Coinbase said Thursday it had expanded its product to several European countries and overseas territories, including Lithuania, Iceland, Andorra, Gibraltar, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
Two U.S. congressmen Warren Davidson and Darren Soto, are introducing a bill that would exclude digital currencies from securities classification and substantially improve the tax treatment for cryptocurrencies.
Intercontinental Exchange Inc is working on the first Bitcoin futures that pay out in cryptocurrency. They are now working with the CFTC to ensure that the project is in line with the current regulations. A decision should be made in early 2019.
Bitcoin moves up on Wednesday reaching two-week highs. The rally combined with the prevailing bull flags indicate that recovery may be peeping just around the horizon – in 2019, for example.
After a large plunge, the BTC is recovering. The market is still uncertain, but the flagship crypto takes its chance to rise. On Thu, Dec 20, 1 BTC is $4,137, reports Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.
The second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, OKEx has created a Bitcoin derivative product called “perpetual swap”. However, there’s no expiry date. The lack of expiry data allows positions to be held on an ongoing basis.
An Ex-Goldman is among the few notable investors remaining positive on the crypto markets. He holds his ground in spite of other institutional investors exiting the crypto space.
Western Union recently released a short video in which it explains that it is ready to begin working with cryptocurrencies. That being said, the video does seem to go on to outline how they actually aren’t ready and don’t fully understand crypto.
The funds raised will be used for developing new products and recruiting more people for the Nomics engineering team in 2019.
After literally months of waiting, a cryptocurrency market bounces forward and the majority of cryptos started to gain double figures on the day with a $10 billion injection pumps crypto markets.
The Blockchain Transparency Institute confirms the long-anticipated fears that most exchanges engage in wash trading. Their December report clears on Binance and Bitfinex only.
The Swiss government wants to adjust its existing financial laws to the needs of the blockchain sector with a view to support its development. A consultation draft to be presented in the first quarter of 2019
XRP has been pretty much asleep for a very long time and as we are approaching the end of 2018, the much-needed news about Ripple’s partnerships with major financial institutions have started erupting in the crypto-space.
The new service that allows users to broadcast their own messages via Lightning Network, will be available worldwide starting from January 2019.
San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service Coinbase has launched its new “Convert” service as a part of their “12 Days of Coinbase” mission, imagined to help people and their clients all over the world.