Crypto at the Mall; Binance acquires Swipe
The Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance has completed its acquisition of London-bassed Swipe, the multi-currency digital wallet and Visa debit card platform,. The value of the...
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Discovery Channel airs cryptocurrency documentary
Open Source Money, a documentary series intended to answer questions about cryptocurrency, blockchain, and related topics aired its first episode on the Discovery Channel on...
Taking advantage of airdrops
One hears less about airdrops these days, because there are fewer Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The regulators have made it more difficult for ICOs to...
Lithuania central bank issues digital coin
Lithuania is about to issue the first central bank-produced digital coin in the euro zone, part of a project to trial state-backed digital currencies and...
Japan’s SBI to buy minority stake in UK crypto market maker B2C2
A unit of Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings has agreed to buy a minority stake in London-based cryptocurrency marketmaker B2C2 for $30 million, B2C2 said...
More Britons take a bet on bitcoin
The number of people in Britain buying cryptoassets like bitcoin and ether has more than doubled over the past year, but many are still unaware they...
Facebook is the enemy of Libra
When Facebook first aired its proposal for the creation of Libra, a digital currency for use in online transactions, many of us considered investing in...
EU to look into issuing public digital currency to rival Libra
The European Central Bank should consider issuing a public digital currency, an EU draft document said, after plans by Facebook to introduce a private one...
Is it a currency? A commodity? Bitcoin has an identity crisis
By Tom Wilson So bitcoin’s a currency, right? Well, yes, it can be used to buy, sell and price goods much like dollars and euros....
EU agrees tough line on digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra
Private digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra should not be allowed in the European Union until the risks they could pose are clearly addressed, EU finance...
Ayia Napa leading the way in blockchain technology
Ayia Napa will be the first municipality in Cyprus to use blockchain technology, the town’s mayor said on Monday. The municipality partnered with the University...
US lawmakers challenge Facebook over Libra cryptocurrency plan
US lawmakers bashed Facebook on Wednesday over its planned cryptocurrency, after a bruising first bout a day earlier when senators from both parties condemned the...
Facebook should not be trusted with ‘crazy’ cryptocurrency plan
Democratic and Republican lawmakers said on Tuesday that Facebook Inc’s track record of what they described as untrustworthiness should stand in the way of it launching...
Facebook reveals Libra cryptocurrency, with lofty goals
Facebook Inc revealed plans on Tuesday to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move...
Why I am still a cryptocurrency enthusiast
By Thomas Knapp Cryptocurrencies had a rough ride in 2018. As of January 7, 2018, the total market capitalisation of all cryptocurrencies tracked by CoinMarketCap.com...
What does the future hold for cryptocurrency regulation?
There’s no doubt that the cryptocurrency market has grown into a global entity, and one that currently has a total estimated market cap of around...
Global regulators start monitoring crypto assets
Global regulators have published a framework for “vigilantly” monitoring risks from crypto assets like bitcoin and ether, even though they don’t pose a major risk...
Bitcoin tumbles as cryptocurrency sell-off intensifies
Cryptocurrencies plunged on Friday, with bitcoin at one point sliding below $8,000 and headed for its biggest weekly loss since December 2013, as worries about...
Bitcoin, rival cryptocurrencies plunge on crackdown fears
Bitcoin slid as much as 18 per cent on Tuesday to a four-week low, as fears of a regulatory crackdown on the market spread after reports...
