MUFG Is Planning to Issue Its Own Stablecoin in Second Half of 2020
President Hiroki Kamezawa of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) said that there are ready customers to use digital assets in their daily operations.
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President Hiroki Kamezawa of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) said that there are ready customers to use digital assets in their daily operations.
Gemini topped the chart grabbing the AA rating followed by ItBit which came second. Coinbase, which was previously at rank 1, has slipped to the third position.
Chainlink (LINK) price is rising. It has gained around 10% in 24 hours, while the growth within 7 days is over 30%.
Binance Card is expected to become a game-changer in the crypto industry. Users in Europe will be able to get it starting from August, while in the UK it will become available a little bit later.
The total market cap for all ERC20 tokens running on Ethereum has topped $33 billion. The ETH market cap is around $26.8 billion.
After adding 39.5%, Chainlink (LINK) is up 9.64% now to trade around $7.38. LINK is currently among the leading altcoins in a presumably early bull run.
Bitcoin enjoyed a bullish price action over the course of the past seven days providing investors a weekly return of 2.52%.
Uquid Digital said that XRP integration has encouraged more customers to confidently opt for international transactions. The recently launched online digital marketplace praised the XRP infrastructure for its instant transactions and scalability features.
The new futures arm of Poloniex will offer support for Bitcoin perpetual swaps with USDT as collateral, with 100x leverage.
Buterin said that the first phase of Ethereum 2.0 is “in some ways simpler than eth1 and in some ways more complex.” Anyway, he believes that the launch will take place this year.
The rise in demand for digital payments during the COVID-19 pandemic further highlighted the importance of CBDCs and intensified the global race between central banks. The question is – which one will win?
BlockFi is on the hunt for a chief financial officer. The new hire could help bring the company public as early as the second half of 2021, CEO Zac Prince confirmed.
The Brave Browser is set to offer Basic Attention Token (BAT) wallets on bitFlyer. It’s going to be Brave’s first cryptocurrency wallet partner in Japan.
Bexplus provides BTC, ETH, LTC, EOS and XRP perpetual contracts for futures trading as well as 100x leverage. With its intuitive interface and demo account, beginners can learn to trade and improve their skills.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has released its framework for 2020-2024. The framework will support the emergence of cryptocurrencies derivative markets.