Telegram has yet to publicly or formally acknowledge the project, but investors in last year’s $1.7 billion token offering, widely publicized in the press, are selling their gram allocations via OTC desks, exchanges and special-purpose vehicles. Telegram TON Board channel announced the first version of TON, Telegram blockchain, will be released on September 1st. From...Read More
Photo: Adyen / LinkedIn A Dutch fintech company Adyen NV, that is involved in processesing payments for online traders including Facebook and Netflix, posted a 79% jump in core profits, propelled by a higher volume of transactions handled for existing customers. First-half core earnings (EBITDA) at Adyen reached 125.8 million euros ($139 million), that is...Read More
Photo: Anchorage / Medium Anchorage clients who hold Stellar or Tezos now are in for a treat. Anchorage just announced that they are adding these assets to its list of eligible assets, the company co-founder and president Diogo Monica announced in a medium blog post. For those who hold Stellar, they can now receive inflation...Read More
While it’s still widely regarded as being safer to hold one’s own funds than entrust them to an exchange, Gemini’s standards suggest it may be angled as more of an actual cryptocurrency custodian than other exchanges. Cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini, announced they’re expanding their business to Australia. Australian citizens can now download the Gemini...Read More
Recently Bolt, which was previously known as Taxify, based in Estonia, announced that they are launching a food delivery service, starting with Estonia. Bolt, which is an Estonia-based ride-hailing service, previously known as Taxify, has just launched its new food delivery service in Estonia. They are launching it natively, for now, but afterward they plan...Read More
At the wake of an increased patronage for stablecoins, Tether adds yet another stablecoin to its repository, unveiling that this new ‘CNHT’ stablecoin would be tied to the offshore Chinese Yuan. Tether – the foremost yet controversial distributor of stablecoins recently announced the launch of a new stablecoin. This new cryptocurrency tagged ‘CNHT’ is pegged...Read More
Recently Peter Wuille introduced a new smart contract language for the Bitcoin code called Miniscript. Peter, who is known for creating the SegWit code, says he has been working on this for about a year. In recent news, Peter Wuille, the creator of SegWit has come out with a new work. This time it is...Read More
Photo: A1 Austria’s telecommunications giant and the country’s largest mobile service provider A1 has officially announced accepting cryptocurrency payments at some of its store locations across Austria. In the official announcement, A1 states that in its pilot project, they will accept cryptocurrency payments at some A1 shops while demonstrating global businesses that integrating digital currency...Read More
Facebook Inc further extends its reach towards establishing its dominance in the Asian market. Having that it’s instant-messaging app – WhatsApp partners with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services. Indonesia has an estimated value of 260 million people. Been that the nation enlists among the top-five largest markets for WhatsApp,...Read More
Alibaba has delayed plans to list its stock in Hong Kong. The Chinese tech company already trades publicly in New York, but was reported to have been considering a second listing that could raise as much as $15 billion. The plan was to list in August. Alibaba delayed its long-awaited $15 billion IPO in Hong...Read More
Apple officially launched its Apple Card payments service to the US customers along with introducing its Daily Cash rewards program and other benefits. As almost every tech giant is flexing its muscles to grab a share of the payments industry, Apple is no different! On Tuesday, August 20, the Cupertino-based tech giant officially launched the...Read More
The European Union is actively probing Facebook’s Libra digital currency project for competition law violations, mainstream media report. Facebook’s Libra Has ‘Potential Anti-Competitive Behavior’ According to Bloomberg, which cited official correspondence August 20, the European Commission is quizzing Libra participants via a dedicated questionnaire. The document originally appeared earlier this month, and forms Libra’s latest...Read More
SEC claimed that ICO Rating violated the anti-touting provisions of Section 17(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 by failing to disclose payments it received from initial coin offering (ICO) issuers it rated and published on its platform. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Russian entity ICO Rating agreed to pay $268,998 in...Read More
AOFEX Exchange is known for its non-standardized option trading service that helps investors hedge the risks of their digital investments. NSO trading awards are said to be launched this month. Located in London, United Kingdom, AOFEX is a digital asset exchange with non-standardized option trading as its core competitiveness, which is open to global users....Read More
Google’s online game streaming platform Stadia is set to launch in November as the tech behemoth plans a major disruption in the gaming industry ahead. Google is all set to give a massive push to its online game streaming service Stadia, set to launch in November 2019. Google Stadia is a 4K gaming platform and...Read More
