years agoBitcoin-pegged institutional trading products like ETFs and futures have been a running theme since 2016. However, the road has proven difficult, with regulators and lawmakers impeding most of such developments. But Germany’s forward-thinking financial sector seems to have embraced such products. The country’s stock exchange will now list a BTC-pegged exchange-traded fund (ETF), after a […]
Report: Hackers targeted supercomputers in Europe to mine Monero (XMR) Hacks 4 years agoSupercomputers across Europe fell victim to a widespread and seemingly coordinated cybersecurity attack last week, getting hit with the illicit installation of malware focused on mining Monero (XMR). German supercomputers most affected Supercomputers in Germany, Spain, and Switzerland, confirmed infections via individual reports last week. All instances had a few details in common — such […]
Germany proposes bill to allow banks to deal in cryptocurrency in 2020, here’s what this will mean [UPDATED] Regulation 4 years agoThe federal parliament of Germany has drafted a bill that, if enacted, will allow banks to become custodians and merchants of cryptocurrency in 2020, German business newspaper Handelsblatt reported Wednesday. The move represents a bombshell milestone in adoption and could, in theory, make crypto as liquid as cash in the world’s fourth-largest economy. The new […]
Agoric and Cosmos hash out an interoperable future for 2020 [INTERVIEW] Technology 4 years agoOn Oct. 21, 2019, representatives from Agoric, Tendermint, FOAM, and oscoin gathered at Full Node in Berlin, Germany, to discuss the blockchain space’s current need for interoperability protocols. Although technical in nature, hashing out an inter-blockchain communication standard is as critical as the TCP/IP model was for the Internet. Pundits of both IBC, Cosmos’ interoperability […]
IOTA Community Assists in Cataching Hacker Who Stole $11 Million MIOTA Hacks 5 years agoThe IOTA community was able to help gather enough evidence to allow authorities to catch an alleged hacker who stole over $11 million MIOTA tokens in early 2018. The suspect was apprehended by German Police and Europol at the end of January. IOTA said in a blog post that it was “proud to see collaboration between […]
Germany’s Second Largest Stock Exchange Building Crypto Trading App Adoption 6 years agoInstitutional acceptance of cryptocurrency is gaining steam as Germany’s second largest stock exchange announces development of a crypto trading platform. Sowa Labs — a fintech subsidiary of Börse Stuttgart — announced last week a crypto trading app under the name Bison. Etwas Großes ist im Anmarsch. Entdecke die erste App für den Handel mit Kryptowährungen […]
German Tourism Board Allows Crypto Payments For Its Services Adoption 6 years agoIn a move to promote innovation within an otherwise low-lying industry, the German National Tourism Board (GNTB) has recently announced the incorporation of crypto assets into its framework for regular service payments. The GNTB announced that travelers, both local and international, now have full freedom to pay for their sojourns in Bitcoin and other popular […]
German University RWTH Plans to Implement IOTA for Industrial Use Cases Adoption 6 years agoWith the IoT market expanding at an impressive rate, the need for platform interoperability has touched an all-time high. IOTA provides businesses with a scalable framework which converts technological resources into valuable assets that can then be traded on an open market. The technology which drives IOTA is Tangle — a block-less distributed ledger that […]