Christine Lagarde was nominated to succeed Mario Draghi as president of the ECB. These are the great news for the crypto community because she is the one who pushed for central banks to consider the notion of issuing digital assets.
Following the 2016 cyber attack on top cryptocurrency exchange – Bitfinex, that brought about its loss of $700 million Customer funds. The number one Asian crypto trading platform claims to have relinquished part of its loan from Tether.
Binance.US onboarded former Ripple executive Catherine Coley as its new CEO. Coley, who worked as the head of XRP Institutional Liquidity at Ripple, will manage the launch of Binance.US and BAM’s North American market expansion.
Nestle has launched a new blockchain initiative with OpenSC to run concurrently with the ongoing IBM project with the aim of enhancing viability, feasibility, and scalability of the food supply system.
Today eToroX, the blockchain subsidiary of international investment network eToro announces that it will include120 ERC-20 standard tokens to its multi crypto on chain wallet.
Today’s news report that Cuba is exploring the use of cryptocurrencies in order to avoid sanctions set by the United States. Other countries are expected to follow suit.
Gemini, the Winklevoss brother owned cryptocurrency company, has recently applied for a FINRA broker-dealer license. This is a healthy step towards allowing their customers to lawfully swap digital securities.
In another attack on the Libra developments, 33 lawmakers have requested Congress to ask Facebook to stop further development on Libra before they answer all their concerns and questions.
Cloudflare’s wide range of clientele which includes Bitfinex, are currently been affected by a blackout on the end of the Security Service Provider in different locations.
Hapag-Lloyd and Ocean Network Express (ONE), the world’s fifth and sixth largest ocean carriers, signed onto TradeLens, the blockchain platform for ocean shipping founded by Maersk and IBM.
Binance along with Elrond has successfully finished its IEO (Initial Exchange Offering) lottery. It was completed with a 11,07% ratio of winning tickets. The trading of ERD will soon open on Binance exchange.
Facebook has applied for a cryptocurrency business license. This is done in order for Facebook to operate within the state of New York with their new crypto project – Libra.
CFTC granted TD Ameritrade-backed ErisX a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) license under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) allowing the Eris Exchange to offer physically delivered digital asset futures contracts.
Binance decided to enable futures trading. At the Asia Blockchain Summit in Taipei, Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of the exchange, showcased a futures trading interface on Binance with features including longs and shorts on crypto assets.
Despite sharp Bitcoin price swings, it has been profitable as an investment 98.2% of the days since its creation. If you want to become a member of crypto community and earn some money – analysts say it’s time to buy.