Deloitte has announced its new solution dubbed “Blockchain in a box”, which is a plug-and-play product designed for enterprises to showcase their blockchain solutions. Deloitte is one of the “Big Four” accounting organizations and also the world’s major professional services network. The company has recently come out with their solution for enterprises on how to...Read More
Noah Kerner, the CEO of Acorns, anticipates converting niche savings app into bank option utilized by about 100 million users, while celebrities are opting for Acorns to invest in. Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez, former baseball player, are the latest dual celebrities to invest in the fintech firm Acorns Grow Inc, according to the Wall...Read More
Apple now plans to dive into the showbiz world by launching its Apple TV+ movie and TV subscription service by November to compete with Amazon, Netflix, Disney, and AT&T-owned HBO. In March 2019, Apple said that it plans to introduce a streaming service dubbed Apple TV+. However, no details were revealed in that announcement. Now,...Read More
Photo: IBM / Twitter In the travel industry, one of the major problems the travel supply chain must solve is hotel commission processing – usually a pretty expensive challenge for travel agencies and hotels that also influences the booking experience for travelers. Nowadays, with today’s endless options for booking accommodations, the agencies that support travelers...Read More
The New York Supreme Court ruled that the matter between the state’s Attorney General and iFinex, the parent company of the exchange Bitfinex, may continue. The New York Supreme Court ordered the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) to process with their investigation and prosecution of iFinex, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange...Read More
Crypto sector has been waiting for the launch of Bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt for a long time now. This should happen finally at September 23. Within 48 hours after the big reveal, Bitcoin surged by 10 percent. Owner of the New York Stock Exchange, International Exchange, will finally start offering futures contracts paid out...Read More
Photo: Cere Network Binance Labs, together with a row of other prominent financials, including Fenbushi Capital, Neo Global Capital, Arrington XRP, is investing $3.5 million in blockchain-focused Customer Relationship Management (CRM) startup, anticipating to unite enterprise giant names onto the Binance Chain and intensify enterprise blockchain acceptance. So far Cere Network, a former participant of...Read More
Photo: INX / Twitter INX Limited is a cryptocurrency exchange startup which plans to do an IPO as their token sale. The main difference is that this time the whole party wants to be properly regulated. While it is known that the 2017 ICO craze was completely unregulated and everybody could get away with it,...Read More
Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX has discontinued offering services to the users of three countries. Fun fact: it has offices in those regions. BitMEX said in a statement issued today that it is limiting access to users residing in Seychelles, Hong Kong, and Bermuda. The Seychelles-based exchange stated that it decided to go ahead with its decision...Read More
ZenGo crypto wallet has announced the support for Facebook’s Libra testnet which gives its users a first-hand experience of using Facebook’s native cryptocurrency. Facebook announced its native cryptocurrency Libra in June 2019 scheduled to launch next year in early 2020. However, apart from its native crypto wallet Calibra, Libra is already getting the support of...Read More
Photo: PriceMinister / Flickr Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has completed registration of its cryptocurrency exchange Rakuten Wallet, which will go live next month, the company confirmed in a press release. Rakuten, which follows several major Japanese tech players in entering the crypto exchange market, renamed its product from Everybody’s Bitcoin earlier this month. The company...Read More
The latest tweets by President Trump may set the pace for active support in the stock market this week. S&P 500 openned higher on Sunday. There are no hopes that the struggling U.S. Stock Market will get better anytime soon. However, a new Twitter feed by Donald Trump was flooded by a positive conversation concerning...Read More
Elon Musk relaunched Tesla’s residential solar-power service: for $50 monthly, you get all the necessary panels and other hardware, plus installation, support, and ongoing maintenance. Tesla (TSLA) is trying to fire up its solar-panel business by letting consumers rent their rooftop systems rather than buy them. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the offering in a...Read More
South Korean Blockchain projects are ditching the domestic market due to regulatory headaches, mainstream media report. South Korean Blockchain Projects Look Abroad Referencing a range of industry experts on August 18, local news outlet Business Korea noted the increasing tendency for Blockchain projects born in South Korea to seek out easier funding overseas. Major international...Read More
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee delegation plans to visit Switzerland to exchange views about Facebook’s Libra with the Swiss FDPIC Adrian Lobsiger. A United States House of Representatives delegation plans to visit Switzerland on cryptocurrency concerns. Libra stablecoin, which is the Facebook‘s project, will be the primary focus of these discussions. A group of...Read More
